Group HR Business Partner
12 hours ago
Birmingham
Main duties and responsibilities Implementation of strategy • Understand the objectives and overall strategy of the Group and the firm and strive to support these through the provision of HR support., • Act as lead HR contact for team restructure/consultation programmes, • Support cyclical talent processes, including performance reviews, career conversations, promotion cycles, and the delivery of the Group wide talent management plan and promotion pipeline., • Support and encourage career mapping discussions for all individuals in the group to enable informed promotion planning for each promotion round., • Support the management of promotion rounds for allocated teams within the Group., • Work with the Senior Group HR Business Partner to ensure the annual performance appraisal process is completed in a timely, fair and consistent manner., • Promote excellence in performance at all levels, encouraging continuous development across all teams., • Coach, guide and influence managers on people management practices, building leadership capability and constructively challenging inappropriate behaviours or actions., • Work with the central recruitment team to ensure effective end-to-end recruitment activity for the Group., • Provide proactive recruitment support to allocated teams within the Group, ensuring recruitment excellence is maintained at all times., • Review job descriptions with hiring managers to ensure alignment to role requirements., • Partner with Early Talent to support the delivery of junior programmes., • Act as the main HR point of contact for all new starter administration, in addition to HRSS support., • Support the Group HRM and the central Reward / projects team in implementing the annual salary review and bonus processes for allocated teams within the Group., • Assist with the preparation of compensation data - including benchmarking, allocation, and manager guidance., • Process approvals for promotions, salary changes and incentives accurately and in a timely manner., • Work with central L&D team to ensure that development programmes are relevant to Group needs and promoted accordingly., • Identify training needs from people discussions or ER themes., • Responsible for managing all core ER cases across the Group, including misconduct, sickness absence, flexible working requests, performance management plans, grievance and disciplinary processes., • Support investigations, documentation and meeting preparation, escalating complex or high-risk situations to the Group HRM as appropriate., • Provide timely advice and guidance to staff and managers as required., • Champion the development of people management skills within the Group., • Analyse and interpret HR metrics as appropriate to identify trends, inform decision-making and support workforce planning., • Prepare HR dashboards or reports for the Group HRM as required., • Maintain and understanding of Group operations and strategy to provide informed and business-aligned HR advice., • Support the Group HRM and leadership team in identifying opportunities for operational improvements or efficiencies., • Build strong, effective working relationships across the Group at all levels., • Where required, support other HRBPs and Senior HRBPs across Practice Groups, • HR generalist experience in a business partnering or advisory role, • Experience supporting managers across the full employee lifecycle, • Experience of working in professional services or complex matrix organisations is desirable, • Strong relationship building and influencing skills, • Ability to communicate clearly and confidently, • Strong listening and problem-solving skills, • Commercial awareness and an understanding of how HR contributes to business performance, • Strong technical HR skills and a good working knowledge of employment legislation and best practice, • Strong Organisational and prioritisation skills, • Responsive and solutions focused, • Strong customer service orientation, • Professional, proactive and balanced approach, • Proactively builds positive and influential working relationships with key stakeholders, and is regarded as a 'trusted advisor', • Proactive and responsive in all areas - providing views, challenging appropriately, and taking ownership of task completion, • Collaborative, open, approachable, consultative, able to work independently and as part of a team, • Able to deal confidently with uncertainty and ambiguity, • Demonstrates sound judgement, • Demonstrates the ability to draw out information and seek facts using strong questioning and listening skills, • Resilient, calm under pressure and able to handle sensitive issues with confidentiality and care