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Job reference: REQ0001843
Date posted: 12/02/2025
Application closing date: Midnight 27/02/2025
Location: Leeds
Salary: Grade 8 £49,250 - £56,921 (rising to £49,559 - £57,422 from 01/03/25)
Package: Please refer to Candidate Pack
Job category/type: Administrative/Support, Professional/Managerial
Attachments: Candidate Pack - HR Business Partner REQ0001843.pdf
Leeds Beckett University is an inclusive, vibrant workplace with ambitious plans. Our mission is to be an excellent, accessible, and globally engaged university, contributing positively to a thriving northern economy. We know that tomorrow's challenges will not be addressed by today's thoughts, approaches and mindsets.
We are looking for a proactive, forward-thinking, strategic HR Business Partner (CIPD level 7 or equivalent experience) who is equipped and eager to support senior organisational leaders within a fast-paced and stimulating environment. A thought leader with excellent communication skills, you thrive on making a difference. You are a strong team player with sound change management experience, with the ability and drive to influence transformational change. You establish relationships and credibility quickly and have proven experience delivering expert, pragmatic solutions to a variety of complex matters.
In addition, you possess a strong background in strategic workforce planning. You excel at anticipating future workforce needs and developing comprehensive strategies to align talent with institutional goals. Your expertise includes conducting workforce analysis, forecasting academic and administrative talent requirements, and identifying skill gaps. You are adept at creating succession plans and ensuring the institution is prepared for future growth and challenges. Your ability to integrate workforce planning with the strategic vision of the university ensures that the institution remains agile and competitive in an evolving higher educational landscape.
You will work alongside a close team of HRBPs and the wider HR team. Taking a One HR approach, together we strive for continuous review and improvement to ensure we deliver a quality HR service. You will partner with a number of senior leaders across various schools and professional services within the University on business-as-usual matters and take the HR lead on some of the University-wide strategic projects.
If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Nicola Beaumont (nicola.beaumont@leedsbeckett.ac.uk) to arrange a suitable time to speak with San Randhawa, Associate Director of ER and HR Business Partnering.
Closing date: Thursday 27th February 2025 (23:59)
If you want to make a difference and feel you have the skills to make this role your own, please apply via the link below. We will ask you to complete a short application form and provide your CV, together with a supporting statement detailing your experience and/or examples of where you have met the employee specification, in particular the performance attributes as noted in the Candidate Pack.
Working here means you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits including our generous pension schemes, excellent holiday entitlements, flexible working, reduced study fees, subsidised fitness facilities and a lot more.
We welcome applications from all individuals and particularly from black and global majority candidates as members of these groups are currently under-represented at this level of post. All appointments will be based on merit.
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