HR Business Partner Birmingham, England
Job description
Aston University’s mission is to be the UK’s leading university for students aspiring to succeed in business and the professions, where original research, enterprise and inspiring teaching deliver local and global impact. Everything we do at Aston is focused around impacting upon our city, our region and our society. We believe that people create change, and we want to educate and inspire the generations that will change the world around us.
It’s an exciting time to be joining the HR function as we work towards the University’s emerging 2030 strategy and delivering the associated People Strategy. This HR Business Partner role will quickly add value for designated stakeholders, providing high quality advice tailored to their needs. This is a generalist role encompassing casework, dispute resolution, general HR and equality and diversity advice, job evaluation/promotions, recruitment and workforce planning. There will also be the opportunity as part of the wider professional HR team to develop policy, procedures and guidance.
Working collaboratively with other HR Business Partners to share good practice and to handle peaks in workload, the post holder will be an experienced HR professional with the ability to rapidly build credibility as a trusted HR partner. With strong influencing, team-working and communication skills, the successful applicant should be CIPD qualified or with an equivalent level of experience gained through study and work. Experience within either the public sector or with research and/or scientific workforces would be particularly advantageous.
Basic DBS (disclosure and barring service) check is required for this role.
