HR Business Partner

This role covers the London region, you will be expected in the London Farringdon office 2/3 days per week. You will also have ad hoc travel requirements around the region to suit business needs. Through creativity and collaboration our HR Strategic Business Partner team plays a pivotal role in driving employee engagement, organisational success, and fostering a positive work environment. Within our extensive team there are countless projects and initiatives that advance your career and personal growth. Have you got excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills? Can you juggle multiple priorities across a complex organisation? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for an HR Business Partner to join the HR Operations team based in London. About the Role Reporting into the Senior HR Business Partner you will work closely with Regional Operations Directors to achieve short-term business targets and the longer-term strategy. You will also

• Support 'line owned' performance to allow them to deliver high performance.
• Provide Operations Senior Team expert advice and guidance, using robust management information and high-quality reporting inform decision-making and action.
• Provide informed HR consulting to stakeholders to ensure that business and people plan, and priorities are aligned.
• Ensure strong controls in the functional area and promote operational compliance with functionally created standards and processes.
• Represent the function to ensure the minimum standards and services are provided as agreed, providing the link between the region and the function on any issues.
• Promote a culture that delivers on promises and through this supports a more trusting workplace with improved relationships at all levels.
• Lead and support on people change and management projects.
• Advocate and sponsor the use of the full suite of HR service offerings.
  
  To truly excel in this role, you will possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:
• Trusted advisor, able to influence and build relationships with senior stakeholders to effectively challenge and build trust.
• Previous experience preferably within a large operational people driven environment.
• Resilient and tenacious and to think critically and logically.
• Change management experience and supporting the deployment of change.
• Demonstrable experience in creating and delivering a people plan along with balancing multiple priorities at once.
• Deep understanding of business and commercial challenges and future business strategy and how these impact on the customer.
• A self-starter that can give direction and take direction when required.
• A coaching style that can adapt in approach to support and challenge operations to deliver HR priorities.
• Started CIPD or equivalent experience desirable.
  
  Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
• Discounts and offers - there are more than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills.
• Supportive and generous company sick pay
• Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It's free, and it's for everyone.
• Available only to perm employees
Next Steps The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions. Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean 'your' interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people. We don't expect every candidate to meet the full criteria for the role. If your experience looks a little different from the job requirements, but you feel you have the relevant skills to bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you. Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required. We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.