Assistant HR Business Partner

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. 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

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

• Understanding of AI-enabled tools and emerging technologies within HR services.
• Knowledge of colleague experience and service improvement approaches.
• CIPD Level 5 fully qualified.

At Live West, we are united by a shared mission: to create a home for everyone. Each of us takes pride in playing our part in achieving this goal. Our values guide everything we do - from how we work together to how we deliver exceptional services to our customers. Collaboration is at the heart of Live West, and we believe that we achieve more when we deliver together.

As one of the largest employers in the South West, our team of 1,800 talented colleagues provides a wide range of services to our 80,000 customers. We are passionate about nurturing local talent and creating opportunities for people within the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting our colleagues, giving them the autonomy and encouragement they need to thrive and reach their full potential.

Together, we are building brighter futures for everyone.

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