HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner
6 Month Contract
Hybrid - Bracknell, Manchester, or Grangemouth
Occassional travel between UK sites may be required.

Our Life Sciences client is seeking a HR Business Partner to join them on a 6-month contract basis. Sitting within the UK HR team, you will act as the first line of support for managers across multiple UK sites, providing guidance on people-related matters that fall outside routine HR operations.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations & HR Advisory

• Serve as the central point of contact for ER matters including disciplinary, performance, and absence management.
• Provide consistent, timely, pragmatic HR advice to line managers across UK locations.
• Respond to general HR queries and guide managers through people processes.

People Processes & HR Systems

• Drive annual HR processes including performance management and the compensation cycle.
• Manage HR transactions and support activity in Workday, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
• Support managers and employees in understanding HR policies, systems, and processes.

Data & Insights

• Build HR reports and develop tools that provide meaningful insights for decision-making.
• Analyse data trends to identify opportunities for organisational improvements.
• Use insight-led approaches to support people initiatives.

Policy Development & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to policy updates and ensure consistent implementation across all UK sites.
• Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes and enhance efficiency.

Talent, Training & Recruitment

• Act as the first point of contact for recruitment activity, supporting managers and recruitment teams to progress vacancies effectively.
• Work with HR colleagues to identify training needs and support the roll-out of development programmes.

Change & Transformation

• Support the implementation and communication of HR initiatives and change programmes.
• Ensure effective adoption of new ways of working across the UK business.

Experience Required

Essential

• Strong HR generalist background with broad exposure across the employee life cycle.
• Solid experience managing employee relations matters.
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience using HR systems (Workday experience highly advantageous).
• Strong analytical skills with a data-driven mindset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and virtual collaboration tools (eg, Zoom).
• Proven stakeholder management experience.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Desirable

• CIPD qualified (or working toward qualification).
• Experience within a global, matrixed organisation.

To apply for this position please submit your CV.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.