HR Business Partner

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a HR Business Partner to join our growing team in Scotland.

This role will be based in Inverness - hybrid working/ subsistence is available

What you'll be doing

Lead and direct the delivery of the People Plan within the defined part of the BU

they partner.

Trusted sparring partner for their stakeholder

Provide one-to-one coaching and advice to senior leaders on people issues such

as senior team and organisational effectiveness, performance management,

talent development.

Partner with senior leaders and managers to drive the full scope of the talent

agenda – including succession planning, and driving the subsequent

development actions to ensure the availability of talent in the right place at the

right time

Project manage complex change and transformation projects as required,

coordinating these activities with other HR functions as needed

Sponsor large-scale project mobilisations and coordinate strategic interventions

to enable growth

Work with the HR Lead/HRBP’s and other HR centres of expertise to ensure the

effective delivery of relevant people activities across the relevant business areas

Manage and oversee complex Employee Relations cases in conjunction with ER

Advisor and ER Business Partner support

Own and drive activities for employee engagement

Ensure business have fully engaged with and input into people/HR plans

With the HR Lead, review and analyse HR project outputs and coach business

managers to create action plans to embed change

Ensure that the organisational structure of the relevant business area is

appropriated sized, and designed to deliver business objectives in the short and

long terms, and ensure that structural change is effectively managed

Identify strategic resourcing requirements (including current and projected skill /capability gaps) and work with managers and the Resourcing team to develop

and execute strategic resourcing plans

Build strong relationships across all HR teams, to ensure alignment and

effectiveness of all end to end HR processes

Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm

Who we're looking for

Proven track record in building effective relationships with complex senior

leadership teams, managing organisational and cultural change initiatives,

and managing the delivery of HR strategies

Demonstrable experience working within the context of complex, matrix

organisations with a varied workforce and delivering across the full range of

HR disciplines

Significant experience delivering across the full range of HR disciplines

Viewed as an emotionally intelligent and trusted business advisor,

maintaining a broad commercial and business understanding to develop

long-term business relationships with the ability to coach and influence senior

colleagues

Resilient to change in a fast-paced environment

Driving outputs in ambiguity and in periods of organisational change.

Delivery through others and people leadership

Proven exposure to a unionised environment

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

About us

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave

Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Job Reference: BBUK18471