HR Business Partner

Salary: £41,000, dependent on experience
Location: West Yorkshire
Working pattern: Full-time hours / In Office Role

Are you a people-focused HR professional looking for an opportunity to make a genuine impact?

We’re working with an established organisation to recruit an HR Business Partner to join a friendly, collaborative team where people genuinely enjoy working together.

This is a varied, generalist HR role offering the opportunity to work closely with managers across the organisation, providing practical advice, coaching and support across a broad range of people-related matters. From employee relations and policy development to recruitment, learning and development, you’ll play an important role in helping managers build confidence, develop their teams and create a positive working culture.

We’re looking for someone who is curious, motivated and keen to learn. You don’t need to know everything already, but you will bring a solid grounding in generalist HR, a proactive approach and a genuine desire to make a difference.

Working in partnership with managers across designated departments, you’ll provide a responsive and professional HR service, supporting both day-to-day people matters and longer-term organisational priorities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• HR Business Partnering: Building trusted relationships with managers, providing advice and guidance across the employee lifecycle and helping develop effective people management practices.
• Employee Relations: Supporting managers with a range of employee relations matters, including performance, absence, conduct and capability, ensuring advice is fair, consistent and aligned with employment legislation and internal policies.
• Coaching and Development: Coaching managers to build their confidence and capability, empowering them to manage their teams effectively and address issues at an early stage.
• Recruitment and Selection: Supporting effective recruitment processes, from attraction and selection through to appointment, ensuring a positive candidate experience and adherence to safer recruitment and safeguarding requirements.
• Learning and Development: Helping identify training needs and supporting the development and delivery of learning initiatives, including management, leadership and HR-related training.
• Policies and Procedures: Contributing to the review, development and implementation of HR policies and procedures, ensuring they remain relevant, practical and legally compliant.
• People Data and Reporting: Maintaining accurate people information, identifying trends and using data to support informed decisions and improvements.
• Culture and Engagement: Supporting a positive, values-led working environment where people understand expectations, feel supported and are encouraged to perform at their best.

We’re keen to hear from HR professionals who enjoy the variety of a generalist role and are looking for an opportunity to develop their skills and make a meaningful contribution.

You’ll ideally bring:

• A broad generalist HR background, with experience across areas such as employee relations, recruitment, policy and people management.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent, alongside relevant practical experience.
• A sound understanding of UK employment law and good HR practice.
• Experience of working with managers and stakeholders across different teams or departments.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to offer advice, guidance and constructive challenge.
• A coaching mindset and an interest in helping managers develop their own skills and confidence.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to share ideas and look for ways to improve processes.
• Strong digital…