HR Business Partner - Public Sector (Permanent)
Location: West Midlands
Salary: £45,000-£55,000
Working Pattern: Hybrid - 2-3 days on-site across two key sites (both with parking)
Direct Reports: 1 x HR Advisor (Junior-level)
Function: People Team
About the Organisation
An ambitious and people-centred public sector organisation undergoing significant growth and transformation. The People Team is authentic, supportive, and forward-thinking-with a strong focus on building modern HR foundations, embedding new processes, and delivering a fair, consistent, and proactive HR service.
This is an exciting time to join as the organisation modernises its HR operations and implements new HR systems. The HRBP will play a critical role in shaping this new landscape.
Role Overview
The HR Business Partner will act as a trusted strategic partner to directorates, supporting the full HR life cycle while also leading on ER, workforce planning, service transfers, and organisational development initiatives.
This is a dynamic role suited to someone confident working at true HRBP level-not just ER-who enjoys building processes from scratch, thrives in a fast-paced and evolving environment, and sees projects through from start to finish.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Business Partnering
* Partner with senior leaders to deliver people strategies aligned with organisational goals.
* Lead on workforce planning, succession planning, and resourcing strategies.
* Provide data-driven HR insights to inform decision-making and support organisational priorities.
Employee Relations (ER) - Lead Specialist
* Act as the ER lead, managing and undertaking complex casework and investigations.
* Deliver approximately 50-60% ER-focused work, including disciplinaries, grievances, absence, performance, and safeguarding-related matters.
* Coach managers to handle ER confidently, fairly, and consistently.
Organisational Change & TUPE
* Lead and support TUPE and service transfer activities.
* Guide managers through restructures, realignments, and workforce changes.
* Ensure compliant and people-focused change processes.
HR Systems & Process Development
* Play an active role in the implementation of Cezanne and other new HR systems.
* Support with process mapping, testing, troubleshooting, and rollout.
* Build and improve policies, workflows, and HR processes as the organisation scales.
Leadership & Supervisory Responsibilities
* Line manage and develop one junior HR Advisor.
* Provide ongoing support, coaching, and development to team members and partners.
* Champion continuous improvement and a high-performing culture within the People Team.
Project Delivery
* Deliver project-based work across HR transformation, culture, engagement, wellbeing, and people operations.
* Ensure projects are delivered from initiation to completion-starter and finisher mindset essential.
* Work effectively under pressure, balancing multiple priorities while maintaining quality.
Key Requirements
Experience
* Proven experience operating at HR Business Partner level.
* Strong background in complex ER casework and leading investigations.
* Experience of TUPE and service transfers.
* Supervisory or people-management experience.
* Experience within the public sector or a similarly complex environment (desirable).
* Exposure to HR systems implementation-Cezanne experience a bonus.