Junior HR Business Partner - 12 Month FTC

Join us for a 12 month FTC as a Junior HR Business Partner and become a trusted advisor to leaders while shaping talent strategies that drive business success.

If you're passionate about employee experience, organizational effectiveness, and making HR a true business partner, we want to hear from you.

This is an ideal opportunity for an HR professional who is ready to broaden their commercial and strategic experience while continuing to provide high-quality operational HR support in a manufacturing or operational environment.

What will you do?



* Build effective relationships with managers, employees and HR colleagues, developing a strong understanding of operational priorities and workforce needs.


* Provide timely, practical advice on day-to-day HR matters, applying Group and Country HR policies and UK employment legislation consistently.


* Support employee relations case management, including absence, capability, conduct, grievance and performance matters, escalating complex or higher-risk issues appropriately.


* Coach managers to manage people matters confidently, fairly and in line with policy, maintaining accurate case documentation and clear follow-up actions.


* Work with the Snr HR Business Partner to translate business priorities into practical people plans, balancing employee experience, risk, cost, time and operational requirements.


* Support organisational change activities, including communication, consultation, role or structure changes and the effective implementation of agreed actions.


* Contribute to workforce and succession planning by maintaining accurate information, identifying capability needs and supporting agreed talent actions.


* Coordinate and support core HR processes and programmes, including Performance and Development Reviews, salary review, People Review, succession planning and One Voice activities.


* Support recruitment and selection activity, working with managers and talent acquisition colleagues to secure the skills and resources required by the business.


* Contribute to learning, development and engagement initiatives that strengthen capability, inclusion and organisational culture.


* Support occupational health, wellbeing, absence management and workplace adjustment processes, ensuring appropriate records and actions are maintained.


* Maintain accurate employee data, HR systems, records and documentation, using information to identify themes and support informed people decisions.


* Monitor agreed people actions and HR outcomes, raising emerging issues and contributing to improvements in HR processes and ways of working.


* Participate in HR projects and gradually take ownership of defined workstreams, with coaching and support from the HR Business Partner or HR Lead.

Skills and Qualifications:


* Ideally degree qualified or have the equivalent amount of workplace experience


* CIPD qualified, with active employment law knowledge...