Human Resources Business Partner in United Kingdom

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Human Resources Business Partner

at Jensen Hughes (View all jobs)

UK

Company Overview

At Jensen Hughes, we lead with our Purpose + Principles and value our people. Across our global partnership of experts, clients, and communities, we are recognized worldwide for our leadership in fire protection engineering, a legacy of responsibility we have advanced with pride since 1939. Today, our expertise extends broadly across closely related risk management fields — from accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety and forensic investigations to security risk consulting, emergency management and digital innovation. As we champion best practices, set industry standards and support communities with innovative solutions, we are making the world a better place.

We believe that creating and sustaining a culture of trust, integrity and professional growth fundamentally includes a sustained commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

At Jensen Hughes, diversity is ingrained in our culture — we accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Our differences and uniqueness are celebrated and reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks.

Job Overview

We require an experienced Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) who will be responsible for managing HR activities for our Europe teams. We currently have teams based in UK, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Italy and Denmark.

This role will report to the HR Director for Europe, Middle East and Asia, this HRBP role is a strategic partner and consultant to leaders and their teams in the Europe region of Jensen Hughes.

This role can be based from any of our UK offices on a hybrid basis. Office locations include Belfast, Manchester and Edinburgh

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders in the region to develop and implement talent strategies that result in positive business outcomes, elevating the employee experience, developing talent of the future and strengthening our organisational performance

• Act as a change agent, challenging the status quo, and develop best practice solutions to address talent challenges before they impact the business

• In conjunction with our Talent Acquisition team, drive recruitment activity including participating in interviews where required, preparation/checking of job offers and pre-employment checks

• Oversee local workforce planning to support timely opening of recruitment requisitions aligned to resource/succession planning within the region

• Manage effective onboarding and overseeing probationary reviews

• Identify themes from performance reviews and addressing accordingly

• Conduct Exit Interviews and reporting on associated data

• Ensure alignment with our internal Career Framework

• Develop and implement employee engagement programmes to continually improve engagement and retention

• Collaborate with HR colleagues to ensure alignment and a unified HR delivery approach

• Provide leadership on talent management, including assessing, developing and coaching critical talent

• Effectively support M&A related activity including due diligence and integration planning and execution

• Manage visa/work permit requirements

• Provide guidance and coaching on employee relations matters

• Act as day-to-day contact for our people managers and employees in Europe

• Foster a healthy organisational culture, further activating and driving our company principles through all talent related activities

• Develop and lead on HR projects and initiatives as required, e.g., talent management/succession planning, compensation and benefits initiatives

• Foster a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion across the organisation

• Liaise and build effective working relationships with colleagues, both within the wider HR team and in other Corporate functions/Operational teams

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent with relevant qualification(s) and/or extensive generalist HR experience, ideally within professional services

• Experience of working in HR across UK and Europe

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with fluency in English. Additional European languages would be beneficial

• Solid understanding of employment law and competent in liaising with legal counsel to understand and apply local requirements

• Ability to advise on complex employee relations matters

• Confidence to engage across all levels of the business

• Commercially focused

• Ability to identify and lead on process improvement and to effectively manage change

• Comfortable with a high-volume workload and willingness to proactively roll up your sleeves

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Jensen Hughes is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

The security of your personal data is important to us. Jensen Hughes has implemented reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security standards to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. We protect your personal data against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, using security technologies and procedures, such as encryption and limited access. Only authorized individuals may access your personal data for the purpose for which it was collected, and these individuals receive training about the importance of protecting personal data. Jensen Hughes is committed to compliance with all relevant data privacy laws in all areas where we do business, including, but not limited to, the GDPR and the CCPA. Additionally, our service providers are contractually bound to maintain the confidentiality of personal data and may not use the information for any unauthorized purpose.

*Policy on use of 3rd party recruiting agency for direct placements

Jensen Hughes will occasionally augment a recruiting search through agencies for certain positions when business conditions warrant. Jensen Hughes will not accept resumes, inquiries or proposals from recruiting agencies as an acceptable method to consider a candidate. 3rd party recruiting agencies must sign a standard Jensen Hughes agreement after being evaluated and accepted by a Human Resources or Talent Acquisition manager, or member of the talent acquisition team. Hiring managers and employees of Jensen Hughes are not authorized to accept resumes, engage in fee-based searches through recruiting firms or sign a search agreement. Please note this policy does not apply to “staffing firms” or firms that are involved with hiring temporary staff. Any recruiting agency interested in being considered may contact our recruiting team at jensenhughesrecruiting.com.