Description The full-time starting salary is normally £59,257.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £64,409.00 per annum. This role also carries a 10% market supplement. Grade: MA4 Permanent, full time role. We are looking for a Head of HR Business Partnering to assist in developing and managing our HR Business Partnering service to ensure that we are providing the highest standards of operational support to our stakeholders across the University. The successful applicant will need to be an experienced manager with the ability to lead, manage and motivate others to deliver objectives within a complex, multi-disciplinary organisation. You will be acting as line manager to our Senior HR Business Partners across the University which will include leading consistency and best practice, as well as contributing to the development of HR policies, procedures and initiatives. You will work effectively with our Trade Union partners as well as providing support, advice and guidance in the management of complex casework, including the interpretation of employment legislation and the regulatory framework within which the University operates. We offer a generous pension and annual leave provision (40 days including statutory holidays), family-friendly policies and state-of-the-art campus facilities. We also operate a hybrid working model that allows staff to combine on-site and remote working where appropriate, dependent on work duties. You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, along with a CIPD qualification (likely to be MCIPD). You will have significant experience in a generalist HR role, operating with a high degree of autonomy and proactivity as a strategic or senior HR Business Partner. You will also possess extensive experience in delivering change projects, employee relations and workforce planning and development, and have up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and best practice approaches in HR including experience in UK Visa and Immigration issues. You will have proven capabilities as a leader and manager, with a flexible and inclusive management style appropriate to the complexity and diversity of the University. We are committed to: Attracting and retaining the best people; developing and supporting them to fulfil their potential, meet their career aspirations and deliver the University’s strategy. Engaging with, recognising and rewarding our people by valuing their creativity and performance in the delivery of the University's priorities. Promoting and developing excellent and inclusive leadership and build partnerships centred on our values in a safe, healthy and collaborative working environment. At Birmingham City University we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All staff are expected to understand and enact the University’s commitment to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion in our employment practice and in all that we do. This commitment is enshrined in our Core Values and is detailed in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Employment Policy. The University values and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students; we welcome people from the many different backgrounds and life experiences that reflect the students and the citizens we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and actively encourage unique contributions, in particular from under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status. For any enquiries regarding the role, please contact Alan Fitzgerald, Director of HR, at alan.fitzgeraldbcu.ac.uk. Interviews for this role will take place on the 3rd of March 2025. Please click the below link to download the Job Description: Job Description The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so, and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.