People Business Partner
Permanent | Full Time | Hybrid
At Syme Drummond, we're delighted to have been exclusively retained by Right There to appoint a number of People Business Partners, joining the organisation at an exciting stage in the evolution of its People function.
Following an exciting period of transformation, they're now looking to appoint a number of People Business Partners who will play a key role in shaping a modern, proactive and highly visible People team.
Why this role?
This isn't a role for someone who wants to sit behind policies or advise from the sidelines.
It's for someone who enjoys being around the table.
Someone who asks the right questions, challenges constructively, builds trusted relationships and helps leaders make better decisions.
You'll become embedded within your business areas, understanding operational challenges, coaching managers and influencing organisational decisions that genuinely improve outcomes for colleagues and the people the organisation supports.
You'll have the opportunity to shape new ways of working, strengthen manager capability and help create a People function that's recognised as a trusted partner across the organisation.
What you'll be doing
Working closely with senior leaders and the wider People team, you'll:
- Partner with leaders to develop people plans that support organisational priorities.
- Coach, support and constructively challenge managers, building confidence and capability.
- Lead and support organisational change, ensuring initiatives are successfully embedded.
- Influence decision-making using insight, data and sound commercial judgement.
- Drive improvements across employee engagement, organisational effectiveness and people practices.
- Support workforce planning, succession planning and organisational development initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to simplify processes and improve ways of working.
- Build trusted relationships across the organisation, becoming a credible and valued Business Partner.
What we're looking for
You'll already have experience operating as an HR Business Partner or within a broad, strategic HR generalist role.
More importantly, you'll be someone who:
- Builds credibility quickly through sound judgement and a collaborative approach.
- Enjoys influencing without relying on authority.
- Is naturally curious and takes time to understand a business before recommending solutions.
- Is comfortable coaching, supporting and constructively challenging managers.
- Balances empathy with accountability.
- Thinks strategically whilst remaining hands-on when needed.
- Enjoys taking ownership and seeing initiatives through to completion.
- Gets genuine satisfaction from embedding lasting change rather than simply recommending it.
Why apply?
This is an opportunity to join an organisation at a genuinely exciting point in its journey.
The leadership team has a clear vision for the future and is investing heavily to make that vision a reality.
If you're looking for a role where your relationships matter, your voice is heard and your work leaves a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
This isn't a role for someone who wants to sit behind HR processes.
It's for someone who wants to influence decisions, build relationships and make things happen.
This organisation isn't short of ideas. The foundations are already there. The ambition is there. The investment is there.
Now they're looking for Business Partners who can help bring it all to life.
People who enjoy turning strategy into action, building manager capability and ensuring great ideas don't remain good intentions.
Contact our team for a confidential chat – lynne.friel@symedrummond.co.uk charlotte.plummer@symedrummond.co.uk. Please note that Syme Drummond has been exclusively retained to manage this appointment. Any unsolicited CVs submitted directly to the client will be forwarded to Syme Drummond and considered as introduction