Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Placed: 01/12/17
Region: East Riding of Yorkshire
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

Job Title - Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Location - York with significant travel to Glasgow

Rates - £300-£400 per day (subject to tax and NI deductions)

IR35 Status - In scope

About the role / project:

- You will be reporting into the Head of HR, supporting two client groups in York and Glasgow

- There is a Human Resources Business Partner in York and Glasgow, and a HRBP Support in Glasgow

- You will be working closely with the exec team (regional and delivery directors)

What you will do:

1 Working closely with the supported business area/s to develop, drive and implement the HR Strategy/People Plan to include; talent, succession planning and change management, in order to support the delivery of business objectives and drive a high performance culture.
2 Act as an integral member of the business leadership team, building strong relationships with senior business leaders and other relevant stakeholders. Coach, advise and challenging thinking in addition to co-development, design and execution of integrated medium to long term people initiatives to meet current and future business needs.
3 Act as a change agent; lead, support and contribute to change programmes, driving and championing the implementation of HR solutions within the supported business area, gaining acceptance from key stakeholders.
4 Proactively manage trade union relationships, working with the Employee Relations team, appropriate HR Business Partners and managers across the business.
5 Reinforce and support the ownership of people management by the business and line managers and the HR Business Partner model.
6 Influence the centres of expertise development of strategy and policy through sharing business/functional requirements and inputting into development and execution planning.
7 Work in collaboration with; Centres of Expertise, HR Shared Services, HR Direct and HR Business Partner teams to proactively identify and influence changes that improve HR service.
8 Liaise with HR Business Partners in other areas of the business in order to work collaboratively on cross business/geographical issues.

Your experience will include:

- MCIPD or FCIPD

- Able to work independently with minimal supervision

- Ideally rail industry experience, whether this be with Network Rail or one of the contractors such as Balfour Beatty

- Business partnering background/experience

- Talent/succession background

What you'll get in return

Network Rail (powered by Capita), understand what it is like to work as a contractor and do everything they can to make it a simple process for you - this includes a dedicated Onboarding and extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are.

About our client - Network Rail

Network Rail is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. We are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years we will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day.

What we hope you will do next



Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Network Rail is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

Price / Salary: £300 - £400/day