Job Title: People Business Partner - Union Relations

Location: Nationwide travel needed - Manchester ,Birmingham ,Northampton

Salary: Competitive 

Mitie, the UK's leading facilities transformation company and a UK Top Employer for the 7th consecutive year with a growing workforce of 72,000 colleagues are  seeking a dynamic and experienced People Business Partner to join a highly prestigious account within the Central Government business unit. 

As People Business Partner you will partner the Account Lead of the UK Government's largest security guarding workforce; the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) working alongside over 3,000 colleagues. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your extensive trade union experience and strategic HR expertise to influence, lead, and embed the people strategy. 

The role integrates strategic planning with the leadership of a dedicated team of trainers, focusing on the talent development of our security teams, fostering engagement with operational leadership, and working collaboratively with the recognised Trade Union. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Translate business strategy and priorities into account-level strategic people plans fully aligned with Mitie's People Strategy. 
• Provide input to business strategy and organisation design to ensure structures, roles, and responsibilities enable delivery and contribute to a high-performance culture. 
• Lead a small team of Training Managers to deliver management development initiatives  
• Leverage strong business knowledge and understanding to partner and provide strategic, insightful, and constructive challenges to business leaders and HR, where appropriate. 
• Proactively represent HR within leadership teams, acting as a role model and ambassador for the organisational values and behaviours. 
• Coach and develop senior leaders on business-wide HR initiatives, including managing and developing talent, cultural change, and employee engagement. 
• Partner and coach managers to support the delivery of people plans and initiatives and encourage a culture of line manager responsibility and accountability for front-line human resources. 
• Coordinate the deployment of relevant HR skills and expertise from across the wider HR team to bring the right people solutions together. 
• Empower business leaders to lead their teams and deliver business transformation, aligning ways of working to create a high-performance culture. 
• Manage and develop two training managers to ensure the effective implementation of training programs that support organisational goals. 

Qualifications and Experience: 

• Must have experience in strategic HR roles, with a strong background in union relations and negotiations. 
• Proven track record of partnering with senior business leaders to drive and implement strategic people initiatives. 
• Exceptional coaching and leadership skills, with the ability to develop and inspire senior leaders. 
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret and analyse data insights to influence change. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build strong relationships at all levels of the organisation. 
• Experience having direct report Managment responsibilities  
• Proactive and forward-thinking, with a strong commitment to continuous improvement and innovation in HR practices. 
• Flexibility to travel regularly  

If you are a strategic HR professional with extensive union experience and a passion for driving organisational success, we would love to hear from you.