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HR Business Partner - Projects
Full Time - 18-month Fixed Term Contract
Salary £45,000 - £50,000 plus excellent benefits package, including 39 days annual leave (inc. of statutory holidays) and greatly enhanced pension scheme
Preston Area
Flexible and family friendly working arrangements including hybrid working (3 days on site and 2 from home).
I’m partnering with a large and prestigious not-for-profit organisation based in Lancashire as they look to appoint an experienced HR professional for an 18-month fixed term contract.Reporting into the Head of HR, you will support the wider HR division by providing effective and solution focused HR advice, to steer and influence organisational wide change projects that are aligned to the business strategy, and the People and Culture Plan.
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain further exposure to a wide range of challenging projects including organisational change and business transformation initiatives for a large and varied workforce and to future proof the organisation for years to come.Key Responsibilities for the HR Business Partner - Projects:
- Working with fellow HR Partners and with the support of the Head of HR, build professional working relationships within the HR division and across the organisation, coaching leaders and managers to influence and progress people matters.
- Act as dedicated HR support for large organisational change projects, as required, including managing and supporting restructures.
- Assist in the project management of organisational change projects / restructures, ensuring consistent and legally compliant application of organisational change management principles.
- Deliver coaching/training to leaders and managers on organisational change related activity including restructuring, redeployment and redundancy.
- Utilise systems to coordinate the recording and reporting of organisational change activity.
- Analyse and interpret organisational change data and business metrics to inform decision making, and to draft reports relating to HR activities and trends to provide qualitative people insights and recommendations for business plans and strategy.
- Work in collaboration with a wide range of teams, including Organisational Development, HR Operations and Finance in providing organisational change support, ensuring coordination and communication across the teams on organisational change activity.
- Develop and maintain diverse stakeholder management relationships.
- Work closely with other HR colleagues to implement process improvements.
- Manage complex ER casework.
Key Requirements for the HR Business Partner - Projects:
- It is essential that you are a seasoned HR professional, working at a similar HR business partnering level or with the proven ability to step up.
- You will have gained experience within similar organisational change initiatives including managing restructuring and redundancy procedures for large and complex organisations.
- Ideally you will be fully CIPD qualified, however, this is not essential criteria.
- It would be highly advantageous if you have previously worked for similar not-for-profit and or public sector organisations as well as gaining exposure working alongside Trade Unions, however, this is not essential criteria to be considered for this role.
- Excellent relationship building skills with the ability to work collaboratively at all levels and communicate with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders.
- It would help if you were a car driver and owner.
If you are interested in this HR Business Partner - Projects position and you feel that your experience matches the criteria, then please apply now for immediate consideration or for more information please contact Mark Croston.Medlock Partners are a professional services recruitment specialist. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances, including minorities and those with disabilities. Please note our advertisements use years' experience and salary levels purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
