HR Business Partner

As HR Business Partner, you will provide proactive, commercially focused HR support to around 1,800 employees across our Environment Business. Partnering closely with leaders and managers, you will deliver a full generalist HR service, lead a varied employee relations caseload, and provide expert guidance on performance, absence, disciplinary and grievance matters. You will also support organisational change, talent initiatives and workforce planning, helping to drive the wider People Agenda while working collaboratively with colleagues across both the Environment and Specialist Services businesses.

Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract for a duration of 12-months providing maternity cover.

• Deliver a proactive, customer-focused HR service, partnering with managers and employees across the business.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance issues.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies and organisational values.
• Resolve HR queries effectively, collaborating with HR Centres of Expertise and key stakeholders.
• Support workforce planning and resourcing activity by partnering with hiring managers and recruitment teams.
• Advise on pay, benefits and terms and conditions, ensuring a consistent and fair approach.
• Identify capability needs and support the delivery of learning, development and talent initiatives.
• Coordinate key people processes and programmes, including reward reviews, early careers, employee engagement, wellbeing, EDI, succession planning and people analytics.

• CIPD qualified (or working towards qualification) or qualified through relevant HR experience, with proven experience in a generalist HR role at HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor level.
  
  Strong knowledge of UK employment law, HR best practice and employee relations.
• Significant experience managing complex ER cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance matters.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to coach and challenge managers and senior leaders.
• Experience supporting operational, multi-site businesses and partnering with stakeholders on people-related initiatives.
• Commercially minded, pragmatic and solutions-focused, with sound judgement and effective decision-making skills.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical and data-driven, using insight to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Self-motivated, resilient and collaborative, building effective relationships across geographically dispersed teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, with a full UK driving licence and willingness to travel as required.

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

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