HR Business Partner

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR Business Partner to provide support to a range of HR activities to enable leaders and their teams to deliver the business strategy. This role sits within our Global Supply Chain HR team focusing on a critical UK site and reporting to the HR Site Lead.

As an HR Business Partner, you will primarily support the Barnard Castle site, partnering with the business to support execution of the people plan, applying local context and experience to drive business change and impact.

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.

Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

 
In this role you will

• Act as the HR lead for change projects (site changes, restructuring) and partner with Communications and the Business on developing the comms and engagement approach.

• Influence and coach leaders from Site Leadership Team members to first line leaders in production to embrace change and lead key people activities, using the business agenda and current challenges, to support HR initiatives.

• Challenge individuals and teams to embed our New GSK culture

• Provide HR direction to develop and implement Strategic Workforce Plan for the site, to input into capability and talent plans.

• Improve leaders’ ability to develop all employees to reach their full potential.

• Build manager capability in informal stage Employee Relations processes.

• Manage complex HR cases in partnership with key HR stakeholders (e.g. People Services, Recruitment, Compensation)

• Manage Industrial Relations risks, partnering with Union and employee representatives.

• Be disciplined in reducing customisation and champion our investment in new technology, regional hubs, standardised tools and processes within HR.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Degree in HR, or related discipline or equivalent experience

• Generalist HR experience in manufacturing, automotive or operations environments

• Experience in a highly unionised environment

• Proven experience in restructuring within the UK context

• Experience supporting a business unit or function, delivering on the HR agenda within their remit and aligning to the strategy and its needs.  

• Project management experience

• Competent at working with data to create insight and diagnose future risks and opportunities

• Experience of leading and influencing indirect teams

Why GSK?

• Meaningful Work: Your contributions will directly impact the quality and safety of our products, supporting millions of patients around the world.

• Own your area: You’ll take charge of delivering HR solutions tailored to the needs of the Ware site, empowering leaders and teams to drive innovation and achieve their goals.

• Work autonomously: With the freedom to deliver impactful HR initiatives and the support of a collaborative team, you’ll have the flexibility to manage your responsibilities effectively and make informed decisions.

• Influence and lead: By coaching and partnering with leaders across the business, you’ll become a trusted advisor who shapes the culture, drives change, and champions GSK’s values and people agenda.

Closing Date for Applications: Thursday 13th August 2026 (COB)

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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