HR BUSINESS PARTNER

Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm with an unpaid 1-hour lunch break)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Up to £60k per annum, dependent on skills and experience
Benefits: 10% Bonus Scheme, Pension, Bike-to-work scheme, 25 days’ leave plus bank holidays and birthday, health assured EAP programme, healthcare, mobile allowance and free parking.
Location: Office-based role in Wigston with travel to Leicester offices, LE18 4TQ
Start Date: As soon as reasonably practicable.
Our client designs and makes retail experiences for the biggest brands and retailers around the world. Their insights enable them to produce market leading, sales-driving ideas to exceed client requirements. Officially a certified carbon neutral business, services include shopper marketing, visual merchandising, category transformation, circular, sustainable design and manufacturing, display, manufacture and prototype and digital.

THE ROLE:

As a result of continued expansion, our client is seeking to recruit a HR Business Partner who will report to the Finance Director. This is an exciting new role for the business where the right person will be able to make this role their own. Working closely with external advisors and senior management, responsibilities will include leading on all employment related strategies whilst closely supporting management, inclusive of driving the recruitment and retention process.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage all employee-related activities across a multi-site business.
• Develop, implement and champion the people’s strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Introduce, implement and maintain site policies and procedures that support effective people management.
• Lead and advise on all employment topics.
• Ensure site compliance and adherence to UK employment laws at all times.
• Lead on our employee engagement policies to be an employer of choice and maximise employee retention.
• Ensure recruitment and selection practices are efficient, effective and focused on attracting the best talent. Support and advise line managers through recruitment activities.
• Employee KPI metrics reporting (turnover, retention, cost per hire) on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Review metrics to ensure they are business relevant and value adding.
• Develop the in-house software platform, currently BrightHR.
• Develop PDP framework to include clear targets, career discussions, behaviours and alignment to business goals.
• Manage employee relations in conjunction with our external legal advisors.
• Define and manage our employee’s onboarding and offboarding programmes.
• Manage and develop the company’s reward and recognition benefits scheme.
• Drive our business culture, shared values, beliefs and practices.
• Provide effective management training and support, through mentoring and coaching and upskilling all levels of management in the business.
• Responsibility for staff engagement surveys