We are working in partnership with a public sector organisation based in Warwick, who are recruiting for a HR Business Partner on a temporary six-month contract.

The role is paying £230 per day and includes hybrid working.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Providing expert advice on employment and recruitment matters across the company and partner organisations, applying best practice and constructively challenging where appropriate
• Managing an employee relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance and performance issues
• Ensuring legal compliance by keeping professional knowledge up to date and leading the development, review, and implementation of HR policies
• Supporting management activity, including reorganisations and workforce remodelling, aligning outcomes with service needs, strategic priorities, and legal requirements
• Building positive and effective relationships with employees and trade union representatives to support service development, manage change, and resolve conflict
• Leading and embedding the Corporate Equality & Diversity Strategy and Apprenticeship Scheme, ensuring compliance, inclusion, and effective workforce development
• Maintaining accurate HR systems, reporting, and workforce data, and support delivery of the People Strategy to achieve corporate objectives

 Skills, knowledge and expertise required: 

• CIPD qualified (or working towards) with significant HR experience (typically 5+ years) in a professional HR role
• Strong experience in employee relations, recruitment, policy development, and advising managers across a range of people issues
• Proven ability to support organisational change, including restructuring and workforce initiatives
• Sound knowledge of employment law, equality legislation, and experience working in a unionised environment
• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to operate at all levels and manage competing priorities
• Experience of job evaluation, coaching, mediation, or delivering HR training (desirable)
• Strong project management and problem-solving skills, with political awareness and a flexible approach to work (desirable)

Working hours:

• 35 hours per week (Mon-Fri) 

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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