Hybrid - Cowley 3 days per week
£75,000 (pro rata) plus car / car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

We’re looking for an immediately available HR Business Partner to lead a TUPE in of c500 people. You will be based onsite in Cowley 3 days per week, working in a fast paced and challenging environment.

You will be responsible for:

• Due Diligence and Data Management - auditing and analysing ELI to identify risks, inconsistencies, or high-cost legacy terms - map terms and conditions ensuring a clear comparison between outgoing and incoming contractual obligations - and maintain data integrity across payroll and HRIS systems to ensure ’Day 1’ readiness for all transferring staff
• Legal Compliance and Consultation - lead the formal consultation process, including the election of employee representatives or working alongside recognised TUs - draft and issue all TUPE-related correspondence, including formal announcements, measures letters, and new contract documentation - and mitigate legal risk by ensuring all timelines and statutory obligations under the TUPE regulations are strictly met
• Stakeholder and Change Management - act as the primary HR lead for the measures process, negotiating any proposed changes to working practices (standard in logistics/supply chain shifts) - coach and advise line managers on the legalities of the transfer and how to manage ’Day 1’ anxiety within the new teams - partner with relevant teams to ensure a seamless integration of the new headcount into existing site workflows
• Culture and Engagement - deliver onsite ’Welcome’ sessions and town halls across multiple shifts to build trust and mitigate ’us vs. them’ mentalities - and manage the 45-to-90-day post-transfer integration, ensuring new hires feel settled
• Acting as the key interface with the union to support essential consultation and engagement activities on-site - success in this area is critical for maintaining a productive and harmonious workplace environment

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

• Educated to Graduate level or equivalent
• Significant TUPE experience
• Effective project management skills with proven ability to develop robust project and task plans and monitor results
• Experience in working and influencing in a challenging stakeholder and customer driven environment
• Proven success within a commercially focussed environment
• Ideally CIPD qualified or part qualified
• Previous delivery within an environment of a high degree of organisational change would be an advantage

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may have experience of: People Partner, Senior HR Partner, TUPE, People & Culture Partner, HR Specialist, HR Operations Partner, People Lead, HR Consultant, Regional HR Partner etc.

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