Human Resources Business Partner Support

Location

Birmingham, GB

Department Name

OZ HR Business Partner - Central (109015) G3

About Network Rail

Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year.

Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.

We're continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation which is representative of the passengers we serve. To do this, it's essential we become a more open, diverse and inclusive organisation, harnessing the skills and expertise of all our people and attracting the best talent to help us have a safe, accessible railway for everyone. We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone.

Our Route

Central route is at the heart of Britain's railway. The route covers a major part of the national rail network and is a key commuter line in and out of Birmingham, with hundreds of thousands of passengers, and thousands of tonnes of freight carried within our route each week. Within our route is the Chiltern Main Line between London Marylebone and the West Midlands, the Snow Hill line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester, the Cross City line in Birmingham, and lines to other cities including Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, and Oxford.

We are home to Birmingham New Street station, the busiest station outside of London with more than 170,000 passengers using it every day.

Brief Description

About the role

This rewarding role will be supporting our Maintenance team within Sandwell & Dudley Delivery Unit alongside the HR Business Partner. Maintenance is the day-to-day upkeep of the network. Our maintenance employees support our operations and project teams by making sure every part of our infrastructure – such as signals and power supplies, or assets such as track and bridges – is maintained and in good working order.

In this role you'll deliver proactive and professional HR support to empower the HR Business Partner team in driving impactful HR solutions, bringing the people strategy to life for the organisations we support. This role will primarily support the Maintenance team, and the day to day working location may change dependent on business needs.

We require someone with strong communication skills, particularly with experience of detailed reporting analysis. It will also require someone who can use their initiative to look beyond the day-to-day requirements and suggest ways we can improve what we currently do that will support our Maintenance Team. Employee Relations knowledge would be helpful, alongside working knowledge of HR processes and policies and how they are applied.

About The Role (External)

What will you be doing day to day?

As a Human Resource Business Partner Support you will be:

• Providing proactive, professional HR Support to the HR Business Partner team/s and the business to facilitate the delivery of value add HR and the delivery of the people/HR plans.
• Supporting HR Business Partner teams in Talent Management, Workforce and Succession Planning and performance planning, maintaining appropriate data within the associated process.
• Providing support for Organisation Change programmes, through the full development and implementation phases.
• Providing project management support to the HR Business Partner team, tracking, measuring and communicating through the project timeline.
• Supporting the associated HR Business Partner team/s with research, reporting requirements, analysis and production of reports to support the implementation of HR initiatives.
• Seeking, identifying and developing solutions to continuously improve the HR support to the business.
• Maintaining up to date professional HR knowledge to input into the development of both operational and value add HR initiatives.
• Taking ownership for delivery of assigned work within HR programmes/initiatives.
• Supporting the associated HR Business Partner team/s with ad hoc administrative and operational HR activity.
  
  
  

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

• Demonstrates strong customer service skills.
• Experience of working within a large, complex and fast moving organisation.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Resilient, Adaptable and Flexible.
• IT literate, strong excel, word and PowerPoint knowledge.
• Experience of event coordination and facilitation.
• Research and analytical skills.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of HR initiatives and projects.
  
  
  

It's not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have:

• CIPD Qualified or relevant HR Support experience.
• Graduate Calibre
  
  
  

How To Apply (External)

Salary: £27,000- £30,000 dependant on experience

Closing date: 02/12/2024Late applications will not be accepted.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity

Please note we plan to conduct interviews on the 17th and 19th December.

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We're a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.