Are you an experienced HR professional looking to take the next step in your career? We're looking for an Assistant HR Business Partner to join our People team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Reporting to the HR Manager, you'll provide high-quality HR support to your assigned business areas, ensuring people processes are delivered efficiently, consistently and in line with our values. Working closely with HR Business Partners, you'll support the delivery of People Plans, provide practical HR advice to managers and colleagues, and help drive continuous improvement across our people services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide professional HR advice and support to managers across your business areas.
• Manage employee relations casework, ensuring a consistent and values-led approach.
• Support the delivery of People Plans and wider people initiatives.
• Use HR data and insights to identify trends, support reporting and inform decision-making.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to support organisational change and workforce planning activity.
• Identify opportunities to improve people processes, colleague experience and service delivery.

Why should I join Bromford, Flagship, Livewest?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative People team and gain exposure to a broad range of HR activities across a large and diverse organisation. You'll play a key role in supporting colleagues and managers while developing your business partnering skills and contributing to meaningful people-focused initiatives.

This is a full time role working 37 hours per week.

We're flexible on where you're based – you can work from any of our Bromford, Flagship, LiveWest offices including Norwich, Tewkesbury, Exeter and Weston-super-Mare. This is a hybrid role, with a mix of home and office working. From time to time, you may be asked to visit another office to support colleagues or attend meetings, although this is expected to be infrequent.

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a salary of £37,500 - £42,500 per annum.

To be successful in your application for the role of Assistant HR Business Partner, you will have the essential skills and experience for a level 5 role (please see candidate information pack) and the following role specific skills and experience:

Essential Skills:

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Ability to interpret and apply HR policies consistently.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to confidentiality.
• Ability to analyse information and make sound recommendations.
• Confident using HR systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Essential Experience

• Experience providing generalist HR support in a busy operational environment.
• Experience managing employee relations casework.
• Experience supporting managers with people-related matters.
• Experience using people data to support decision-making and reporting.
• Experience working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
• Experience supporting recruitment and wider people processes.

Essential Knowledge

• Good knowledge of HR best practice and employment legislation.
• Understanding of employee relations processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of HR policies and their practical application.
• Understanding of workforce planning and organisational change principles.

Essential Qualifications

• Educated to A Level standard or equivalent experience.
• CIPD Level 5 qualified, working towards CIPD Level 5, or able to demonstrate equivalent experience.

Desirable Skills

• Ability to support change and transformation activity.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within a large multi-site organisation.
• Experience supporting organisational design or workforce planning activity.
• Experience contributing to service improvement initiatives.

Desirable Knowledge

• Understanding of AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies within HR services.
• Knowledge of colleague experience and service improvement approaches.

Desirable Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 fully qualified.

• Working Style: Hybrid working with 2 - 3 days in the office to support your work/life balance.
• Generous Annual Leave: Start with 26 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days with length of service - and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days (pro rated for part time roles).
• Pension Contributions: Enjoy up to 9% employer contributions with our Defined Contribution scheme.
• Health Benefits and Perks: Access to a health care cash plan (worth up to £1,100 annually), virtual GP services, discounted gym memberships, and retail discounts including access to a Blue Light Card.
• Learning and Development: Invest in your future with ongoing personal and professional growth opportunities.
• Family Support: Policies designed to help you balance work and family life, including a new child payment.
• Wellbeing Matters: Prioritise your health with mental health support, enhanced sick pay, wellness campaigns, and free flu jabs.
• Smarter Travel: Save with our Cycle to Work and Car Benefit schemes.
• Giving Back: Up to four paid volunteering days a year to support our communities.