Human Resources

Looking for a HR generalist for a Global Waste, Recycling & Energy business, turnover £3billion in the UK for a 6 month contract - likely to go permanent or extend contract. Your tasks will be varied, you will need to be able to manage project work, such as restructures, TUPE process, Complex case work as well as the day to day Human Resources (HR) and Employee Relations (ER) business as usual. You’ll have rounded HR experience working for a large corporate.

The HR Business Partner (generalist role) will work across the Industrial Water Solutions business unit providing guidance and support to leaders on all people related matters, ensuring the business has robust plans in place to have the right people, in the right place, at the right time, and to achieve the yearly strategic plan and goals. The business partner will build key relationships and undertake core activities to ensure our People objectives are met, including project work, TUPE, organisation design and complex ER cases, with minimal risk to the business.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support project work as and when directed on wider ER/ HR projects and ER strategy
• Work flexibly across the region as required supporting colleagues on projects and work activity.
• Proactively manage and support the company in relation to all organisational design and changes
• Support elements of TUPE and Mergers and Acquisitions. Ensuring all relevant processes are followed and compliance is met.
• Deliver the full range of strategic workforce planning activities. Maximising the capability and resource whilst identifying areas for increased engagement and efficiencies. Driving behavioural and cultural change as appropriate.
• To ensure full succession planning is undertaken, capturing high performance and high potential individuals across all levels in the business and ensuring active plans are in place to support their development. Identify any skills gaps and in collaboration with People Development and Recruitment, support informed strategies.
• Supporting the objective and PDP setting process, reviewing throughout the year to ensure it is completed as effectively as possible and all outputs are appropriately managed.
• Develop the capacity of line managers to manage a range of Employee Relations (ER) problems locally, developing management styles to foster positive working relationships with employees, minimising the occurrence of line management problems and issues and fostering a positive climate for ER activity.
• Coach and develop managers to be competent and consistent in their execution of Veolia’s Human Resources (HR) policies and procedures encouraging problems to be dealt with informally and as soon as possible, rather than allowing situations to escalate.

Looking for

Degree qualified Human Resources generalist with large corporate business exposure with experience of either restructures and or TUPE process, alongside demonstrated experience of the day to day Human Resources (HR) and Employee Relations (ER) business as usual task. Ideally CIPD qualified or working towards.