Senior HR Partner

Hays HR • Permanent • Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom • £67k - £77k / year • 1w ago

Strategic Workforce Partner/Senior HRBP, up to £77k pa dependent on experience, plus a full range of benefits, hybrid working - Truro office - This is an opportunity to join a large, complex public sector organisation in Cornwall with a strong commitment to its people. The organisation is value-led, ambitious and focused on continuous improvement, innovation and creating positive outcomes for those it serves.
This post sits in the People & Organisational Development function, which is at the heart of shaping organisational success, ensuring the workforce is equipped, engaged and supported to deliver strategic priorities. This role offers the chance to influence decision-making at the highest levels while contributing to a culture that values collaboration, inclusion, wellbeing and leadership excellence.

This pivotal position is responsible for the delivery of excellence in people matters across the organisation. You be a senior HR and OD trusted advisor, working strategically with leadership teams to ensure workforce plans and people strategies align with organisational objectives. Key aims include:

Workforce Planning: Forecasting future workforce needs, addressing skills gaps, and aligning staffing with service priorities. Ensuring workforce priorities (e.g., resourcing, engagement, development) are integrated into the strategic objectives.
Organisational Development: Designing structures, roles, and processes to improve efficiency and service delivery.
Talent Management: Developing succession plans, leadership pipelines, and staff development programmes.
Employee Engagement & Well-being
Change Management: Leading organisational change projects and supporting managers through transformation.
Policy & Compliance: Advising on employment law, handling complex employee relations cases, and ensuring best practice.
Data Analysis: Using workforce metrics to inform decisions and improvement plans
Leader, mentor and coach, influencing culture and behaviours. Develops and maintains effective working relationships with other managers across the function and across the organisation, working collaboratively to provide the people of the organisation with support, guidance and development.

What You'll Need to Succeed

Proven track record working with senior leadership - setting the long and short-term objectives, creating strategies and overall goals for your service managers to clearly define and deliver.
Significant HR & OD knowledge coupled with substantial experience in HR & OD
Ideally, you have gained experience in a more senior role within a large, complex organisation.
Expertise in workforce planning, organisational development, change management, embedding required culture and behaviours as well as employee relations.
Proven experience influencing senior stakeholders and leading strategic projects.
Strong analytical, coaching and leadership capabilities.
Experience ensuring proper financial and governance controls are adhered to and using such controls to measure the cost-effective delivery of the services.
Experience leading complex projects which will require co-ordination with other departments and senior managers
Ideally, you are CIPD qualified (or willing to work towards it).

What You'll Receive in Return

This role offers a unique opportunity for an experienced HR leader to influence strategic workforce decisions, lead transformation programmes and help shape the future of a large public sector organisation committed to delivering excellence through its people. It is an opportunity to shape workforce and organisational strategy at a senior level. In addition, an impactful career opportunity, my client offers a competitive salary up to £77k pa plus a full range of benefits including all the below - making it an employer of choice!
Pay, Pension & Financial Benefits:

Competitive salary
Generous public sector pension scheme - highly regarded pension
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Potential relocation packages for some roles
Salary sacrifice schemes (e.g. cars, bikes)
Staff discounts (retail, travel, etc.)
Generous annual leave
Ability to buy or sell extra annual leave
Flexible working options (part-time, remote, flexible shifts depending on role)
Structured policies supporting work-life balance
Family & Lifestyle Benefits - Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave/pay, special leave policies and family-friendly working arrangements. Plus, the opportunity to live and work in Cornwall's high-quality lifestyle environment (coastline, outdoor activities, strong community feel).
Strong training and development opportunities
Extensive opportunities for continuous professional development (CPD) and study leave policies
Opportunities for career progression and skills development
Access to health and wellbeing initiatives and employee support programmes.
Access to occupational health services and counselling
Supportive peer environment
Cycle-to-work scheme
Travel expense support
Staff accommodation options (where available)
Staff extras such as lotteries or local perks
Work within a large, established organisation with a strong sense of purpose
Opportunities to engage in research and innovation
Flexible working and supportive policies - hybrid working arrangement with a blend of remote and on-site working.
A collaborative, inclusive and values-driven culture where people can thrive and make a genuine impact.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, and have the relevant experience, I'd love to hear from you. Please click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

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