Senior Human Resources Business Partner - Manchester, United Kingdom - Network Rail

Network Rail

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Location:

Manchester, GB

Department Name:

OU HR Business Partner - North West G3

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Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. We do work that matters to millions. And we do it in millions of different ways.

We're passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by "putting passengers first". Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right, is something we strive for as well as asking ourselves - what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?

You will be part of the NW&C Region which consist of three routes:

North West Route, covering Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Central Route, covering the West Midlands and Chiltern areas.
West Coast South Route, covering the south of Crewe to London Euston.

There is also a Regional Team which supports Regional programmes & Professional services.

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Brief Description:

What will you be doing?

To work as an integral member of a supported business senior leadership team, to proactively identify, plan and meet the people needs of the business in order to improve business performance, in coordination with other members of the Human Resources team as required.

This is a hands on role working in a very operational environment. The ability to work collaboratively, independently whilst balance operational demands and more longer term solutions is key.

You will report to the Head of Human Resources for the route, working within a friendly and established Human Resources team based in Manchester Square one but travel will be required across the north west route which covers Chester to Carlisle.

About the role (External):

Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

Working closely with the supported business area/s to develop, drive and implement the HR Strategy/People Plan to include talent, succession planning and change management, in order to support the delivery of business objectives and drive a high performance culture.
Act as an integral member of the business leadership team, building strong relationships with senior business leaders and other relevant stakeholders. Coach, advise and challenging thinking in addition to co-development, design and execution of integrated medium to long term people initiatives to meet current and future business needs.
Act as a change agent; lead, support and contribute to change programmes, driving and championing the implementation of HR solutions within the supported business area, gaining acceptance from key stakeholders.
Proactively manage trade union relationships, working with the Employee Relations team, appropriate HR Business Partners and managers across the business.
Reinforce and support the ownership of people management by the business and line managers and the HR Business Partner model.
Influence the centres of expertise development of strategy and policy through sharing business/functional requirements and inputting into development and execution planning.
Work in collaboration with; Centres of Expertise, HR Shared Services, HR Direct and HR Business Partner teams to proactively identify and influence changes that improve HR service.

8. Liaise with HR Business Partners in other areas of the business in order to work collaboratively on cross business/geographical issues.

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 with senior business leaders 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.
Ability to establish professional credibility quickly.
Experience of coaching, influencing and building strong working relationships with senior business leaders.
Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence effectively with all levels of an organisation.
Experience of working with senior leaders 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.
Broad experience of managing organisation change programmes e.g. TUPE, Organisation redesign, redundancy programmes, etc
Graduate calibre
Experience of working within a highly unionised environment (Essential for roles