Senior HR Business Partner

Role Overview

• This is not your traditional HR role—it's a strategic partnership opportunity.
• As our Senior HR Business Partner, you'll work directly with Municipal Senior Leadership Teams to solve complex business challenges, drive organisational capability, and embed a high-performing culture.
• You'll own the complete people agenda and directly influence business strategy and growth.
• Partner with business leaders on critical business matters, providing strategic HR solutions, deep insights, and medium to long-term strategic support.
• Act as a trusted coach and advisor to Senior Leadership Teams, providing professional challenge, guidance, and strategic perspective on people-related matters.
• Lead comprehensive talent mapping and succession planning reviews across business lines, ensuring robust development and mobilisation plans for top talent.
• Support the delivery of the people strategy for dedicated business lines, ensuring alignment with business objectives and organisational growth.
• Review leadership capability gaps across departments, develop action plans, and drive growth and capacity building within the Business Unit.
• Drive workforce planning initiatives aligned with Veolia's future vision, maximising capability and resource while identifying efficiency opportunities and driving cultural change.
• Lead annual pay and bonus cycles, objective setting, and performance development processes to ensure organisational excellence.
• Deliver critical people and HR projects that move the business forward, with measurable impact on engagement, retention, and performance.

Requirements

• Excellent leadership skills with a proven track record in senior HR roles, including people management
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategy into action
• Experience in workforce planning within large, complex matrix organisations
• Demonstrable experience in improving employee engagement and creating high-performing cultures
• Ability to mobilise teams to deliver multiple strategic and high-profile initiatives
• Experience operating as a trusted advisor to board-level executives and Senior Leadership Teams
• Proactive, forward-thinking mindset with the ability to spot future challenges and take appropriate action
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the confidence to influence decisions.
• Willingness to operate in fast-paced operational settings
• Ability to utilise data to inform strategic decisions
• CIPD Level 7 or equivalent (preferred).

Benefits

• Access to our company pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential
• Employee financial wellbeing support: early access to your earned pay, savings, budgeting, financial coaching & rewards.