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HR Business Partner

Job Description

Role: HR Business Partner

Sector: Public Sector

Duration: Interim 3 Months

Location: Chesterfield

Salary: up to -23.37 per day

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our client based in Chesterfield. This role is offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2-3 days a week required onsite.

The Ideal HR Business Partner will operate as a strategic partner to directorates, providing high quality, professional HR insight, challenge and support. The postholder will work closely with senior leaders to shape workforce plans, strengthen organisational capability, and create engaged, high performing teams. They will lead on complex employee relations, drive organisational development, and ensure people practices align with the organisation's values, priorities, and statutory responsibilities.

The duties of the HR Business Partner will include

  • Building a strong trusted relationships with senior leaders, developing a deep understanding of business priorities, risks and workforce challenges
  • Providing strategic advice on organisational design, workforce planning, culture, performance and employee engagement
  • Using data, insight and evidence to influence decision making and shape forward looking people strategies
  • Leading on high risk or complex employee relations matters, ensuring a consistent, fair and legally sound approach
  • Anticipating ER risks and work proactively with managers to prevent escalation and support early resolution
  • Supporting the review, development and implementation of HR policies and procedures
  • Providing expert advice on job design, pay and grading, succession planning, talent development and recruitment strategies
  • Identifying current and future resourcing priorities with directorates and translate these into actionable workforce plans
  • Supporting organisational development and transformation initiatives within the business area, applying recognised change management models and best practice
  • Influencing leaders to adopt new behaviours and embed cultural change that supports high performance and customer focused services
  • Designing and delivering OD, talent and leadership development interventions, aligned to organisational needs
  • Coaching and mentoring managers to improve people management capability and confidence
  • Providing training, guidance and expert support on HR policy, employment law and good practice
  • Developing a culture of learning, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across services.

The HR Business Partner will ideally have:

  • CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience
  • Experience of working at a similar level is essential
  • Experience of working in a public sector organisation is desirable
  • Experience of successfully developing and managing complex change programmes and projects

The HR Business Partner will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

Our client is hoping to have the HR Business Partner in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield or Daniella Pye by Thursday 21st May by 5pm by submitted your CV directly.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.