HR Business Partner; FTC)

EQ Retirement Solutions is transforming the retirement and pensions markets with leading administration and technology solutions. With over 1200 employees globally, 189 years of knowledge and 11 million pension scheme members and policyholders, we are here to help people plan for a confident financial future by delivering innovative, reliable and customer-focused retirement services. Our teams are driven by a shared commitment to excellence, collaboration and making a real impact to the lives of our customers.

EQ Retirement Solutions is looking for an HR Business Partner on a 12-month fixed term contract to provide maternity cover and support a significant period of business change.

This role will be hybrid from either our Liverpool office or Crawley office.

The purpose of this role is to partner with business leaders to deliver commercially focused people solutions that support organisational performance, employee engagement and business objectives. In addition to providing broad HR Business Partner support across the employee lifecycle, the role will play a key role in supporting the separation of EQ Retirement Solutions from Equiniti Group, alongside the delivery of day-to-day operational and strategic people initiatives.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Partner with leaders and managers to translate the People strategy into practical plans and actions aligned with business objectives.
• Provide proactive HR support and challenge to leaders on organisational, people and workforce matters.
• Support the delivery of the EQ Retirement Solutions separation programme, including organisational design, employee transitions and people-related change activities.
• Act as a key People lead on TUPE projects, consultation activity and employee transfer arrangements.
• Support and advise managers through organisational change, restructuring and workforce planning initiatives.
• Lead and support complex employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, redundancies and settlement discussions.
• Support cyclical People activities including performance reviews, talent planning, succession planning, annual pay reviews and bonus processes.
• Coach, support and develop managers to strengthen people management capability and leadership effectiveness.
• Work with managers to identify people trends, workforce risks and opportunities using HR data and analytics.
• Produce and present people metrics, insights and board reporting to support informed decision‑making.
• Partner with Resourcing, Reward, Learning & Development and People Services colleagues to ensure an integrated approach to people management.
• Support business cases, change programmes, acquisitions, disposals and other strategic business initiatives where required.
• Ensure People policies, practices and decisions are applied consistently and in line with employment legislation and company standards.
• Champion a positive, inclusive and high‑performing culture across EQ Retirement Solutions.

The duties and responsibilities outlined above are to be regarded as broad areas of responsibility and do not necessarily detail all tasks which the post holder may be required to perform.

The ideal candidate will have the below skills, capabilities and attributes

• Significant HR Business Partnering experience within a commercial organisation.
• Strong HR generalist knowledge across employee relations, organisational design, talent management, engagement, reward and workforce planning.
• Demonstrable experience supporting organisational change, consultation exercises and TUPE transfers.
• Experience of managing complex employee relations cases and providing…