HR Business Partner - Birmingham
The rewards
- £500 per day (Inside IR35)
Hours
- On-site presence required approximately 3 days per week across multiple Birmingham-based locations
The role of HR Business Partner:
- Navigate complex and sensitive employee relations cases, including grievances, disciplinaries, and conflict resolution
- Support the organisation through ongoing industrial relations challenges, working closely with established Trade Union partnerships
- Address workforce tensions effectively and respectfully
- Partner with operational leaders to deliver a robust, visible HR presence on-site
- Empower and coach line managers, enabling them to take ownership of people issues
- Support the development of business cases for significant service transformation
- Work closely alongside HR Operations Leads, providing added capacity and expertise
The ideal HR Business Partner:
- Proven experience operating as an HR Business Partner
- Strong, hands-on Employee Relations expertise
- Extensive experience working with Trade Unions and industrial relations
- Experience managing unionised, blue-collar environments
- Resilient, pragmatic, and thick-skinned, with the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Comfortable working autonomously without supervision
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence resistant audiences
This is a 6-month interim assignment supporting a large, complex public sector organisation in Birmingham, ideally starting by the end of June 2026.
This is a high-profile and challenging role supporting key services while managing significant employee relations challenges and helping to rebuild trust across the organisation.
