We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our
growing HR team as an HR Business Partner (HRBP) on a permanent basis. We're
looking for an individual with proven experience as an HR Business Partner and a
strong background in strategic business partnering.
In this role as HRBP, you'll work in close partnership with
our business services leaders to ensure departments implement their strategic
people plan and manage their people in a way that meets the current and future
needs of the business. Our team is on a very exciting journey at the moment,
working on lots of interesting strategic priorities and transformation
projects.
This position will be based in our Bristol or London office,
with the flexibility to embrace hybrid working and some travel between our UK
offices as required, and will manage an HR Advisor.
About us
People are at the heart of our business and this is an
exciting time to be in HR and support the firm in adapting to the future of
work. Our HR team plays a central and strategic role in making Osborne Clarke a
great place to work. The team is made up of 70+ people, covering human
resources, diversity and inclusion, recruitment and people development across
all three UK offices. We are a friendly, fun and supportive team, working
closely together to help ensure Osborne Clarke's continued growth and success.
Key Responsibilities
- Working closely with Operations Board stakeholders, you will
provide strategic input to their business plans as we look to grow and
strengthen our operations using tools such as strategic workforce planning
- In partnership with Chiefs and Heads of Department, you will
support the department's people plan and influence and contribute to change
projects across the business areas
- You'll use data driven insights to influence decision making
and measure impact in terms of business outcomes. You'll use your extensive HR
knowledge to bring an external perspective to our HR offering
- Your focus is on improving the performance of the functions
through its people and acting on HR initiatives aligned to the overall OC
strategy working with colleagues in People Development to ensure management
capabilities are being developed
- You'll oversee talent management and succession planning for
your business areas, focusing on retention of key internal talent and working
with recruitment to market map future positions
- You'll ensure diversity and inclusion (D&I) is a central
part of the department's people plan and that business leaders look at
decisions through a D&I lens
- You'll advise on organisational design as needed, keeping
this regularly under review and using insight to influence decision making
about people, promotions and recruitment throughout the year and during the
budgeting process
- You'll support business leaders to continually monitor and
improve employee engagement and wellbeing, ensuring feedback is listened to and
acted upon so that our culture remains a competitive advantage
- You will take the lead on complex or sensitive employee
relations matters as required, serving as an escalation point for the HR
Advisor on less complex cases and generally supervising the HR Advisor's
workload
- You may lead on HR function strategic projects for the
development of the overall Core HR team
- You'll influence reward decisions in Business Services and
Business Support, driving fairness and consistency, and take the lead on annual
pay review and bonus nominations
- You'll coach the HR Business Services team to build their
capability while also acting as an escalation point for the HR Advisor as
necessary
What we're looking for
A driven, strategic HR Business Partner with
proven experience in a professional services environment.
Also required:
- Proven ability to demonstrate confidence in engaging with a
senior client group to help them drive their business forward with pragmatic,
solution-focused, commercial advice
- Ability to think and act strategically, well versed in OC's
strategy to inform big picture implications
- Ability to forge strong trusted professional working
relationships with internal clients
- Demonstrably strong interpersonal, influencing and
communication skills, with the confidence to interact with people at all
levels
- Professional and flexible in approach, able to adapt to
changing requirements and circumstances
- Ability to manage expectations amongst internal clients
whilst maintaining credibility and professionalism
- Custodian of the OC culture
NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE
Salary and benefits
We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.
Our recruitment process
Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.
We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.