Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (hybrid working)
Position: HR Business Partner
We are looking for a strategic, commercially minded HR Business Partner to work closely with the General Manager and the Leadership Team, driving both operational and long‑term people priorities. This is a highly influential role where you will shape culture, build capability, and contribute directly to delivering our performance goals in alignment with both Group and Steam strategies.
As a key member of the OpCo Leadership Team, you will partner the business across all areas of People & Culture, leading a comprehensive HR roadmap that supports high performance, engagement, and sustainable business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Strategic partnership & leadership:
o Act as an active member of the Leadership Team, contributing to OpCo strategy, performance delivery and wider business initiatives.
o Lead the annual HR/People roadmap, including both recurrent and project‑based activities.
o Drive a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging innovation, constructive challenge, and performance excellence.
* Talent Acquisition & Development:
o Lead recruitment excellence by implementing innovative strategies to attract, assess and retain diverse talent.
o Collaborate closely with hiring managers to optimise processes and elevate the candidate experience.
o Own the OpCo talent development and succession planning agenda.
o Support the identification, development, and mobility of high‑potential colleagues.
* Engagement & Culture:
o Drive employee engagement initiatives, including survey deployment, action planning, and manager capability uplift.
o Champion cultural development, supporting organisational evolution and transformation where required.
* HR Operations & Advisory:
o Ensure HR policies, initiatives and practices are understood, embedded and delivering intended business outcomes.
o Provide expert advice on employment law, HR policies and people‑related decision making.
o Deliver core HR activity including performance management, reward processes, recruitment, inclusion and engagement.
o Provide timely, accurate information for Quarterly Business Reports, forecasting and business planning.
* Collaboration & Contribution:
o Work closely with HR colleagues across UK Steam to ensure consistency, leverage best practice and support shared initiatives.
o Contribute to HR projects at EMEA, Steam and Group level.
Experience & Qualifications
* Degree in HR, Business, or equivalent professional experience.
* Strong track record of HR Business Partnering at a senior level.
* Proven ability to influence without authority and deliver results through others.
* Experience advising managers on a wide range of employee relations matters.
* Demonstrated history of developing leadership teams and elevating leadership capability.
* Strong background in managing change and supporting organisational development.
* Ability to build strong partnerships, challenge constructively, and drive business performance.
* Experience in organisational design, cultural transformation or operating within complex matrix environments.
* Experience in talent management, rewards, recruitment, and engagement practices.
* Coaching qualification or experience.
* Proven success in leading projects impacting business structure or processes.
Skills & Competencies
Strategy and Continuous Improvement
* Understanding our Group strategy and deploy it.
* Proven ability to deliver significant programs, e.g., those involving business process and/or structural team changes.
People
* Leading aligned to our Followership Framework.
* Communicating and storytelling.
* Identifying potential and developing, attracting and sharing talented colleagues.
* Inspiring high engagement, accountability and performance.
* Leading change through people.
Other
* Lives our values at all times (Safety, Collaboration, Customer Focus, Excellence, Respect and Integrity).
* Experienced communicator with the ability to influence at all levels and present in senior forums.
* Able to operate within a complex, matrix organisation.
* Strong interpersonal skills – able to build trust and constructive and positive relationships across, diverse cultures and the business in all levels.
* Ability to manage and organise demanding workload.
* Awareness and curiosity in the challenge of meeting generational & cultural changes in the coming years.
* Growth mindset and willingness to learn.
Benefits
* Competitive salary and discretionary bonus.
* Flexible working.
* 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays).
* 3 days’ paid volunteering leave.
* Comprehensive private healthcare.
* Enhanced pension plan.
* Life assurance.
* Optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan.
* Free onsite parking.
* Flexible benefits and access to a personal discounts portal.
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