HRBP/ Senior People Partner - Change/ Transformations

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Contract Business Change

Reference: DC_HCH_1507_1784213476

This role requires UK wide travel (expenses covered except for base location)

Job Description:

  • Act as the principal People strategic advisor to senior leaders, using insight, business knowledge and external trends to shape workforce and organisational decisions.
  • Translate business strategy into a clear, actionable people plan aligned to the division's current and future needs.
  • Anticipate workforce challenges and proactively design long-term people solutions to build organisational capability.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of HR Managers and People Partners to deliver a high-quality, consistent partnering service.
  • Build a high-performing, inclusive People team culture focused on accountability, service excellence, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide thought leadership and escalation support on complex people matters.
  • Navigate the organisation's HR infrastructure including CoEs, Shared Services, Talent, Reward, HR Change, and ER Shared Services to secure the best outcomes for stakeholders.
  • Role-model how to operate effectively within a matrixed structure, ensuring clarity, alignment, and joined-up delivery.
  • Lead major people-related transformation projects across Technical Services.
  • Own the end-to-end delivery of assigned change initiatives from discovery and design through to implementation and adoption.
  • Ensure change programmes strengthen the Sector and technical talent pipeline, enhance mobility, and support operational excellence.
  • Shape organisational structures, role clarity, and workforce plans to deliver long-term strategic goals.
  • Lead organisational change initiatives, ensuring robust consultation, communication, and risk management.
  • Drive the talent and succession strategy across the population partnering with L&D/Talent CoEs.

Key responsibilities:

  • Strengthen leadership capability across their sector and the wider Technical Services.
  • Provide strategic oversight of people risk across the Sector, ensuring issues are identified early and handled consistently.
  • Leverage Shared Services and specialist ER support effectively, setting clear ways of working, expectations, and escalation routes to ensure timely, high‑quality outcomes.
  • Act as the senior escalation point only where there is material commercial or reputational risk, complex stakeholder considerations, or significant organisational impact (without taking ownership of day‑to‑day case management).
  • Review Shared Services insight and themes to identify systemic issues (e.g., leadership capability, hotspots, recurring patterns) and sponsor preventative interventions.
  • Build leader capability by coaching senior stakeholders on decision quality, risk management, and accountability for sustainable outcomes.
  • Use people analytics to identify trends and opportunities monitoring key people metrics and creating a culture of data-driven decision-making. Competencies
  • Strategic Thinking & Business Insight - Connects people strategy to commercial and operational priorities.
  • Influencing & Stakeholder Leadership - Guides and challenges senior leaders effectively

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

£500.00 - £550.00
Per day
GBP500 - GBP550 per day

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Contract Business Change

Added 16/07/2026
Reference: DC_HCH_1507_1784213476

HRBP/ Senior People Partner - Change/ Transformations

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom Contract Business Change

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