Welcome to Transport for London Careers Take a look at job opportunities with us and you may be surprised at what you discover: a rich heritage, a commercial outlook, an iconic brand, a unique public service. It all adds up to make Transport for London a great place to develop your career. Here you can start your journey Salary – circa £38,000 – plus excellent benefits Location – Southwark London - with travel across the Transport for London Network as required Contract Type – TfL Permanent and Fixed Term Contract Opportunities Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 15th January 2025 23:59 About the role As an HR Business Adviser, you’ll be accountable for supporting the business partnering team with the delivery of their designated business units and people plans. In addition, you will be accountable for supporting the business partnering teams with data and business context so that it can be used to improve organisational effectiveness. About you As a HR Professional you will already have experience of working in a large busy HR team in a large complex, unionsed organization. You will be able to analyse data to help provide solutions to business problems as well as ensuring that support is provided to Business Partnering Teams to support the delivery of people plans and HR Programmes and Projects. Key Accountabilities Support the Business Partnering team to deliver priorities and activities as part of their business units people strategy and HR BAU deliverables. Support the Business Partnering teams to analyse data and provide business context to use business insights to improve organisational effectiveness. Carry out insightful analysis using metrics / reporting and identify issues relating to people activities, highlighting areas for improvement to the Business Partnering teams. Take responsibility for ensuring all key meetings with Trade Unions are organised and adhered to within the relevant company agreements / frameworks with agendas, supporting packs, minutes, company bulletins and actions sent out in an accurate and timely manner. Support the Business Partnering teams on HR projects / programmes where required ensuring efficient delivery and evaluation. Provide support to Business Partnering teams with managing the efficient delivery of change programmes, especially where related to people activities. Skills, knowledge, and experience - all essential unless otherwise stated Skills Ability to assist in diagnosing customer needs. Demonstrates understanding of customer expectations and agrees to success criteria. Solves technical problems and provides tactical support to HR Business Partners Carries out research and data collection and provides basic technical skills and experience to a project. Knows how to build trust of employees and managers by providing consistently sensible, informed thought-through advice. Knows how to gather data from a variety of sources and interpret to provide analysis to inform credible conclusions with use of visual aids. Pays attention to detail and ensures accuracy, monitors and can review documentation and identify ways to improve its presentation. Communication skills - highly effective written and presentation skills at all levels Has the ability to analyse data, prepare timeframes and documentation to support the negotiation/consultation process Knowledge HR policies, procedures, and processes and working with Trade Unions in a partnership approach. Knowledge of method of identifying root causes and provide interventions to enable achievement of business objectives and high performance. Employment legislation and ACAS best practice Experience Significant experience of working in HR within a large, complex, and highly unionised environment Experience of supporting the delivery of change Experience of problem solving Demonstrable Experience working in HR. Experience of providing data to support colleagues in a pressurised environment. Professionally qualified, CIPD and/or higher-level degree or equivalent (desirable) The closing date for applications is Wednesday 15th January 2025 23:59 Application Process Think carefully about the advert's skills, knowledge and experience and cover this in your two page CV and one-page cover letter setting out how you meet the role's requirements. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images. Equality, diversity, and inclusion We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair. Benefits In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below: Final salary pension scheme Free travel for you on the TfL network Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme Retail, health, leisure and travel offers Discounted Eurostar travel As a fixed term contractor we can offer you a choice of pension arrangements. If you choose not to take our final salary pension scheme you will be paid an allowance on top of your salary, subject to Tax and National Insurance. We will share all the details with you at offer stage and the choice will be yours based on your circumstances. Depending on what you choose you can add up-to 14% to your salary.