Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner
Department: Human Resources
Location: Sheffield
Working Pattern: Hybrid, includes 3 days each week in the office
Contact Type: Full time, permanent
Tes is a global Edtech leader, on a mission to empower schools and educators to deliver impactful, inspiring learning experiences worldwide. We understand the unique challenges faced by schools, and our ecosystem is specifically designed to address these needs head-on.
Role overview:
We’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner (HRBP) to join our team. This is a hands-on, generalist HR role; focused on helping us to deliver a great employee experience and supporting our aim to be an employer of choice.
You will support leaders in a fast-paced Tech/Digital area to build and deliver clear, strategic people plans that support business goals (for example: team structure, skills needed, hiring plans, and development priorities).
A big part of the role is coaching and supporting managers so they can lead their teams well. For example, you’ll help them set clear goals, handle day-to-day people issues, give meaningful feedback, and create development plans that build skills and improve performance. Working in collaboration with the talent acquisition and development team you’ll also support business leaders attract, retain and grow great talent.
You’ll also help deliver our broader People strategy and HR plan; working with the wider People team and business leaders to make sure HR priorities support Tes’ overall company goals.
Finally, you will be responsible for managing, coaching and developing a HR Assistant.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be a trusted HRBP to a designated client group with a specific focus on supporting Senior Managers and Managers,
- Understand the strategic and operational priorities of the business and have an active role in transformation discussions; to include providing lead support and advice in the implementation of organisational change projects ensuring that a consistent approach is maintained in areas such as workforce planning, roles changes, redundancies, TUPE transfers and office relocations
- Create and implement effective wellbeing, diversity and inclusion solutions
- Work in partnership with the designated leaders to continuously improve employee engagement through effective use of available tools, constructive and regular feedback and pragmatic action planning
- Support leaders within the designated group with key talent management initiatives to include undertaking regular talent reviews, succession planning, creating career pathways and formulating development plans and strategies to address skills gaps
- Manage and resolve (with the appropriate manager) all ER issues that may arise offering advice and guidance as appropriate, ensuring that all advice and guidance is accurate, balanced, and takes account of current employment legislation, the commercial requirements of the business, and best practice HR
- Take responsibility for identifying and implementing operational efficiencies and HR improvements
- Ensure that there is a consistent employee experience across different client groups, companies and countries
- Provide colleagues in recruitment with annual recruitment and promotion plans for designated client group
- Working in partnership with the designated leadership team embed a high-performance culture, ensuring consistent approach to performance management and taking action to manage any underperformance at manager and employee level.
- Support reward activities by benchmarking all roles, supporting pay review, undertaking calibration and reviewing all pay review and bonus recommendations
- Provide monthly MI and updates for the CPO on key people metrics, understand specific trends and issues, e.g. attrition, absence, demographic trends etc. and provide accurate MI, insight and recommendations to key stakeholders to enable fact based decision making and action
- Support the CPO with any projects and initiatives as required including but not limited to any business change and transformation projects
- Keep up to date with developments in employment legislation and human resources best practice, knowledge sharing within the team to ensure continuous development and improvement
What will you need to succeed?
Experience:
- HR Generalist Background: Recent relevant experience of working in a generalist HR role as part of a Global team, (preferably support a technology client group) with at least 2 years in a partnering or advisory capacity.
- Business Partnering: Proven experience working in partnership with leadership teams to achieve successful outcomes in relation to strategic and operational HE initiatives.
- Employee Relations: Extensive experience of managing complex employee relations issues, (disciplinaries, grievances, capability)
- Performance Management: Leading and supporting performance review processes, including coaching managers, managing high / under performance.
- Talent Management: Experience of implementing and supporting leaders with talent mapping, skills assessments, succession planning, career pathways initiatives and training needs analysis.
- Organizational Change: Participated in or led organisational change and transformation initiatives including organisational design and workforce planning, restructures, TUPE, ways of working, culture/employee experience
- HR Systems, Data and Insight: Experience of using and continuously developing HR information Systems, collating people related data/metrics, producing reports and presenting HR insight to senior stakeholders.
- International: Involvement in international HR work or supporting business expansion into new geographies (desirable).
Skills:
- Global: Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across the Global people team and key stakeholders
- Strategic Thinking: Commercial awareness with the ability to provide pragmatic, business focused HR solutions and align HR strategies with wider business goals
- Influencing & Coaching: Capable of influencing senior leaders and stakeholders with strong stakeholder management, coaching and consulting skills
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication; active listening and presentation skills, including to senior leadership.
- Problem-Solving: High-level problem-solving and analytical skills with demonstrated capability in conflict resolution, mediation, and root-cause analysis.
- Change Management: Skilled in supporting organisational change initiatives, including restructures and culture transformation with the Ability to embed a performance-driven culture and manage sensitive people issues constructively.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical skills with ability to assimilate information quickly and contribute to the commercial goals of the organisation. Proficient in interpreting HR metrics and using data to inform decision-making.
- Relationship Building: Ability to build and maintain trusted relationships at all levels of the organization.
- Project Management: Proven ability in managing and delivering cross-functional HR projects, able to lead and support multiple HR initiatives simultaneously.
- HR systems, Data and Insight: Proven ability to understand and interpret HR data and provide actionable insights with a good understanding and level of experience of using and continuously developing HR information Systems
Knowledge:
- Employment Law: Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and how to apply it in a business context.
- Global: Familiarity with international employment law and practices (desirable).
- HR Policies & Procedures: Understanding of best practice in HR operations, policies, and frameworks.
- Organisational Development: Knowledge of talent development, succession planning, workforce design and employee engagement strategies.
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Awareness of DEI principles and practices in the workplace.
- HR Systems, Data and Insight: Familiarity with HRIS platforms (Dayforce would be desirable) and an understanding of data reporting and people analytics.
- Reward, Recognition and Engagement: Knowledge of compensation and benefits processes, including benchmarking and pay review practices and Awareness of employee engagement tools and effective action planning.
Personal Attributes:
- Professional, credible, and trustworthy with high standards of integrity and confidentiality
- Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Resilient and composed when managing challenging situations or ambiguity.
- Collaborative, inclusive and supportive, promoting a positive employee experience.
- Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on operational excellence
- Self-motivated, organised, and able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Culturally sensitive and inclusive.
Qualifications
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent qualification/experience).
- Coaching or mediation certification (desirable / not essential).
Values and ways of working:
To build the best possible working environment for us all, it is vitally important that every member of the team embraces and demonstrates the behaviours that embody our values:
We work together:
You’re committed to building a trusting and open culture. You welcome feedback from everyone, with an open and willing mindset. You nurture the development of others, supporting testing and learning from mistakes positively.
We include everyone:
You naturally collaborate and ensure that inclusivity allows us to take full advantage of cognitive diversity. You’re naturally empathetic with others and are able to create development and growth with honesty, supporting those in and outside of your team.
We take ownership:
You battle complacency in all its forms and take ownership to move things forward. You can be agile and progress in small steps, but you don’t leave it to other to correct your mistakes or pick up after you.
We never stand still:
You are agile, with a mentality of ‘how can we’ rather than ‘why can’t we’. It isn’t about breaking rules, but about being tenacious and innovative. You look to create greatness, even if achieved slowly by many incremental improvements.
We do it for them:
You are passionate about creating an environment where everyone else around you can be motivated, enthused, and empowered to do their best work. With everyone motivated to do their best, teachers, students, and parents all gain the ultimate value and support.
What do you get in return?
- 25 days annual leave rising to 30
- 5% pension after probation
- State of the art offices
- Access to a range of benefits via My Benefits World
- Free eye care cover
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- EAP (Employee assistance programme)
- Monthly Tes Socials
- Access to an extensive Learning and Development menu
Who are Tes?
Tes is a global Edtech leader, on a mission to empower schools and educators to deliver impactful, inspiring learning experiences worldwide. We understand the unique challenges faced by schools, and our ecosystem is specifically designed to address these needs head-on.
Our intuitive technology streamlines complex tasks, enhances learning experiences, and alleviates the administrative burdens that often overwhelm schools.
By working closely with schools, we provide up-to-date resources, expert guidance, and a technology ecosystem dedicated to innovation and excellence in education. Whether simplifying administrative workflows, creating dynamic classrooms, or advancing professional development, Tes is the trusted partner for schools worldwide.
Join the hundreds of schools already benefiting from the Tes ecosystem. Together, we empower educators to achieve more, ensuring every student thrives in a supportive, well-managed learning environment.
With Tes, excellence in education is not just a goal - it's a sustainable and rewarding reality. For more information about Tes, our products, and our team, visit: www.tes.com
