Human Resources Business Partner – Marlow, SL7 1YL

Overview

Human Resources Business Partner – Marlow, SL7 1YL

• Act as a single point of the contact for the employees, Managers and Senior Leaders in your client group, representing and promoting the reputation of HR
• Collaborate with client group to fully understand current and future business needs and objectives. Assess and anticipate HR-related needs and issues, actively identifying gaps, propose and implement changes necessary to cover dependencies, risks, options to mitigate and involve stakeholders in developing solutions that fit their business need
• Partner with senior leadership to design and refine organizational structures and Target Operating Models (TOMs) that support long-term business strategy.
• Lead and guide Managers through restructuring and organizational change, ensuring minimal disruption to morale and performance.
• Consider implications of stakeholder views and respond to feedback, modifying or making recommendations for changes to improve the effectiveness of the HR function.
• Drives and supports effective business planning and challenges established / ingrained thinking
• Produces and presents people related MI and cost/benefit analyses to support decision making and targeting of issues
• Leads on local employee engagement initiatives to align interests of employees and client group, listening to employee opinion and keeping abreast of the employee relations climate
• Support Managers and Senior Leaders in raising performance standards and developing the talent landscape, to include identifying top talent and facilitating opportunities, and dealing with poor performance.
• Coach and challenge Managers and Senior Leaders in how their actions reflect and drive culture and how to make culture and change real to employees
• Contribute to the broader HR agenda and delivery, using knowledge, insight and experience to develop the HR capability and performance.

• Is ready and able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the consequences of the decisions made;
• Communicates challenges and influences a variety of stakeholders effectively. Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change. Where necessary resolves highly charged, high-profile conflicts;
• Adapts and works effectively with a variety of situations, individuals or groups. Can understand and appreciate different and opposing perspectives on an issue, to adapt an approach as the requirements of a situation change, and to change or easily accept changes affecting the business or your own role requirements.
• Personally resilient. Can maintain personal effectiveness by managing own emotions in the face of pressure, set-backs, ethical dilemmas or when dealing with provocative situations.
• Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically. Able to identify causal relationships, and construct frameworks, for decision making and problem-solving. Makes decisions at times when there are many unknowns.
• Possesses Commercial Acumen. Has a deep understanding of how structural design directly impacts business performance, commercial success, and operational budgets

• CIPD graduate desirable
• Graduate calibre essential
• Level A and B psychometric testing qualifications would be an advantage

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