Job title: HR Business Partner - internally we title this role People & Performance Partner
Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)
Contract: 6 months fixed-term contract / secondment
Package includes: Salary from £40,000, plus a benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and reward your impact, including discretionary performance related bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, and a matched pension contribution of up to 10%
Are you a HR professional ready to take on a contract or secondment role to gain valuable experience? We are looking for a People & Performance Business Partner to join our commercially driven ABN team, enabling our business strategy across diverse functions including Logistics, Finance, Technical, Quality, and Safety. As a true partner to the business, you’ll work closely with managers to embed best practices, increase performance, and champion our people agenda.
If you’re ready to shape the future of work and help teams thrive, we want to hear from you!
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Collaborate with leaders to ensure teams are effectively structured and resourced to meet business goals.
- Use your HR and employment law knowledge to support decision-making.
- Support organisational change initiatives with a focus on compliance and positive outcomes.
- Coach and guide managers to effectively lead their teams and navigate HR matters.
- Champion talent development by aligning with L&D to grow existing and emerging talent.
- Support strategic workforce planning and succession strategies.
- Collaborate with recruitment to enhance hiring, selection, and onboarding practices.
- Provide guidance on employee relations, performance management, and casework.
- Leverage HR systems to ensure accurate reporting and data integrity.
- Translate HR metrics into insights that drive smarter business decisions.
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience in a People Partner or HR Business Partner role.
- Knowledge of HR best practices and employment law.
- An effective communicator who can persuade, coach, and challenge effectively.
- Comfortable working in a multi-functional business environment.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to turn insight into action.