HR Business Partner

Role Overview

• Partner with senior business leaders to design and deliver pragmatic HR solutions that improve performance, engagement and retention.
• Lead performance management cycles and manage complex employee relations.
• Coach managers and contribute to talent and succession planning.
• Own HR data integrity, support payroll processes and lead ad-hoc projects that influence business outcomes.
• Use people analytics and evidence-based insight to drive decisions.
• Adopt AI-driven tools and modern HR practices to lift employee experience and organisational capability.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a strategic HR Business Partner in a commercial, matrixed environment.
• Strong employee relations experience, able to resolve sensitive issues with sound judgement.
• Skilled in performance management, talent calibration and succession planning.
• Data-literate: comfortable interpreting HR metrics and translating insight into action.
• Proficiency in adopting and using AI tools in HR (e.g., for analytics, process automation, candidate screening, coaching support).
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and influencing skills with senior leaders.
• Adaptable, resilient and curious, with a service-oriented mindset and commitment to inclusion.
• Strategic business partnering and proven ability to translate commercial needs into HR strategy.
• Extensive employee relations, performance management and disciplinary/grievance handling experience.
• Strong HR analytics capability: ability to analyse data, draw conclusions and recommend interventions.
• Experience managing HR processes across the employee lifecycle, including payroll liaison and HRIS maintenance.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; confident coaching leaders.
• Project management skills with experience delivering HR change or improvement projects.
• Thorough knowledge of employment law, diversity & inclusion best practice and ethical HR practice.
• Experience integrating AI technologies into HR functions and experience using specific HR analytics or automation tools.
• CIPD (or equivalent) qualification or other formal HR accreditation.
• Previous experience in research, professional services or client-facing organisations.
• Multi-market or global HR experience and familiarity with working across multiple jurisdictions.
• Familiarity with common HRIS/payroll platforms and reporting tools.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave
• pension contribution
• income protection
• life assurance
• health & wellbeing benefits
• financial benefits
• professional development opportunities