HR Business Partner - Change

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Description & Requirements

On behalf of Homes England, we are looking for a HR Business Partner - Change (InsideIR35) for a 6 months contract, based hybrid in either Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester or Newcastle.

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

Role:

You will work closely with HR leaders, change teams, senior stakeholders, trade unions and legal advisors, providing expert guidance on workforce planning, talent acquisition, organisational change and people-related risk. You will lead a small team and ensure the successful delivery of strategic resourcing programmes that support Homes England's People and Culture Strategy and future workforce requirements.

As a HR Business Partner - Change, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Lead and deliver strategic resourcing programmes and initiatives across the Agency.
• Act as the HR subject matter expert for resourcing and people change activities.
• Manage and support organisational change programmes, ensuring people impacts are effectively managed.
• Lead and direct a team of Talent Acquisition Partners to deliver timely recruitment and resourcing outcomes.
• Deliver end-to-end recruitment and workforce planning solutions aligned to future operating models.
• Develop strong working relationships with senior leaders, managers, trade unions and key stakeholders.
• Provide expert HR advice and guidance on resourcing, organisational change, employment legislation and best practice.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, ACAS guidance, internal policies and procedures.
• Identify, assess and mitigate people-related risks associated with resourcing and change activities.
• Use HR metrics, management information and workforce data to inform decisions and provide insight-driven recommendations.
• Partner with wider HR teams, including HRMI, Payroll, Resourcing and Colleague Support, to deliver a customer-focused HR service.
• Coach and influence leaders and managers to ensure consistent application of policies and procedures.
• Support the wider HR team by sharing expertise and building capability in resourcing and change management practices.

Essential:

• Significant experience delivering resourcing and talent acquisition projects, including workforce planning and recruitment campaigns.
• Strong stakeholder and contract management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and build effective partnerships.
• Proven experience supporting and leading organisational change programmes.
• Demonstrable HR Business Partner experience, providing expert advice on complex people-related matters.
• Experience using HR data, analytics and MI to support decision-making and manage risk.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the confidence to make sound, risk-based decisions.
• Chartered CIPD Member or equivalent (Degree/NVQ Level 7 in Human Resources or related discipline).

Desirable:

• Previous Public Sector experience and knowledge of public sector recruitment frameworks and governance.
• Experience recruiting within financial, investment or specialist professional services environments.
• Experience working with Trade Unions.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation or organisational redesign programmes.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".