People Business Partner

People Business Partner
Up to £45,000 + Benefits (33 days annual leave including bank holidays, Westfield Health, enhanced pension and death in service)
Nottingham (4 days onsite, 1 day from home)
Permanent & Full Time

SF Partners are delighted to be supporting a well-established, unionised organisation with approximately 350 employees, offering a varied and operationally focused People Business Partner opportunity.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious HR professional who enjoys working closely with managers, influencing business decisions and driving positive people initiatives. You'll play a key role in supporting organisational change, coaching managers and helping to build a high-performing, engaged workforce.

This role would particularly suit an experienced HR Advisor/Senior HR Advisor looking to take the next step into a true business partnering position. Experience within a unionised environment would be highly advantageous.

Key responsibilities:
- Partner with managers to deliver people plans aligned to business objectives.
- Coach and support managers on employee relations, performance, absence and wider people matters.
- Support organisational change, restructures and workforce planning.
- Build and maintain positive relationships with Trade Union representatives.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, talent development and succession planning.
- Use HR data and insights to identify trends and support decision-making.
- Review and improve HR policies, processes and ways of working.
- Support occupational health, wellbeing initiatives and the wider employee lifecycle.
- Contribute to HR projects and continuous improvement across the business.

What we are looking for:
- Previous experience as a HR Generalist/HR Advisor/Senior HR Advisor
- Strong generalist HR knowledge with excellent employment law and employee relations experience
- Confident coaching, influencing and building relationships with managers at all levels
- Exposure to a unionised environment would be beneficial
- Strong stakeholder management, communication and organisational skills
- Experience using HR systems and analysing people data
- CIPD Level 5 (or above)

If you're looking for a role that will give you genuine business partnering exposure, the opportunity to influence change and develop your career within a supportive HR team, we'd love to hear from you.