Human Resources Business Partner

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You will be part of the North West & Central Region (NW&C) which consist of three routes - North West, Central and West Coast South - and a regional team supporting Regional Major Programmes & Professional services.

Our Route

The West Coast South route stretches from the south of Crewe to London Euston, carrying millions of passengers, and up to 10% of the country's freight traffic each year. Our route contains the West Coast main line which stretches over 1,000 miles of track and has 64 passenger stations. It's also the busiest mixed-use railway in Europe, forming Anglo-Scottish journeys between London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as providing commuter links to the capital through Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire, and Buckinghamshire.

The West Coast main line was electrified in the 1960s, allowing for longer, faster train services for passengers and freight. This meant that London Euston Station has to be rebuilt to create space for the new overhead equipment and was the first station in London to provide express passenger journeys to distant cities. Based in our central Birmingham office, you will work with the Capital Delivery leadership team, under the direction of the both the Head of Human Resources and Senior HR Business Partner to deliver the business aligned People Plan/HR strategy and provide coaching and support to members of the supported leadership team.

Brief Description

If you are passionate about empowering people to perform their best and support them through numerous challenges, this could be the role for you. Sitting within the West Coast South HR team in the NW&C Region, this role offers the full Human Resources Business Partner remit, advising on organisational and structural change and performance and senior talent management activities, translating business needs into HR solutions. You will use business data and insight to inform the design, development and implementation of HR activities.

You will need to use your business partner expertise to gain credibility from day one, enabling you to operate as a member of the senior management team. You will be solutions-focused, able to deliver at pace and confident to challenge at senior levels.

You will provide pro-active, value-add HR support to the business leaders across West Coast South on medium term and operational people issues.

"We are flexible on location and this role can be based at any of our locations across West Coast South - Stoke, Stafford, Birmingham, Rugby, Milton Keynes and London Euston".

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 8th May 2024 in Milton Keynes

About the role (External)

Your main responsibilities will be to:

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

• Demonstrates strong business/commercial approach and understanding of business needs.
• Proven experience of working in partnership and building strong working relationships with senior managers in order to improve people management.
• Passionate about customer service with ability to articulate previous achievements through business deliverables.
• Knowledge and experience of implementing best practice HR solutions to drive a high-performance culture.
• Experience of coaching and influencing senior managers.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence effectively with all levels of an organisation.
• Understands how to work with the business to identify, develop and retain talent.
• Excellent technical HR Knowledge - CIPD qualified or relevant experience to demonstrate level of competence.
• Proven track record of operating in a complex working environment.
• Involvement in organisation change programmes e.g. TUPE, Organisation re-design, redundancy programmes, etc
• Graduate calibre

We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:

• MCIPD/post-graduate human resources qualification.
• Understanding of project management principles and experience of managing complex projects to a successful conclusion.
• Experience in managing projects to successful conclusion.
• Experience of working within a unionised environment.

"We are flexible on location and this role can be based at any of our locations across West Coast South - Stoke, Stafford, Birmingham, Rugby, Milton Keynes and London Euston".

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 8th May 2024 in Milton Keynes]]>