HR Business Partner - Telecoms

HR Business Partner

My client who are one of the UK's leading telecommunication companies are looking for a HR Business Partner to join their team on an initial 3 month contract based in Newbury.

As a key member of the Group Technology Enterprise Services (TES) leadership team, this role will play a key role in influencing and steering the people strategy, to ensure the organisation is able to effectively deliver against the TES & GE strategy and are future proofed to deal with an ever changing technology and customer landscape.

The role will be responsible for leading the HR agenda, with a key focus on organisational and team effectiveness (which are increasingly key as we move into digital and more agile ways of working), talent management and building future skills and leadership capabilities to ensure our people are fit for the future. As a co-pilot to the function the HRBP role is also required to support leaders with coaching, feedback and guidance to support their personal effectiveness and the broader growth and development of the team.

You will also be required to work with other HRBP's across technology to drive cross functional global projects which will involve working with the broader HR & technology leadership team.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership

• Supports leaders in defining, developing and executing local people plans that support the achievement of the business strategy. Ensures that People plans are integrated with wider HR strategy, policies & priorities.
• Accountable for the delivery of the annual people calendar activities within TES's objectives and strategy
• Translates and supports the delivery of the EP&S Talent strategy. Drives pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerates high potential development while driving the Diversity & Inclusion agenda
• HR thought leadership to build, buy and develop future strategic capabilities for TES such as solution design, robotics.
• Continually challenges the business, instigating and managing transformation projects that improve organisation, team and individual effectiveness including organisational effectiveness & design, skills development & talent management.
• Provides feedback and coaching to the TES leadership team, and ensures all leaders & people managers are equipped to drive employee engagement
• Advocates & supports the use of the HR operating model, acting as role model and facilitator to ensure business areas adhere to, and HR deliver to agreed service.
• Proactively manages the HR Business Partner supplier interfaces to ensure a seamless customer experience
• Provides support within the HR team to peers and coaching to more junior members of the team

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Commercially savvy/good depth of business understanding
• Good breadth of HR experience
• Strong relationship & coaching skills; strong communicator
• Analytical, intellectual capacity to learn very quickly
• Experience of large matrixed blue chip organisations
• Experience of supporting organisational transformation, capability building and working with ambiguity

If you have any interest please send me your CV to (see below) or call me.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age