HR Business Partner (12 months Fixed) Restructuring Speciialist
HR Business Partner – UK Restructuring Programme (12-Month Fixed Term Contract)
Hybrid Working | UK-wide Travel | Full-time (Monday–Friday)
We are recruiting an experienced HR Business Partner to support a large-scale organisational restructuring programme across the UK. This is a business-critical, time-bound role providing end-to-end HR support through complex organisational change, including restructures, redundancy consultations, promotions, demotions, and redeployment.
Working closely with senior leadership, HR Business Partners, and the Operations Director, you will play a key role in delivering a fair, compliant, and well-managed transformation programme that aligns the organisation’s operating model with its future growth strategy. This role will suit a confident, commercially aware HR professional with strong operational experience and the ability to manage sensitive matters with discretion and professionalism.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support end-to-end restructuring activities, including redundancy consultations, redeployment processes, and internal role changes
- Plan and facilitate meetings with employees and managers, from initial briefings through to formal consultation and outcome stages
- Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on employee relations, organisational design, and change management
- Deliver high-quality HR operational support, including drafting consultation documentation, letters, and maintaining accurate records
- Ensure all activity is compliant with employment legislation, internal policies, and best practice
- Partner with leadership teams to align workforce planning with the organisation’s future operational and growth requirements
- Work collaboratively with senior HR colleagues and operational leaders to ensure a consistent and people-focused approach to change
- Manage your own workload effectively, adapting to peaks in activity and supporting project administration where required
- Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance communication, engagement, and process efficiency during the transition
- Travel to UK sites as required to support consultation and line managers
Applicants must have:
- Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Advisor, or HR Manager
- Demonstrable experience delivering redundancy and restructuring programmes end-to-end
- Confident conducting complex and sensitive consultations, including face-to-face meetings
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility at all levels
- Comfortable working independently and managing a high-volume, fast-paced workload
- A practical, solutions-focused approach, with the flexibility to support both strategic and administrative activity
- Experience within construction, logistics, warehouse, or distribution environments is highly advantageous
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent professional experience) preferred
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle required
Katie Bard is acting as an agency and is an equal opportunities opportunities employer
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