Our client is currently seeking an Interim HR Business Partner to join their HR team on a contract basis within the Defence & Security sector. This role will be fully on site in their Cheltenham office. The HR Business Partner will establish a strong partnering relationship with key stakeholders and people leaders, providing commercially focused advice and support across the employee life-cycle.

• Develop meaningful partnering relationships with key stakeholders and people leaders to gain trust and positively influence decisions and initiatives
• Provide a wide-ranging and commercially focused HR Business Partnering service, ensuring people leaders have the necessary tools and capability to manage themselves and their employees
• Build management capability through coaching and challenging on people management decisions
• Create solutions to people issues that enable stakeholders to meet their commercial objectives
• Implement, maintain, and advocate for HR policies to deliver business goals, ensuring adherence to appropriate legislation
• Advise on HR legal and employee relations matters to ensure consistency, legal compliance, and risk mitigation
• Advocate for HR initiatives and projects aligned with HR and Business strategies
• Use key people analytics to identify potential issues, find trends, inform decisions, and make recommendations to key stakeholders

• Experienced HR Business Partner, ideally supported by CIPD level 7
• Experience in a generalist HR role with a business partner approach
• Proven background in adding value and improving efficiencies
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law
• Advantageous experience using Workday
• Experience working in an Engineering/Manufacturing environment
• Confident influencer and communicator
• Motivated by results and strives to exceed expectations
• High energy, creative and resourceful self-starter
• Flexible approach to meet the changing demands of the business
• Team player, receptive to ideas
• Proactive "can do" approach to problem-solving
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Good networking skills
• Willingness to travel on occasion

• Candidates must be able to achieve SC security clearance
• Ability to work in the UK without restrictions and prepared to undertake UK National Security Vetting

If you are an experienced HR Business Partner looking for a new opportunity within the Defence industry, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic team and contribute to their success.