<div><h3>Job Title</h3><p>HR Business Partner (Exclusive)</p><h3>Location</h3><p>Belfast</p><h3>Introduction / Overview</h3><p>VANRATH has partnered exclusively with a leading UK-based organisation, with offices in Belfast to appoint an HRBP for the region. The role will be focused on delivering a strategic people agenda across a complex, multi-site environment. The role combines workforce planning, organisational design and employee relations expertise with strong commercial insight to support business performance.</p><h3>Salary & Benefits</h3><ul><li>Up to £55,000</li><li>Excellent pension</li><li>Heavily discounted rates for use of company facilities</li><li>Half-day Fridays</li></ul><h3>About You / Candidate Requirements</h3><ul><li>MCIPD qualified HR professional with a strong academic background, ideally including a Masters degree in Human Resources or a related discipline.</li><li>Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret financial and operational data, including key performance and balance sheet indicators.</li><li>Up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of employment law and its practical application in complex workplace situations.</li><li>Solid understanding of learning, talent development and organisational development principles.</li><li>Proven experience operating as a senior HR professional in a standalone or senior advisory capacity within a commercially driven, multi-site or complex organisation.</li><li>Extensive hands-on experience managing employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, attendance and performance matters.</li><li>Demonstrated experience delivering complex organisational change, including restructures, TUPE, redundancy, redeployment and employment tribunal processes.</li><li>Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply sound judgement in complex and fast-moving environments.</li><li>Experience coaching and developing managers to improve leadership effectiveness and people management capability.</li><li>Experience designing and delivering engaging training sessions to support capability and organisational objectives.</li></ul><h3>What Youll Do / Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Gain a strong understanding of regional performance and key workforce indicators, using insight from financial and operational data to inform effective people planning.</li><li>Shape and deliver a forward-looking, prioritised workforce strategy aligned to wider organisational goals, ensuring initiatives are implemented successfully.</li><li>Lead ongoing review and enhancement of organisational design and staffing models to ensure agility, efficiency and effectiveness.</li><li>Use workforce analytics to anticipate future capability and resourcing needs, developing short, medium and long-term plans in collaboration with key stakeholders.</li><li>Champion internal mobility and career development pathways to support talent growth, engagement and retention.</li><li>Ensure robust delivery of learning, training and compliance requirements, identifying skills gaps and supporting targeted development solutions.</li><li>Lead and support significant organisational change programmes, including restructures, TUPE activity, service openings and closures, and role redesign.</li><li>Build trusted and constructive relationships with employee representatives, supporting meaningful consultation and negotiation where required.</li><li>Coach and empower managers to strengthen leadership capability, improve employee engagement and reduce employee relations issues.</li><li>Ensure consistent, fair and compliant application of HR policies and practices across the region, embedding high standards throughout.</li></ul></div>