Permanent HR BP, Drive performance. Champion people. Make an impact.I'm looking for a proactive, relationship-driven HR Business Partner to help shape a high-performing, engaged workforce. Working closely with managers and teams, you’ll deliver practical, people-focused solutions that directly support business success.Reporting to the HR BP Manager, you’ll play a key role in bringing our people strategy to life, partnering with leaders, tackling challenges head-on, and leading initiatives that enhance performance, culture, and engagement. The role is about 40% hands-on and operational and 60% strategic. The role is hybrid, 4 days on site and 1 day working from home. There will be travel twice a month to Barking.
What you’ll be doing
- Act as a trusted advisor to managers, coaching on performance, engagement, wellbeing, and employee relations
- Partner with leaders to build capability and confidence in managing people effectively
- Manage a range of employee relations casework, from investigations to conflict resolution
- Support talent and succession planning, ensuring actions translate into results
- Deliver and support leadership development and manager training initiatives
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to attract, onboard, and develop talent
- Use people data and insights to spot trends and drive smart decisions
- Support reward and recognition activity, including pay reviews and benchmarking
- Champion wellbeing, inclusion, and engagement across your business areas
- Ensure policies are applied fairly, consistently, and in line with legislation
- Contribute to change programmes, including restructures and process improvement
About youYou must have experience as an HR BP in a fast-paced commercial, blue-collar environment ideally.
You enjoy getting stuck in, solving problems, and building trusted relationships at all levels.Confident handling complex ER matters
A natural coach with excellent influencing skills
Data-savvy, with the ability to turn insight into action
Passion for creating inclusive, high-performing cultures
Why join us?We’re on a journey to build not just a successful organisation, but a workplace where people feel valued, empowered, and inspired to do their best work. Guided by strong values, we’re committed to creating a culture that balances high performance with genuine care for our people and the communities we serve.Ready to make a difference? Apply now and help shape the future of our people and performance.
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