People Business Partner

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive. 

By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.

With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high\-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication \- all of which we pass on to our customers. 

MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you\- work that matters.

With us, you’ll grow, find your flow , and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact. 

Your Career

Join our People team as a trusted partner to business leaders, helping to deliver people initiatives that drive business performance and support organisational objectives. You'll provide both strategic and operational HR expertise, influencing key people decisions, challenging where appropriate, and fostering a positive, high\-performing culture across the business.

Your Team

Working alongside fellow People Business Partners and specialist teams, including Talent, L\&D, and Finance, you'll deliver a consistent, commercially focused People service. Collaboration is central to the role as you support leaders, contribute to cross\-functional People projects, and help shape continuous improvement across the employee lifecycle.

Your Impact

You'll partner with leaders across your business areas, providing expert guidance on employee relations, organisational change, performance, leadership development and workforce planning. You'll use people data and insights to identify trends, mitigate risk and enable informed decision\-making. You'll also lead and contribute to People initiatives, policy development and change programmes that strengthen organisational capability, enhance employee engagement and improve retention.

Skills \& Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in a People/HR Business Partner role within a fast\-paced, commercial environment.


• CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualification (or equivalent) is essential.


• Extensive employee relations experience with a strong working knowledge of UK employment law.


• Demonstrable experience managing complex and sensitive employee relations cases, with the confidence to coach and influence managers at all levels.


• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credibility, challenge constructively and influence decision\-making.


• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to balance business needs with people outcomes.


• Experience using people data and HR metrics to identify trends and inform strategic decisions.


• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship\-building skills.


• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a dynamic environment.

Desirable

• Mediation qualification and/or practical workplace mediation experience.


• Experience supporting global or multi\-country workforces


• Experience supporting organisational change, transformation or business growth initiatives.

Experience partnering with senior leadership teams.

• Benefits to support you personally and professionally

Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross\-departmental mentoring and coaching programs


• 24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave


• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays


• Enhanced Family leave


• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers


• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards


• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000


• Employee\-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake\-offs


• On\-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily

Opt\-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage

• We value the well\-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.

At MHR, we’re completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported.

Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if you’re excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and we’ll make sure your needs are met when you arrive.

If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised.

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