HR Business Partner
Based at either out Knottingley, West Yorkshire or Stockton Office
£42k to £46k per annum depending on experience
Full-time, Permanent – 40 hours per week (hybrid with 3 days in the office)
About us
At Real Life Options, every role is a crucial piece of the puzzle, working together to empower, uplift, and transform lives. Our frontline teams provide the freedom, dignity, and support that help people live life on their own terms, but none of that is possible without dedicated HR professionals working behind the scenes to support and retain the people who make it all happen. That’s where you come in.
About the role
The HR Business Partner role is a strategic role designed to work closely with leadership and management teams in England to align HR strategies with organisational goals. The HR Business Partner will act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on all people-related matters, including workforce development, talent management, employee relations, and performance management. The role requires both strategic thinking and hands-on execution, particularly in supporting complex case work, delivering HR training and development, ensuring HR initiatives drive outcomes and foster a positive workplace culture.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with managers and leaders to inform the HR strategy for each area of the organisation
- Work with stakeholders to identify key HR challenges
- Use evidence and data to identify HR priorities for the organisation and address future workforce needs
- Provide expert HR guidance for acquisitions, restructures and service closures
- Bring HR expertise and develop solutions to help each area to deliver its strategy
- Partner with managers to create robust Workforce Development Plans, using data to identify trends, opportunities for growth, and areas of concern
- Work with senior managers to identify and nurture future leaders within the organisation
- Plan and support the delivery of change programmes
- Provide coaching and guidance to managers on employee relations matters, ensuring fair and consistent practices
- Advise and support on complex employee relations cases and long term absence
- Act as point of escalation for HR Advisors and senior managers on complex or higher risk HR issues
- Line management of two HR Advisors
Qualifications and Skills:
✔ CIPD Level 7 preferred or equivalent relevant experience
✔ Proven experience as HR Business Partner or similar role, ideally within the charity or social care sector
✔ Demonstrable experience in employee relations, including case management and investigations
✔ Background in delivering HR projects and organisational development initiatives
✔ Design and delivery of training and development activities
Why Join Us?
✅ A minimum of 33-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
✅An employer contributory pension scheme, 6% employer contribution
✅ Work in a collaborative, values-led environment
✨ In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
✅ Health Cash Plan
✅ Life cover – 3 x salary
✅ Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
✅ A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
✅ Cycle to Work Scheme
✅ A financial wellbeing scheme
✅ Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
✅ Recognition Initiatives
Don’t miss out – Be Part of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters
Apply today and start making a real impact!
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
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