HR Business Partner

Role Overview

• We are seeking experienced HR Business Partner contractors to support a number of restructuring programmes across the UK and internationally.
• These are hands-on delivery roles requiring deep expertise in organisational change, with the ability to work at pace in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• You will act as a trusted partner to senior business leaders, providing expert HR counsel and end-to-end support throughout the full lifecycle of restructuring activity
• from planning and consultation through to implementation and closure.
• Support leaders with organisational design and validation against agreed principles, such as spans and layers.
• Delivery of employee impact assessments.
• Produce consultation materials based on a suite of centrally developed resources.
• Engage with HR Country Heads globally to support local delivery.
• Train leaders on consultation processes and assessment & selection (A&S).
• Support the opening of both collective and individual consultation, and ensuring compliance in other markets in partnership with local HR.
• Manage HR Q&A and counterproposals throughout the consultation period.
• Facilitate the assessment & selection process, utilising a Power App to support the process.
• Manage closure of consultation.
• Manage appeals.
• Ensure the issue of appropriate notifications and update HRIS accordingly.
• Lead collective consultation processes in compliance with UK employment law and, where applicable, local legal requirements in other markets.
• Support leaders in developing and refining their proposals in readiness for consultation.
• Oversee both collective and individual consultation processes, ensuring a fair, consistent, and legally compliant approach.
• Manage TUPE obligations if they arise.
• Act as the primary HR contact for senior stakeholders throughout change programmes, providing pragmatic, commercially-minded guidance.
• Utilise centrally developed materials, templates, and guidance to support consistent and compliant delivery of change activity, both in the UK and across global markets.
• Work closely with legal counsel, ER specialists, and in-country HR teams as required.

Requirements

• Proven track record of delivering complex restructuring and redundancy programmes end-to-end, either in the UK or across multiple geographies
• Deep knowledge of UK employment law, particularly collective consultation, redundancy, and individual consultation obligations
• Experience training and coaching line managers through consultation and assessment & selection processes
• Familiarity with HR systems, ideally Workday, and comfort using digital tools to support process delivery
• Experience operating at an HRBP level, influencing Director-level and above stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work at pace
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision embedded within a client team.

Benefits

• All roles are remote; some may require one day a week on site attendance in London.