HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner - 12 month FTC - Belfast

MCS Group is delighted to be partnering with a leading organisation to recruit an HR Business Partner on a 12-month specified purpose contract. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established business with a strong people-first culture, supporting a large operational workforce across multiple sites in Northern Ireland.

The role:

Working closely with senior operational leaders, you will provide commercially focused HR support across the full employee lifecycle while helping to drive engagement, performance and organisational effectiveness.

The main responsibilities:

• Partner with operational leadership teams to deliver proactive, commercially focused HR support.
• Coach and advise managers on employee relations, industrial relations, performance management, engagement, succession planning and organisational development.
• Build positive working relationships with trade union representatives and support collective consultation and industrial relations activity.
• Lead on complex employee relations cases and provide expert employment law guidance.
• Support organisational change initiatives and culture development across multiple operational sites.
• Work alongside specialist recruitment teams to support hiring and onboarding activity.
• Review workforce planning requirements and support payroll and resource planning processes.
• Lead and contribute to wider HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive engagement initiatives and support managers in creating high-performing teams.
• Champion best practice HR policies, procedures and people management standards.

The ideal candidate:

• Similar experience in an HR Generalist role.
• Strong experience supporting managers within a fast-paced operational environment.
• Proven industrial relations experience, including working with recognised trade unions.
• Strong employee relations knowledge with experience managing complex casework.
• Strong working knowledge of NI employment law, with proven experience providing HR advice and guidance in line with NI employment legislation.

What's on offer:

• Competitive base salary.
• Bonus.
• Hybrid and flexible working.
• Enhanced pension.

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided or contact Rebekah Mulligan, HR Recruitment Manager at MCS Group on 02896 205148
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