HR Business Partner

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Job reference 335522
HR Business Partner

Salary starting from £53,293 10% annual bonus potential with 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, increasing with service, and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates

12 month fixed term, Full time

London - hybrid working with 3 days in the office (185 Farringdon Road, London EC1A 1AA) or at local Mail Centre (within London).

Our Strategic Business Partner team plays a key role in driving employee engagement, supporting organisational success, and creating a positive workplace culture.

This is an exciting time to join us. With transformation underway across Royal Mail, this role places you at the forefront of meaningful change. You’ll have the chance to lead on key initiatives, shape the future of our workforce, and grow your career through involvement in high-profile projects.

Many of our HR Business Partners have the opportunity to grow within the business - whether by continuing to develop within the HRBP team or by moving into other areas of HR and contributing to large-scale people projects. We’re proud to support and champion that journey

If you can build strong relationships with ease and thrive in complex, fast-paced environments and you're confident managing competing priorities and influencing diverse stakeholders, we’d love to hear from you.

About the Role
Reporting to the Senior HRBP, you’ll partner with senior leaders to build operational capability, deliver performance goals, and shape long-term strategy through targeted People Plans.

You will also:
•    Advise senior leaders on strategic people matters.
•    Use data and analytics to inform decisions and drive improvement.
•    Enhance capability through performance, talent, and succession planning.
•    Lead strategic meetings with senior leaders and trade unions.
•    Manage complex change initiatives and mitigate risk through collaboration.
•    Oversee cyclical people processes including performance and engagement.
•    Provide expert guidance on employee relations cases.
•    Promote and improve adoption of HR services and processes.

•    The ability to act as a trusted advisor, building strong relationships and positively influencing senior stakeholders.
•    Excellent critical thinking skills, with a logical, resilient, and tenacious approach to problem-solving.
•    Proven experience in supporting and implementing organisational change.
•    Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
•    A sound understanding of commercial drivers, business strategy, and their implications for people and customers.

• You are working towards CIPD qualification.

Next Steps

The next stage of the selection process will be a face to face/virtual interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.

Trust is the foundation o f Royal Mai. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.

We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here:

Closing Date: Sunday 24th May. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.

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