HR Business Partner

About The Role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a HR Business Partner to join our growing team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

Base location can be either – Leeds, Birmingham, Derby or Tankersley.

As a HRBP you will be partnering with senior leaders within the BU, accountable for the delivery of strategic people‑related objectives as defined within the BU/Project People Plan. Typically works to deliver on a 0–24‑month horizon. Lead the delivery of appropriate people activities to meet targets and improve performance across the Regional Civils Business Unit.

• Lead and direct the delivery of the People Plan within the defined part of the BU they partner. Become the trusted sparring partner for their stakeholder
• Provide one‑to‑one coaching and advice to senior leaders on people issues such as senior team and organisational effectiveness, performance issues, talent development.
• Partner with senior leaders and managers to drive the full scope of the talent agenda – including succession planning, and driving the subsequent development actions to ensure the availability of talent in the right place at the right time
• Project manage complex change and transformation projects as required, coordinating these activities with other HR functions/teams as needed (including collaboration with other HRBP’s during mobilisations / demobilisations to ensure identification and retention of talent)
• Work with the Head of HR/HRBP’s and other HR centres of expertise to ensure the effective delivery of relevant people activities across the relevant business areas
• Manage and oversee complex Employee Relations cases in conjunction with ER Advisor and ER Business Partner support
• Utilise data such as Power BI and Employee Engagement Survey results to support data‑driven decision making that feeds into the overall people/HR plans
• Own and drive activities for employee engagement with support from relevant data.
• Ensure business have fully engaged with and input into people/HR plans
• With the Head of HR, review and analyse HR project outputs and coach business managers to create action plans to embed change
• Ensure that the organisational structure of the relevant business area is appropriately sized, and designed to deliver business objectives in the short and long terms, and ensure that structural change is effectively managed
• Identify strategic resourcing requirements (including current and projected skill / capability gaps) and work with managers and the Resourcing team to develop and execute strategic resourcing plans where required
• Influence and be involved in senior recruitment activity
• Build strong relationships across all HR teams, to ensure alignment and effectiveness of all end to end HR processes
• Working within the One UK HR Model with support from Heads of HR, other HRBPs and centres of expertise (CoE), promote best practise of processes and procedures and appropriate compliance
• Support the design and delivery of the L&D plan to meet local and UK requirements
• Promote the Inclusion & Diversity agenda and support achievement of targets
• Role model the Balfour Beatty Behaviours
• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm

• Proven track record in building effective relationships with complex senior leadership teams, managing organisational and cultural change initiatives, and managing the delivery of HR strategies
• Demonstrable experience working within the context of complex, matrix organisations with a varied workforce and delivering across the full range of HR disciplines
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Strong commercial awareness & business acumen
• Experience of delivering cultural change
• Understand Talent & Succession management and how to deliver effective plans to enhance capability and retain key talent within the business
• Ability to identify current and future resourcing needs, including skill and capability gaps, to design and implement strategic workforce plans that align with organisational goals.
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to data-driven decisions
• Experience of project managing initiatives
• Viewed as an emotionally intelligent and trusted business advisor,…