HR Business Partner
Location: Wakefield
We are the leading national independent auction group, led by quality people, driving the future of the remarketing industry through leading results, innovation, investment, excellence in technology and exceptional service.
Our mission is to bring new perspectives, energy and more innovative ways of working to extend our value within the automotive industry.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior HR Business Partner to join our team based in Normanton, Wakefield. We are looking for someone with high energy who is commercially minded and solutions driven with ambition to make positive change in a growing business.
Some of our key areas of focus this year include; talent and succession, DE&I, onboarding & recruitment, employer brand and reward.
Principle responsibilities in role include:
- Partner the Management team to ensure the Company’s objectives are met through regular reviews of their functional areas.
- Lead on HR projects with a focus on improving employee experience.
- Deliver excellent stakeholder management.
- Deliver exceptional employee relations advice, guidance & administration.
- Promote diversity and inclusion initiatives, ensuring they are embedded in all HR processes.
- Enforce & promote safety within the workplace.
Duties include:
- Partner the Management team to ensure the Company’s objectives are met through regular review of their functional areas.
- Work with Talent & Culture Manager to identify and address talent needs, including talent acquisition, development, and succession planning.
- Use MI to help influence and support decision making.
- Provide regularly MI reporting to the management team.
- Take action/work with colleagues to address and solve issues arising in the people performance of the company, by providing a high level of commercially sound business partnering.
- Continuously review labour by measuring productivity, working with the management team to identity process efficiencies and providing HR support to achieve these.
- Work actively with the management team to drive people performance to help the Company strive to meet its goals.
- Act on areas of improvement from the people agenda, creating a plan for implementing improvements and delegating actions to the relevant stakeholders.
- Work with the talent team to ensure the company induction and onboarding process is fit for purpose and consistent across the group.
- Deliver inductions where required.
- Design and deliver learning solutions to enhance capabilities.
- Implement initiatives focused on enhancing employee experience.
- Be responsible for the creation, development and delivery of project plans for HR projects, including confirmation of project milestones, and progress reporting.
- Execute strategic project plans in line with HR project objectives.
- Identify resources required for successful completion of HR projects.
- Plan, schedule and mange project calendars, meeting invites and key milestones.
- Plan and facilitate all project related meetings.
- Act as an agent of change for initiatives, working to embed any transformation, anticipate and overcome issues and proactively suggesting solutions.
- Support managers in defining, developing and executing people plans that support the achievement of the business strategy, ensuring that People plans are integrated with wider HR strategy, policies & priorities.
- Gain commitment and involvement of management teams and those affected by the change using influence and interactions to advocate change consistently in the wider business.
- Acts as a role model for change through developing and implementing change management principles.
- Provide expert advice, guidance and support on all HR matters occurring as part of transformation activity ensuring actions minimize risk and financial exposure.
- Promote effective two-way feedback and communication.
- Work in an innovative fashion, striving for constant improvement at all times.
- Support and upskill business leaders to successfully lead and implement HR related programmes.
- Take action/work with colleagues to address and solve issues arising, by providing a high level of commercially sound advice.
- Champion effective change management through building appropriate internal and external relationships and actively collaborating across functions.
- Work actively with the management team to drive people performance to help the Company strive to meet its goals.
- Act on areas of improvement from the people agenda, creating a plan for implementing improvements and delegating actions to the relevant stakeholders.
- Utilise colleague’s industry knowledge to assist in successful completion of projects.
- Be knowledgeable on HR policies, procedures and legislation.
- Deliver the highest possible level of advice & guidance to Managers & Employees, with the appropriate level of commerciality.
- Remain GDPR compliant consistently.
- Promote diversity and inclusion initiatives, ensuring they are embedded in all HR processes.
Skills/Experience:
- Proven experience within a generalist HR capacity.
- Experiencing supporting and implementing HR/business change programmes.
- L&D background preferred but not essential.
- Qualified CIPD member or equivalent professional qualification/Degree in HR or related discipline /relevant professional experience.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to influence at all levels.
- Commercial acumen and credibility.
- Experience of managing a team.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to build rapport quickly and communicate effectively with all levels of the organisation.
- Able to maintain confidentiality.
40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 08.30am - 5.00pm.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits that reflect the value we place on our employees and help make Aston Barclay Group a great place to work. These include:
- 25 days leave per annum + bank holidays
- The ability to purchase upto an additional 5 days leave per annum
- Enhanced sick/maternity/paternity/adoption policies
- Healthcare Cashback scheme on costs such as Dental, Optical and Physiotherapy
- Access to an online rewards scheme that gives you discounts and money back on everything from fashion, holidays, entertainment, car hire, health and beauty and even weekly shopping from major supermarkets
- Free Employee Assistance Program (also available to family dependants)
- Life assurance cover 2 x salary
- Christmas savings scheme
- Length of service awards
- Refer a friend recruitment incentive scheme
- Early finish on your birthday
- Onsite Gym & Canteen
