Your new company

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR Business Partner to join a highly reputable, Glasgow-based organisation on a 12‑month maternity cover contract. This role offers the chance to work closely with senior leaders, drive meaningful organisational change, and influence a high‑performance culture across a diverse stakeholder group.

Your new role

You will act as a trusted partner to the business, delivering the People Strategy and providing expert guidance across talent, succession, organisational change and employee relations. This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder management, and the confidence to coach, challenge and influence at senior levels.

• Partner with senior leaders to deliver the HR Strategy and People Plan, supporting talent development, succession planning and cultural improvement.
• Build strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders, providing coaching, challenge and strategic HR insight.
• Lead on operational HR activities, including organisational change, senior appointments, reward processes, and early‑career programmes.
• Deliver integrated, cost‑effective people solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Champion strong people management capabilities across the organisation and reinforce the HR delivery model.
• Work collaboratively with HR Centres of Expertise, Shared Services and wider HR teams to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Engage effectively with Trade Union representatives to support business priorities.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners across the wider organisation on cross‑functional and cross‑geographical initiatives.

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to understand and respond to business needs.
• Proven HR Business Partnering experience within a complex organisation.
• Demonstrable success in building trusted relationships with senior leaders.
• Experience influencing, coaching and challenging stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Track record of delivering best‑practice HR solutions that drive performance.
• Experience supporting talent development, succession planning and organisational change (e.g., TUPE, restructures, redundancy programmes).
• Excellent technical HR knowledge – CIPD qualified or equivalent experience.
• Experience working within a unionised environment.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary £43,000-£47,000 dependent on experience
• Private healthcare
• Generous pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave
• 5 days paid volunteering leave
• Opportunity to influence strategic people initiatives in a respected organisation

What you need to do now

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