AMS PSR

On behalf of UKIFS, we are looking for a HR Business Partner (Inside IR35) for a contract up to Feb 2027 on a hybrid basis (2-3 days in Abington)

As a HR Business Partner, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Partner with Directors and senior leaders to develop and deliver people strategies aligned to organisational priorities and business objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor on workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and organisational development.
• Lead organisational design, restructuring, service redesign, and transformation initiatives to support the target operating model.
• Support the mobilisation of industry partners and the onboarding and integration of seconded staff.
• Provide expert HR advice and guidance on complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, performance, conduct, and absence management cases.
• Ensure organisational change and consultation processes are fair, transparent, legally compliant, and aligned to best practice.
• Coach and support leaders and managers to strengthen people management capability, accountability, and decision-making confidence.
• Develop, review, and implement HR policies and procedures in line with UK employment legislation and public sector governance requirements.
• Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders, managers, HR colleagues, and external partners to influence organisational direction and outcomes.
• Analyse workforce data, trends, and people metrics to inform strategic decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor employee engagement, wellbeing, absence, and retention indicators, implementing actions to improve organisational performance and employee experience.
• Champion equality, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing initiatives, promoting an inclusive, respectful, and values-led culture.
• Contribute to governance, audit, reporting, and accountability frameworks to ensure compliance and effective risk management.
• Support the delivery of transformation and cultural change programmes to improve organisational effectiveness and leadership capability.

Essential:

• Significant experience operating as a Senior HR Business Partner or equivalent within a complex and regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge and practical application of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience leading organisational change, restructuring, and transformation programmes.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex employee relations cases and providing risk-based HR advice.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence, challenge, and coach senior leaders effectively.
• Experience supporting workforce planning, organisational design, and talent management initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use workforce data and insights to inform decision-making.
• Experience developing and implementing HR policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders.
• CIPD Level 7 qualified or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively within fast-paced, evolving, and complex environments.

Desirable:

• Experience working within an Arm’s Length Body, government organisation, or wider public sector environment.
• Knowledge of public sector governance, accountability, and assurance frameworks.
• Experience supporting large-scale transformation, mobilisation, or modernisation programmes.
• Experience managing HR activity linked to secondments, partnership working, or TUPE-related environments.
• Understanding of organisational culture change and leadership development approaches.
• Experience contributing to wellbeing, inclusion, and employee engagement strategies.
• Familiarity with HR metrics, reporting tools, and workforce planning methodologies.
• Experience working collaboratively with Centres of Expertise such as Reward, Learning & Development, and Talent Acquisition.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".