HR Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

This is a 9 month Fixed Term Contract. Candidates must be immediately available. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Human Resources Team at Sunbelt Rentals UK as a People Business Partner.

It will be your role to facilitate and lead the delivery of strategic and operational People initiatives and projects within a specified region/business area(s) aligned to the company strategy and objectives. You'll ensure that our people are highly engaged, high performing and working collaboratively to help the Company to deliver its goals. 

We are looking for someone who has a passion for HR with proven experience of developing and delivering a people plan that enables a high performance culture. You'll have the credibility to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders in a multi-site environment and a collaborative approach to working closely with the wider HR Team and Finance colleagues. 

Reporting to the Head of HR you will have line management responsibility for a Regional ER Advisor. 

Based from home, the geographical area you will predominantly cover is from Stoke to Inverness, however you will also partner with some of our Nationwide Teams. We anticipate applicants will be living in a location with good transport links to effectively operate in this regional role, for example the M62 corridor. 

What can we offer you in return? You’ll be joining a highly successful FTSE100 company, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider.  We provide an Industry leading flexible rewards package including generous holiday allowance (with the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave), life assurance, retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great Company pension scheme. Other benefits will depend on your job role and may include company car and private medical insurance.

If you join the team we’ll provide you with everything you need and ensure you are equipped for success. We’ll talk to you about your training and personal development needs and what you’d like to do to further your career and support your future aspirations. 

To succeed as an HR Business Partner you will bring the following skill-set and behaviours:

• Relevant HR qualifications (CIPD, or equivalent) 
• Proven experience in HR business partnering including experience influencing senior management and critical stakeholders
• Experience in leading organisations through significant change, including a sound understanding of HR legal compliance requirements
• A Generalist background with experience in reward, employee relations, communications, talent and development, resourcing, organisation design and development, cultural change programmes
• Experience of creating project proposals through to successful implementation and delivery of change programmes
• Experience of working alongside Finance in order to understand and challenge the operational P&L
• Experience of successfully working independently with limited day to day support
• Thorough knowledge of employment law including experience of employment tribunals
• Experience of TUPE transfers, mergers, acquisitions and organisational change
• Driving licence essential

Competencies and capabilities you will bring to the role: 

• Business acumen – the ability to utilise insights of organisation’s business environment to improve the impact of HR
• Awareness of company business model, HR model and strategy
• Commercially aware – understands financial data and P&L 
• Excellent organisational skills
• Confident decision maker and calculated risk taker
• Effective communicator and presenter – verbal and written, succinct and persuasive
• Ability to influence at senior levels, constructively challenging assumptions, behaviours and ways of working
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to understand and resolve complex business problems
• Project management skills
• Ability to collect and analyse data/information on which to diagnose and recommend potential solutions
• Facilitator of change
• Customer focus – ability to see issues from customers’ perspective, engages customer (stakeholder) in the development of solutions
• Coaching skills at a senior level
• High performance standards for self and others
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities

The role will predominantly be field based and you will be expected to hold a driving licence as frequent travel is required, which will involve overnight stays.

Sunbelt Rentals is the leader in equipment rentals in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada - as well as specialist operations in Europe. We provide a range of solutions to every market and sector, including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government and events. Our teams make the impossible possible and the unthinkable doable. Turning what if into what is. 

Our people are at the heart of our values and they’re our greatest asset.  We rely on you to look after our customers so in return, we take good care of you.  We recognise the value and uniqueness of our team-mates and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive Sunbelt Rentals, providing equality of opportunity and a culture of fairness and respect.

Your health, safety and wellbeing is really important to us. We’re raising awareness and providing support through initiatives such as our mental health awareness campaign and first-aider programme. You’ll also be able to access a 24-7 employee assistance helpline, counselling services and financial wellbeing support.