HR Business Partner @ Reed

Are you a strategic HR professional who thrives on partnering with leaders to drive organisational success? We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team and play a key role in delivering people-focused solutions that support business objectives and foster a high-performing culture.

Location: Hybrid (3days office based) / London, Norwich & Manchester

Salary: London 28.97 PAYE or £36.98 Umbrella / National 26.45 PAYE or 33.69 Umbrella

Contract: to start ASAP until March 2027

The Role

As an HR Business Partner, you'll work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders, providing expert HR guidance and support across a wide range of people matters. You'll help shape and deliver people strategies, lead organisational change initiatives, and ensure managers have the tools and support needed to effectively lead their teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys balancing strategic influence with operational delivery in a complex and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders across the business.
• Partner with management teams to deliver people strategies aligned to organisational objectives.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on complex employee relations matters and case management.
• Lead and support organisational change programmes, restructures and transformation initiatives, including TUPE where applicable.
• Drive workforce planning, talent management, succession planning and resourcing strategies.
• Support managers in managing performance, employee engagement and development.
• Analyse people data and workforce trends to provide insight and support business decision-making.
• Identify and mitigate people-related risks while ensuring compliance with employment legislation and best practice.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of HR policies, procedures and initiatives.
• Design and deliver workshops and training sessions for managers on key HR topics such as absence management, performance management and difficult conversations.
• Coach and mentor colleagues within the People Team, supporting capability development across the function.

About You

You'll be a commercially minded HR professional with strong relationship-building and influencing skills, capable of operating confidently with senior stakeholders.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant HR experience within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven experience operating in a business partnering model.
• Strong employee relations expertise, including managing complex and high-risk cases.
• Experience leading significant change programmes, organisational redesigns, restructures or TUPE transfers.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret people data and translate insights into action.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to challenge constructively and drive positive outcomes.
• Strong organisational and project management capability.
• Commercial awareness and an ability to identify and manage risk effectively.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• CIPD qualified (or working towards qualification) is desirable.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to influence strategic people decisions.
• Exposure to senior leadership teams and business-critical projects.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A collaborative and supportive working environment focused on professional growth and development.

If you're passionate about helping organisations and people perform at their best and want to make a real impact through strategic HR partnering, we'd love to hear from you.