People Business Partner

Required Skills

• Employee Relations
• Coaching
• Stakeholder Management Skills
• HR

Job Summary

People Business Partner

Location: South Tyneside (Hybrid Available)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

We are proud to be partnering with a growing North East business to recruit a People Business Partner.

This is an opportunity to join a fast paced, ambitious organisation that is investing heavily in its people, systems, and future growth.

We're looking for an experienced People professional who thrives in a commercial environment and enjoys balancing strategic initiatives with hands on operational HR support.

If you enjoy coaching managers, solving complex employee relations challenges, improving processes, and helping businesses scale effectively, this could be the perfect next step.

Opportunity

As a People Business Partner, you'll work closely with leaders across the organisation, supporting decision making, improving people performance, and driving positive change.

This is not a traditional HR role focused solely on policy and compliance. You'll play a key role in helping the business build stronger leadership capability, improve employee experience, and implement scalable people practices that support future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with managers and leaders across the business.
• Manage employee relations matters including:
  • Absence
  • Conduct
  • Capability
  • Grievance
  • Disciplinary
  • Probation
  • Performance management
• Coach managers through challenging people situations.
• Support business change and transformation projects.
• Improve and streamline people processes.
• Assist with HR system implementation and adoption.
• Analyse people data and identify trends.
• Create practical management guidance and toolkits.
• Support leadership development initiatives.
• Contribute to the continued evolution of the People function.

About You

You'll already be operating in one of the following roles:

• People Business Partner
• HR Business Partner
• Senior HR Advisor
• Senior People Advisor

You'll have:

• Strong UK employment law knowledge.
• Significant employee relations experience.
• Experience coaching managers.
• A pragmatic and commercially focused approach.
• Experience working within a fast paced environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• The confidence to challenge constructively.
• A proactive, solutions focused mindset.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary package.
• Opportunity to influence business wide change.
• Growing organisation with genuine career progression opportunities.
• Collaborative leadership team.
• Exposure to strategic and operational People projects.
• Modern working environment.
• Supportive culture focused on continuous improvement.