HR Partner

Job Title

HR Partner

Reports to

HR Partner Lead - UKI & Nordics

Location

Birmingham Knights Court / Remote (with the requirement to travel)

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract (1 year initially)

Introduction to role

Vanderlande is the global market leader in automation systems and solutions for customers within the Airports, Parcel & Warehousing sectors. This role is central to maintaining a cohesive and positive working environment within the HR team. It offers an opportunity to make a direct impact on people and culture.

Role Responsibilities

• Support a critical global carve-out programme, delivering the TUPE transfer of warehousing employees in the UK.
• Provide expert advice on TUPE regulations, ensuring full compliance for both incoming and outgoing employer responsibilities.
• Manage all TUPE-related activity, including due diligence, data gathering, review and validation of Employee Liability Information (ELI).
• Plan and deliver consultation processes and support transfer execution and post transfer activities.
• Partner with legal advisors and stakeholders to identify, manage and mitigate risk.
• Support the development and delivery of employee communications and consultation materials.
• Ensure a smooth and consistent employee experience during a period of significant change.
• Provide clear, practical, and risk based guidance to managers and stakeholders on employee relations and change management.
• Support and lead individual and collective consultation processes where required.
• Manage ER issues arising pre and post transfer, ensuring consistent and fair outcomes.
• Maintain accurate and compliant documentation across all ER and TUPE activity.
• Develop and maintain TUPE and ER related documentation, including consultation scripts, guidance, employee communications, template letters, and transfer documentation.
• Provide guidance to managers and HR teams to ensure consistent application of policies and processes.
• Work closely with the HR Partner Lead - UKI & Nordics to ensure alignment and consistency across the business.
• Collaborate with People Services, global teams, and project stakeholders to deliver programme milestones successfully.
• Act as a trusted HR advisor to managers and leaders during the transition.
• Build strong relationships across multiple sites and functions.
• Provide on site HR support across warehousing locations as required.
• Travel regularly to support employee engagement and operational delivery.

Role Qualification and Skills

• Extensive and demonstrable TUPE experience for both incoming and outgoing employers.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law, particularly in relation to organisational change and transfers.
• Proven experience supporting or leading TUPE or large scale transformation/carve out projects.
• Experience managing complex employee relations casework in a change environment.
• Strong understanding of consultation processes (collective and individual).
• Ability to translate complex legal requirements into practical, business focused guidance.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, changing environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across UK sites.
• Ideally CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience).
• Flexible self starter with strong initiative, excellent organisational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, coaching and facilitation skills.
• Workday (HR system) experience would be useful but not essential.

Benefits

• 28 days annual leave (excluding public holidays).
• Aviva Medical Cover.
• YuLife - Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing, and daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers.
• A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities for career progression.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Yellow Nest salary exchange scheme to reduce childcare costs for parents and employers.
• Pension with Aviva.
• Access to Achievers, an award winning recognition platform that inspires to recognise your coworkers, where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore, and reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.