HR Business Partner Walsall, England
Job description
Are you looking for a challenging and exciting role that partners a growing business?
Are you wanting to work strategically with your stakeholders to influence, drive and deliver people initiatives?
Join the dynamic team that's driving growth for South Staffordshire PLC. In this pivotal role, you'll partner with top performers across Echo’s Software Services in the UK, India and Australia, help provide exceptional customer support through our Contact Centre and collaborate with the Group Services team reporting directly to the CEO and CFO. Don't miss this chance to be a part of the action and make a real impact!
As an HR Business Partner reporting to the Lead HR Business Partner, you'll play a vital role in elevating HR operations to new heights and forging strong connections with key stakeholders. Your expertise will be sought after as you provide insightful guidance on a wide range of HR topics, from talent acquisition and performance management to policy implementation, reward programs, succession and workforce planning and employee engagement.
You'll take the lead in driving the people plan forward, making sure that each element is flawlessly executed and deeply ingrained within the business. By embodying the company's values and serving as a shining example of leadership, you'll inspire others to do the same.
Day-to-day can be varied but as an HR Business Partner, you will typically:
· Develop strong relationships to influence the business area management and teams around the people agenda and issues
· Advise, guide, coach and support managers providing high level people management and development support across all disciplines
· Communicate effectively and lead the teams within the business area through change and implementation of new initiatives
· Manage talent and succession planning within area, highlighting risks and creating action plans to support the wider talent and succession planning process.
· Pro-actively manage the recruitment and selection process ensuring we are recruiting the right talent in line with our values and behaviours and are supporting diversity
· Provide high-quality monthly management information for board reporting
· Analyse data looking for trends and insights and produce recommendations to the business for improvements or focus areas
· Take ownership to ensure business area drives the appropriate actions from employee feedback around employee engagement, CSR, IIP and wellbeing
· Be the custodian of the respective area Employee Voice Forum ensuring it is effective and driving the right focus
· In conjunction with the People team, ensure all company policies and procedures are kept up to date in line with current employment law. Ensure all changes to policy are communicated and trained out as appropriate and accurate records are maintained
To be our HR Business Partner you will need to be:
· energetic, engaging, and passionate
· determined and objective
· capable of developing relationships quickly at all levels
· able to use your strong emotional intelligence to positively influence in the right way
· flexible to manage demands of the different countries and business areas
· an experienced HR BP with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in role
We’re looking for someone who has integrity, works collaboratively and is a respectful team player. Knowledge of international employment law would be desirable but not essential. This role has a fantastic career pathway, with the opportunity to gain people management experience.
Who are we
Echo are part of South Staffordshire PLC, an integrated services group behind South Staffs and Cambridge Water along with a range of other non-regulated services and products to essential services operators and markets. With around 3000 people in across the UK and abroad, you’re not just getting a new job; you’re starting a career.
Echo was born in 2001; since then we’ve been hard at work supporting water and energy companies in the UK and overseas with award winning services and software that help them give their own customers a great, and efficient, service.
Our clients are household names that provide essential services to us all as consumers, and we’re very proud to play a part in supporting their vital work.
There are around 600 of us that make up the Echo team, spread across three continents and four countries. We offer a huge range of exciting roles due to the diversity of our services and software solutions, and we continue to expand and grow as a company at home and overseas.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £40,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Walsall: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Walsall
Reference ID: AH/EMS/HRBP/FEB23
