We are looking for a dynamic and experienced HR Business Partner to join our UK team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, covering a period of maternity leave. This role is crucial in aligning Buro Happold’s strategic goals with HR initiatives, leveraging our centres of excellence across the business.
In this role, you will work closely with our UK HR business partners in a collaborative environment that promotes the sharing of best practices, innovative solutions, and collective problem-solving to tackle complex HR challenges. Together, you will align HR strategies with business goals, ensuring a cohesive approach to talent management, employee relations, and organisational development. By leveraging the diverse expertise within the team, you will help create a supportive and dynamic workplace that fosters growth and excellence.
This role demands the ability to work under pressure, manage change, and handle conflicting deadlines. You will support teams on all HR matters, providing an opportunity to enhance and develop your advisory skills in a forward-thinking, creative environment.
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
Your next role
Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.
We are looking for a passionate candidate who can inspire and motivate at every level.
Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, excellent learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.
You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.
Key duties:
This will be a varied and involved role, but responsibilities will include:
- Collaborate with senior management to develop and implement HR strategies that align with Buro Happold’s goals and objectives.
- Create a positive workplace atmosphere by actively listening to employee concerns, effectively resolving conflicts, and encouraging open and transparent communication.
- Offer guidance to line managers on HR policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with current employment laws.
- Develop effective internal HR partnerships with specialists, including HR Shared Services, Resourcing, Learning & Development, and Reward.
- Supporting the Talent Acquisition team by aiding line managers throughout the hiring process.
- Manage recruitment, onboarding, and retention initiatives to attract and retain top engineering talent.
- Evaluate HR data and metrics to deliver insights and recommendations for ongoing improvement.
- Collaborate with the HR Shared Services team to accurately record personnel data changes, perform regular data audits, and provide reports to internal teams.
Your skills and experience:
As a HR professional, it is expected that you can demonstrate the following:
- Practical UK Employment Law knowledge.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, able to modulate language and obtain positive outcomes and work with a variety of stakeholders.
- Confident, personable, and diplomatic individual who connects easily with a variety of people, able to quickly build trust.
- Confident in utilising HR data to enhance management understanding and decision making.
- Experience supporting recruitment process regarding selection, interview, and onboarding.
- Experience of providing HR advisory, transactional and administrative services to managers.
What we offer:
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including, private medical insurance, life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
At Buro Happold, everyone else’s extraordinary is just our everyday.
Apply today and be a part of our legacy.
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A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
