HR Business Partner

Description and requirements

We are looking for a HR Business Partner to work with the Building Services FM Operations Director. You wil partner with the FM project management teams and lead the people plan. You will develop, line manager and support 2 Associate HR Business Partners and be a tactical practitioner and account manager for all HR matters, working with shared specialist resources utilising the 'one Skanska' philosophy.

Key responsibilities:

• Demonstrate role modelling of, and be ambassador for, HR business partnering across your areas.

• Develop a thorough understanding of how the FM projects are commercially viable and add value through people related activities.

• Develop robust relationships with managers and gain their respect to be able to influence decision making.

• Support the Senior HRBP with resource forecasting for your dedicated areas with a focus on onboarding to minimise unhealthy turnover

• Manage employee relations matters effectively to promote a high–performance culture.

• Support the Senior HRBP to execute all annual events effectively to promote performance related remuneration.

• Support, develop and line manage 2 Associate HRBP's.

• Effectively champion the engagement survey and outputs to leverage engagement levels across the OU and work with areas which require interventions

• Drive talent review process for functional areas and work with teams to ensure succession plan in place for key roles.

• Ensure that talent is identified and developed.

• Contribute towards L&D plans where relevant.

• Support Senior HRBP to identify areas of skill shortages and any demographic trends of concern.

We are looking for:

• Previous Line management of a team.

• Proven delivery in the key areas of generalist HR.

• Experience of TUPE (both in and out)

• Experience in coaching line managers through people matters.

• A thorough and up to date knowledge of employment law, and experience of practical application of this in a complex business environment.

• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills

• Track record of building credible relationships

• Resilient – able to face challenges proactively and comfortable dealing with senior management of the organisation.

• Able to work as part of a team; demonstrates the ability to network effectively up, down and across the business.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the right balance of empathy, rigour and energy.

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills, as well as first class presentation ability.

• MCIPD qualified.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high–performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business