HR Business Partner

  • Gleeson Recruitment Group
  • City, Leeds
  • Feb 01, 2026
Contractor HR / Recruitment

Job Description

I am sourcing for 2 x experienced HR Business Partners for a 12 month contracts. This role is based in the city of Leeds on a hybrid basis, 3 days onsite.

This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping workforce strategy within a large, value led organisation with an ambitious vision for the future.

You'll join a forward thinking HR team committed to delivering an exceptional, continuously improving service. Working closely with senior leaders, you'll be embedded within a key area of the organisation acting as a trusted advisor, strategic partner, and constructive challenger.

This role offers genuine scope to influence at scale while remaining hands-on and close to the business.

HR Business Partner Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner with senior leaders to understand strategic priorities and translate them into impactful people solutions
  • Use workforce insight and data to anticipate challenges, identify opportunities, and shape targeted HR and organisational development interventions
  • Design and deliver workforce strategies aligned to organisational objectives, including workforce planning, resourcing, change management, engagement, leadership development, performance management, and succession planning
  • Provide expert advice across the full range of employment matters, including leading on complex and high risk cases
  • Design and facilitate HR and OD learning interventions that support capability, engagement, and effective change
  • Lead, coach, and develop HR colleagues, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • Champion the wider people agenda, including equity, inclusion, wellbeing, organisational development, and professional learning
  • Take the lead on strategic projects such as policy development, process improvement, major recruitment initiatives, and large scale change programmes
  • Work collaboratively with colleagues across professional services, operational teams, and employee representatives to deliver creative, pragmatic solutions in complex environments

HR Business Partner Experiences:

  • Advanced Level 7 CIPD qualification (or equivalent)
  • Significant generalist HR experience as a Business Partner within a large, complex, and unionised organisation
  • Proven success in leading and delivering innovative HR solutions that drive organisational outcomes
  • Strong experience supporting and leading workforce change, including restructures and organisational redesign
  • The ability to interpret data, understand context, and anticipate workforce risks and opportunities
  • Excellent influencing and relationship-building skills, with the credibility to operate at all levels
  • Experience leading teams and delivering through others, both directly and through collaboration
  • Can deliver service excellence and continuous improvement

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