Human Resources Business Partner
The Collective Network · Bedford, England ·
HR Business Partner | £50,000 | Bedford | 12-month FTC There are HRBP jobs where the business is ticking along nicely and your job is largely to keep it that way. This isnt one of them. Im recruiting for an engineering business in Bedford thats going through significant change.
And they need an HRBP who actually likes that sort of thing. Someone who can walk into a business, work out whats really going on, build credibility with senior leaders and then help them make sensible decisions about their people.
Theres plenty to get stuck into. Organisational change. Workforce planning. Culture. Talent. Structural reviews. Employee engagement. HR projects that need someone to actually own them and get them finished. Youll be partnering senior stakeholders, so youll need to be comfortable challenging people when necessary rather than simply agreeing with whoever has the biggest job title.
Youll also need to understand that good HR in an engineering business isnt about arriving with a 47-slide presentation explaining a new framework. Its about understanding the commercial reality, getting people on board and making change work in practice.
Theyre ideally looking for an established HRBP whos been through meaningful organisational or cultural change before. Engineering, manufacturing, defence, aerospace or another operational environment would be useful, but Im much more interested in what youve actually done than whether your current employer happens to make the right thing.
The business itself is fascinating. Its a specialist British engineering and R&D organisation working on genuinely complex projects, and its currently going through a significant period of investment and transformation. So there should be plenty to talk about at interview.
The important bits: £50,000 Bedford 12-month FTC 38-hour week with flexible start/finish times 26 days holiday + bank holidays Pension matched up to 7% Private medical insurance Life assurance Share incentive plan Because of the nature of the work, youll also need five years continuous UK residency to satisfy the security clearance requirements.
If your idea of HR Business Partnering is being close to the business, challenging constructively and actually delivering things rather than just talking about them, Id like to hear from you.