HR Business Partner

at  Bell Integration

Overview:
Bell Integration has been in the business of helping companies establish, maintain and grow their IT services since 1996. Our team of hardworking professionals deliver Bell Integration’s multiple services all over the world, and they do it with unmatched efficiency and enthusiasm.
We continue to grow and have over 900 permanent staff employed at our offices in London, Portsmouth, Wokingham, Glasgow, Hyderabad, US, Slovakia and within many of our customers’ sites. Our heritage is in helping businesses to operate their critical technology in a more cost-effective manner, while improving effectiveness in areas such as customer engagement and operational responsiveness.
To partner with the business leaders and line managers acting as a trusted advisor to build their people capability, plan and manage talent and develop approaches that achieve business objectives, drawing on expertise from CoE and support from shared services.

Responsibilities:

• Manage employee relations casework including performance, dismissals, grievance and absence and organizational changes, appropriately utilizing internal expertise and external counsel as required.
• Provide flexible, proactive and high-quality advice and guidance to business leaders line managers, influencing and coaching managers to develop their people management skills and capabilities.
• Ensure global policy and principles are consistently applied across different geographies whilst ensuring local practices meet local labor law, cultural and other expectations.
• Work with colleagues in different geographies to ensure high quality delivery of HR services for your assigned internal client groups, in some cases without direct line management responsibility.
• Assist the HR Director/Head of HR in determining and delivering HR’s strategic priorities.
• Ensure HR visibility and accessibility enabling proactive support and to “keep a finger on the pulse” to help identify and act on engagement/cultural challenges or issues.
• Support annual performance review activities and coaching and supporting managers on performance management to ensure quality of review and planning. Assisting calibration and supporting talent review process.
• Identify learning & development needs and develop appropriate solutions working with CoE and HR colleagues.
• Respond to MI requests and provide reports and analysis as directed by Head of HR/HRD.
• Work with the HR team and colleagues to continually improve services.
• Continuously monitor and review HR policies and processes and implement changes where necessary.
• Assist with and contribute as appropriate any other relevant projects and initiatives as required.

Qualifications:

• Good generalist HR background, gained within a commercial environment.
• CIPD qualified, or currently working towards Intermediate level qualification or good equivalent experience as an HR practitioner.
• Global or multi-regional experience and knowledge an advantage.
• Able to manage and operate in a matrix organisation.
• Able to work effectively in a virtual/hybrid environment. Prepared to travel for appropriate in-person meetings/events.
• Confident advising managers on all aspects of people management. Personally credible and able to take the role of trusted advisor.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills and able to form effective working relationships at all levels and with stakeholders across the business.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and numerical skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels.
• Competent user in Microsoft office products (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Sharepoint).
• Comfortable with using collaboration tools (Teams) and HR platforms (ideally Sage People).
• Strong commercial outlook, able to understand the business’s objectives and support business growth and change.
• Comfortable “rolling sleeves up” and carrying out both advisory and administrative functions as required. Equally comfortable working with senior level management – able to coach and lead practice.
• Team worker
• High level of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism
• Strong organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Manage employee relations casework including performance, dismissals, grievance and absence and organizational changes, appropriately utilizing internal expertise and external counsel as required.
• Provide flexible, proactive and high-quality advice and guidance to business leaders line managers, influencing and coaching managers to develop their people management skills and capabilities.
• Ensure global policy and principles are consistently applied across different geographies whilst ensuring local practices meet local labor law, cultural and other expectations.
• Work with colleagues in different geographies to ensure high quality delivery of HR services for your assigned internal client groups, in some cases without direct line management responsibility.
• Assist the HR Director/Head of HR in determining and delivering HR’s strategic priorities.
• Ensure HR visibility and accessibility enabling proactive support and to “keep a finger on the pulse” to help identify and act on engagement/cultural challenges or issues.
• Support annual performance review activities and coaching and supporting managers on performance management to ensure quality of review and planning. Assisting calibration and supporting talent review process.
• Identify learning & development needs and develop appropriate solutions working with CoE and HR colleagues.
• Respond to MI requests and provide reports and analysis as directed by Head of HR/HRD.
• Work with the HR team and colleagues to continually improve services.
• Continuously monitor and review HR policies and processes and implement changes where necessary.
• Assist with and contribute as appropriate any other relevant projects and initiatives as required