Human Resources Business Partner

To support the HR to achieve the HR team's strategic objectives, as set out in the HR Strategic Action Plan by acting as the HR lead on a range of different projects and responsibilities.

• Support the production of HR updates for all staff, as appropriate.
• Support cultural changes across the College through a variety of different methods, including implementing action plans following the Staff Survey, enabling managers to more effectively line manage their staff, strongly encouraging managers to take greater responsibility for their staff.
• Support the effective delivery of a higher performing HR service, through the further development of the HR Business Partners, ensuring that the high standards within the team are developed and maintained.
• Acting as an ambassador for the HR Business Partner model, actively driving up standards to highlight the benefits of the model for all staff and managers.
• Actively manage direct reports, ensuring that IPRs, Probationary meetings (where applicable) and regular one to one meetings take place to assist the HRD to drive up standards within the team and to ensure that the HR & Development team provide a high level of customer service at all times.
• Good standard of education up to Degree level (or relevant experience)
• CIPD qualified
• Chartered MCIPD or commitment to working towards this
• Excellent working knowledge of employment law with the ability to apply it practically to workplace situations
• Excellent understanding of HR best practice and ability to apply this to employee relations cases
• Experience of formal report writing for different audiences