HR Business Partner – PART TIME

Job Type: Interim
Hourly Rate: £41.16 PAYE / Umbrella rate available
Location: Hybrid (60% office-based)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week (flexible hours between 7:00am and 5:30pm)

We are seeking an HR Business Partner to provide comprehensive HR support to senior management, senior officers, key stakeholders, and partner organisations within a large public sector organisation. This role involves providing proactive advice on workforce planning and service transformation, supporting organisation-wide objectives, driving continuous performance improvement, and ensuring alignment with the organisation’s strategic vision and priorities.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Design workforce strategies and solutions to support the redesign and remodelling of services, fostering positive workforce culture change.
• Lead and project manage high-level corporate initiatives to deliver the organisation’s strategic objectives with a pragmatic and commercial focus.
• Ensure governance arrangements are adhered to across service areas, addressing matters of concern appropriately.
• Support organisational growth by directing the HR service in line with strategic objectives.
• Act as HR lead on a range of projects, working closely with the HR Service Manager to achieve strategic priorities.
• Horizon scan to identify legislative changes early, ensuring the organisation is well prepared and the workforce is fit for the future.
• Contribute significantly to the delivery of the People Plan by supporting and influencing a wide range of initiatives, changes, and transformation programmes across the organisation.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Graduate CIPD qualification or equivalent relevant professional qualification.
• Significant experience in a senior HR or management role.
• Highly developed HR expertise, including substantial knowledge of employment legislation applicable to large, complex organisations.
• Proven experience working with senior leaders to develop and deliver pragmatic solutions to complex workforce challenges.
• Extensive experience in senior-level HR management, including monitoring and improving organisational performance.
• Experience designing policies and practices that enable effective people management, ensuring diversity, inclusion, and fair access opportunities for all.
• Demonstrated HR business partner experience with strong expertise in change and transformation within unionised environments.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Access to a dedicated consultant providing ongoing support.
• Secure, easy-to-use online timesheet system.
• Self-service portal for managing holiday requests, payslips, and employment documentation.
• Access to free training, discount clubs, healthcare options, and reward schemes.
• Inclusion in pension schemes, paid holiday schemes, and maternity benefits.
• Opportunities to work with leading UK employers across the public and private sectors.

To apply for this HR Business Partner position, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and your interest in the role.