Overview
Regional HR Business Partner - Full Time
At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people, and making a real impact. We run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools, but it’s our people who make the difference. As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, our mission is Improving Lives Through Leisure, helping communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone.
We are a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued, and supported to thrive. We are looking for a solutions-oriented Regional HR Business Partner to support our teams across the East of England (e.g., Great Yarmouth, Essex), Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and excel at delivering practical HR support that keeps operations running smoothly, this role is for you.
In this position, you’ll be the go-to expert for day-to-day HR matters—managing employee relations, supporting line managers, ensuring compliance, and helping to implement HR policies and procedures consistently across the region. Your focus will be on enabling teams to perform at their best by resolving issues quickly, maintaining high standards, and fostering a positive working environment.
Responsibilities
* Work in close partnership with Business Managers on a broad range of HR topics, giving pragmatic, timely and commercially-savvy HR advice to help managers achieve business goals and drive performance in their centres through people initiatives.
* Manage, monitor, and record HR casework, advising managers on complex employee relations, employment law and relevant legislation. Support and participate in grievance and disciplinary investigations and hearings, including appeal hearings.
* Lead mobilisation of new contracts and centres from a people perspective, focusing on TUPE and the transfer and integration of new staff in a compliant, best-practice manner.
* Continuously review policies and procedures, implementing changes as required and ensuring legislative advice is up to date, consistent, and clearly communicated.
* Report on HR metrics and performance, monitor absence triggers, performance management, and employee life cycle trends.
* Proactively suggest and support improvements and HR initiatives using data in areas such as remuneration, recruitment, retention, attendance, and performance management.
* Collaborate with the Senior HRBP on talent acquisition, succession planning, employee engagement, ED&I, and employee voice initiatives.
* Lead specific projects to drive improvements in staff engagement and retention across the business.
* Develop the HR service to add value and improve performance across the business.
* Work in a home/field capacity with frequent site visits and occasional overnight stays.
Key Relationships
* Executive Leadership Team
* Operations Director
* Regional & Area Managers
* Centre Management Teams
* Employees
* HR Department
* Support function teams
* External bodies as appropriate (e.g., ACAS, Unions, OHP providers)
Requirements
Essential:
* Experience of working in a generalist HR role, managing a high volume of cases and providing advice and support to managers at different levels of seniority
* Experience in a fast-paced, customer-focused, multi-site environment, ideally within leisure, retail or hospitality
* Experience of supporting change management including restructuring
* Exposure to resourcing, employee development and compensation & benefits in previous roles
* Experience of working with HR systems including an ATS, HRIS and LMS
Desirable:
* CIPD qualification Level 5 or 7 desirable (but not essential)
* Experience of supporting TUPE processes
* Experience of leading HR-related projects
* Experience of implementing an HRIS
Benefits
* My Staff Shop – staff benefit scheme with discounts on cinema, travel, gifts, days out, and more
* Discounted staff membership (including family members)
* Incremental holidays
* Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential counselling
* Company pension
* Various insurance and saving schemes
* Financial advice
* Cycle-to-work and car leasing schemes (salaried staff only)
* Fully funded training and career progression opportunities
Closing date: 18 October 2025
Salary: £40,000 - £43,000 per annum + £2220 Car Allowance
Contact: If you have any questions relating to this opportunity please email jobs@freedom-leisure.co.uk.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Human Resources
Industries
* IT Services and IT Consulting
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