HR Business Partner

Oakleaf Partnership are proud to be supporting a fast-growing retail company in their search for a HR Business Partner. This role will be paying up to £55,000 and will be based in London, working on a hybrid basis, where you would be expected to go into the office 3 or 4 times a week.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with the division / function HR Director in recognising key people issues/priorities bringing data, insight and business case into the assessment and planning process.
• Deliver agreed components of division / function People Plan and the UKI People Plan
• Representing HR in division / function leadership teams.
• Provide advice and guidance to leaders and managers on HR and business issues
• Use financial and HR data to support workforce planning, identify capability gaps and support decision making.
• Drive organisation design and development projects, redesign structures around strategic objectives, build organisational change capability and encourage leaders to challenge the status quo.
• Support and drive major change demonstrating excellent commercial and ER judgement and first-class stakeholder management.
• Work in partnership with Talent Acquisition to ensure external high quality talent is delivered to the business in a timely, cost-effective manner.
• Gateway for recruitment and promotion approvals, challenging decisions and helping managers to consider different options / scenarios.
• Accountable for resolution of ER issues within division / function. Where necessary responsible for resolution of complex / sensitive cases and projects.
• Assess trends and root causes of ER issues that impact productivity within division / function.
• Responsible for delivering cyclical performance activity (pay review, goal setting, bonus etc) - including training, coaching leaders and line managers.
• Work with managers and COEs to identify and develop the next generation of leaders.
• Deliver HR projects as and when required, for example Apprenticeship programme

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Proven experience as a HR Business Partner, ideally in a business that operates a complex matrix
• Able to create deep, trusting partnerships
• Strong collaborator
• Able to use data and evidence to drive decisions making
• Able to apply financial acumen, operational knowledge and HR expertise to land smooth and cost-effective solutions
• Make things happen with proven ability to pay attention to detail and near-term issues while also able to see and consider long-term challenges and opportunities
• Confident, lots of high energy and a positive 'can do' attitude
• Ability to be flexible and agile in approach to projects and work activities and to deal with the unexpected

If you believe this is a role that you would be interested in, please apply.