Location: Southampton, Hybrid working Salary: Competitive Contract: Full time, Permanent Work pattern: Monday to Friday, 37.5hrs Agilico are a fast-growing technology company providing high quality business solutions tailored to individual customer requirements. We are delighted to be recruiting for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our team based in Southampton. As the HR Business Partner for the southern region, you will contribute at both a strategic and operational level, supporting near 200 colleagues across the Tech and Software division. You will be hands on, approachable and not afraid to get stuck in with new initiatives and projects, whilst supporting employees, senior leaders and managers within all areas of HR. If you are a pragmatic team player with great business acumen and a drive to deliver a people-oriented, high performance culture we would love to hear from you Key responsibilities of our HR Business Partner: Support the business in formulating HR strategies, policies and plans in all areas of HR. Develop and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders. Act as a single point of contact for employees and managers advising on Company policies and procedures. Maintaining visibility amongst employees by being an active presence within the regional offices Actively identify gaps, propose, and implement necessary changes to reduce risk by influencing managers to bring forward best solutions, for example challenge organisational structures. Provide a systematic recruitment and selection service in order to meet the Company's resourcing needs. Assist in the creation of accurate job descriptions and person specifications. Advise managers on the various methods for filling vacancies and make recommendations for which to use. Provide advice on selection tools such as personality profiling, aptitude, and skills testing. Have a full oversight, whilst advising and supporting managers with employee relation issues. Manage employee relation formalities ensuring processes are timely, fair, and consistent. Act as the performance improvement driver and provoke positive changes in people management. Coach and where necessary carry out training sessions with line managers. Assist managers in identifying training needs and arrange in-house or external training as requested as per training and development procedures. Evaluate training courses for effectiveness for future use. Manage HR projects cross functionally including complex and challenging initiatives. Ad-hoc duties as required. Required Skills and Experience of our HR Business Partner: Must have a minimum of 5 years HR experience Must have good communications skills both written and oral Be a team player with a proactive and professional approach and an approachable disposition CIPD Qualified or equivalent Generalist HR professional, with recruitment experience Solid Employee Relations / Employment law experience Experience of mergers and acquisitions desirable Excellent organisational skills to manage own workload Flexible to travel within the region In return for your hard work, we offer a competitive benefits package, to include: 23 days holiday rising to 28, plus bank holidays CSR volunteer day per holiday year Stakeholder Pension Scheme Referral bonuses Healthcare Cash-plan Death in Service Cover Voucher and discount hub Cycle to work scheme Comprehensive EAP scheme Flexible working arrangements If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our new HR Business Partner, click ‘apply’ today