People Business Partner, Director

at  CBRE

PERSON SPECIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS

• Human resources degree or equivalent
• Chartered status of the CIPD preferred.
• Experience of People Business Partnering with senior management in a generalist HR role
• Experience working in a fast paced and matrixed organisation.
• Extensive knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations experience
• Track record of leading transformation and change initiatives.
• Proficient in MS Office, specifically Microsoft Excel and experience with HR systems (preferably Peoplesoft)
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
• Proactive approach to work and ability to work autonomously and as part of wider team.
• Ability to prioritise and co-ordinate tasks efficiently ensuring all deadlines are met.
• Accurate and exceptional attention to detail.
• M&A experience desirable

ROLE PURPOSE

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join CBRE’s People team for a lead People Business Partner on a permanent basis. The role is to provide lead HR Business Partner support to our Property Management business with a headcount of approximately 800 with matrix responsibility of an additional 200 headcount regionally to support. You will work as part of the UK&I People team, reporting into the Senior Director, People Partner for Lines of Business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and deliver the People strategy in partnership with Property Management’s MD and leadership team.
• Provide expert HR advice and guidance to senior managers, managers and employees.
• Provide commercial advice and guidance to employees and managers on policies and procedures including ownership of employee relations caseload.
• Strong project management experience of end to end TUPE processes
• Drive insights via data and reporting to inform business decision making
• Deliver key People change and transformation programmes, including, workforce planning, restructuring, executive hiring, talent management, pay and reward, employee relations, employee engagement and performance manage.
• Partner closely with People Centres of excellence to drive innovative people solutions.
• Provide People support to wider CBRE projects and initiatives.
• Managing (direct and matrix) a team of People Business Partners and Advisors