HR Business Partner

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Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
1-3 Years Experience
Insurance
The Role
As an HR Business Partner at Markel, you will drive business partnerships, oversee HR initiatives, manage daily HR activities, support leaders in achieving people plans, and handle complex employee relations issues while collaborating with various departments.
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Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact on Human Resources?
We are looking for an individual to work with our National Markets division, providing an impactful approach to business partnering and enabling teams to achieve their overall people plans.
What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special! 

 

The opportunity: 

You’ll be part of a global team, working closely with HR partners in the UK, Europe, and Canada, and collaborating with our global Talent Development, Recruitment, Total Rewards, and HRIS teams to deliver a world-class employee experience. 

 

Our HR Business Partner’s drive a cohesive people agenda aligned with our ambitious growth plans, oversee strategic HR initiatives, and manage daily HR activities. 

 

This role covers approximately 470 employees across seven UK locations (London, Croydon, Birmingham, Rugby, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester).

What you’ll be doing: 

As an HR Business Partner at Markel, you’ll build and maintain strong business relationships across assigned units, becoming a trusted partner. You’ll support business leaders in developing and achieving their people plans and will collaborate with the HR centre of excellence to deliver an industry leading people experience.  

 

You’ll partner with the Talent team on the Talent Cycle, including performance and talent calibration, skills analysis, and team reviews. Working with the Finance team on headcount forecasting and budget processes, you’ll collaborate with the recruitment team to ensure a cohesive recruitment experience. Supporting diversity and inclusion efforts, developing and supporting employee network activities. 

 

Additionally, you’ll assist leaders with the annual reward cycle and identify benchmarking requirements, reviewing data from the Total Reward team. Managing complex employee relations issues, including disciplinary actions, grievances, mental health, redundancies, and dismissals, will be part of your role. There may also be opportunities to manage and coach other team members. 

 

This role offers a dynamic and impactful opportunity to shape the HR landscape at Markel. 

 

Our must-haves: 

  • Business Partnering experience within international organisations 

  • Thrive in a fast-moving, growth environment 

  • Enjoy being a lead contributor in a high-performing HR business partnering team  

  • Experience with complex employee relations matters 

  • Full end-to-end HR lifecycle knowledge, including payroll, benefits, administration, recruitment and onboarding  

  • Pragmatic approach  

 

Who we are: 

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.  

 

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further 

 

What’s in it for you? 

  • A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package… 

  • 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave 

  • Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer 

  • There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that! 

 

Are you ready to play your part? 

 

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.  

 

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.  

  

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline. 

 

 

The Company
HQ: Glen Allen, VA
3,519 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1930

What We Do

At Markel, we believe in hard work, a zealous pursuit of excellence, and fairness in all our dealings.

Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL) is a global Fortune 500 company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. We seek to be a leader in each of our pursuits, with insurance being our primary business. As a market leader for specialty insurance, reinsurance, and investment operations around the world, Markel embodies integrity, commitment, teamwork, and innovation in every day operations. We are encouraged to look for a better way to do things. Since our founding in 1930, we have sought to know our customers’ needs and to provide quality products and service.

Markel specializes in providing coverage for hard-to-place risks for a variety of niche markets including:
• Agricultural and equine risks
• Reinsurance for large risk enterprises such as oil rigs
• Event cancellation insurance for weddings, concerts, and sporting events
• Inland marine coverage for fine art collections
• Environmental pollution
• Yachts, ATVs, and motorcycles

At Markel we provide an atmosphere in which people can reach their personal potential. We are results-oriented, and we continually strive for a better way to do things. The Markel approach is one of spontaneity and flexibility.

Markel helps employees balance work and social activities. Markel gives you the keys to success! Keeping an open mind and learning new skills allows our associates to stay ahead of the marketplace. Above all, we enjoy what we are doing. There is excitement here that comes from innovating, creating, striving for a better way, sharing success with others…winning.

That is the Markel Style.

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