Talent Business Partner

Talent Business Partner (Mat Leave Cover)
Organisation Development

Location:

Derby - Head Office Contract Type:
Fixed Term Salary: £35,000 Fixed Term / Part Time Closing Date:
Friday 02 October 2026 Interview Date:
Friday 09 October 2026 Reference: 0482-26

Talent Business Partner (Mat Leave Cover)

Location:

Derby - Head Office

Contract Type:

12 months Mat leave cover, 34 hours per week

Circa £35,000 dependent on experience (pro-rata)

Closing Date:

Friday 2 nd October 12noon

Reference:

0482-26

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers
, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful, and our employees make a crucial contribution to this.

Ten times accredited as a Top Employer and Gold accredited for Inclusive Employers Standards, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work.

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in some areas. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture and we welcome applications from everyone to help us better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as a Talent Business Partner
working within our Organisational Development Team.

Based in our head office in Derby with the necessity to work flexibly across our network, this role will provide specialist recruitment services to the business. The Talent Business Partner will ensure the right candidates are placed into the right roles, at the right time. This role is vital in ensuring service critical roles are not vacant and ensuring a constant commitment to diversity and inclusion through their work.

• Partner closely with managers to understand hiring requirements and assist proactive recruitment planning
• Create recruitment campaigns that ensure EMR attract excellent and diverse talent, keeping up to date with the latest best practices and recruitment trends
• Design and continuously improve assessment methods
• Deliver candidate assessment events that are professional and ensure candidates have a great experience and deliver psychometric testing to the required standards
• Attend leadership meetings in areas of responsibility to drive workforce planning, seeking proactive management of key roles, building talent pools where appropriate.
• Seek out innovative candidate attraction channels, including attendance of events and maximising online strategy
• Work with external stakeholders for candidate attraction, psychometric testing and occupational assessments and agencies for hard to fill/niche vacancies
• Analyse recruitment data to ensure continuous improvement of all activities

We’re looking for a confident and capable individual who brings:

• Knowledge of key employment law legislation
• Experienced in organising and hosting face-to-face volume assessment centres
• Articulate communication skills, with the ability to coach, influence and negotiate, whilst building long‑term relationships and maintain partnerships and collaboration.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills, able to work under pressure effectively to meet deadlines
• A team player who can work across their functions with all levels of management

• 32 days annual leave (including bank holidays), rising to 34 days after 2 years of service (pro rata)
• Free travel on East Midlands Railway and other train companies operated by Transport UK
• 75% discount on other national rail train…