Senior Human Resources Business Partner x 2. 1 x Permanent position & 1 x Fixed term position

Who We Are
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As Senior HR Business Partner for North \& East Route, you will play a critical strategic role in supporting a large, complex and operationally intensive part of the railway with over 2000 employees. Partnering closely with senior leaders and line managers, you will provide expert, pragmatic HR leadership across organisational change, industrial relations, people strategy and capability. This is a stretching role for an experienced HR professional who can balance empathy with commercial focus, influence at pace, and drive sustainable outcomes in a safety critical, unionised environment.

About the role
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Key Accountabilities:

• Working closely with the supported business area/s to develop, drive and implement the HR Strategy/People Plan to include; talent, succession planning and change management, in order to support the delivery of business objectives and drive a high performance culture.


• Act as an integral member of the business leadership team, building strong relationships with senior business leaders and other relevant stakeholders. Coach, advise and challenging thinking in addition to co\-development, design and execution of integrated medium to long term people initiatives to meet current and future business needs.


• Act as a change agent; lead, support and contribute to change programmes, driving and championing the implementation of HR solutions within the supported business area, gaining acceptance from key stakeholders.


• Proactively manage trade union relationships, working with the Employee Relations team, appropriate HR Business Partners and managers across the business.


• Reinforce and support the ownership of people management by the business and line managers and the HR Business Partner model.


• Influence the centres of expertise development of strategy and policy through sharing business/functional requirements and inputting into development and execution planning.


• Work in collaboration with; Centres of Expertise, HR Shared Services, HR Direct and HR Business Partner teams to proactively identify and influence changes that improve HR service.


• Liaise with HR Business Partners in other areas of the business in order to work collaboratively on cross business/geographical issues.

• Demonstrates strong business/commercial approach and understanding of business needs.


• Proven experience of working in partnership with senior business leaders in order to improve people management.


• Passionate about customer service with ability to articulate previous achievements through business deliverables.


• Knowledge and experience of implementing best practice HR solutions to drive a high performance culture.


• Ability to establish professional credibility quickly.


• Experience of coaching, influencing and building strong working relationships with senior business leaders.


• Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence effectively with all levels of an organisation.


• Experience of working with senior leaders to identify, develop and retain talent.


• Excellent technical HR Knowledge \- CIPD qualified or relevant experience to demonstrate level of competence.


• Proven track record of operating in a complex working environment.


• Broad experience of managing organisation change programmes e.g. TUPE, Organisation re\-design, redundancy programmes, etc


• Graduate calibre


• Experience of working within a highly unionised environment (Essential for roles supporting Maintenance \& Operations Functions).

• Experience of working within a unionised environment

We're looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner who can work alongside senior leaders to help the business perform at its best. You'll play a key role in shaping people plans, leading change, leading projects and building a high performance culture.

You'll be confident working with senior managers, able to coach, influence, and challenge decisions when needed. You'll bring strong business understanding, excellent communication skills, and a practical approach to solving complex people issues. Experience of leading organisation change and working in a unionised environment is essential for some areas.

You'll have strong HR knowledge, be CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience), and be comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast moving environment. Most importantly, you'll be passionate about great people management and making a real difference to how the organisation and its people succeed together.

Key Information

Vacancy Details
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Number of Positions:2
Contract Type:Permanent
Hours:Full Time
Salary:£55,596 \- £65,966
Location:York
Geographical Area:North East England
Closing Date:09\-JUN\-2026
Job Category:HR and Legal
Function:Eastern Region
Organisation:AD HR HR NE (844012\) G5

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