A quick look at the role
The People Business Partner acts as a strategic advisor to senior leaders, delivering the people agenda that supports business growth and operational efficiency. The role requires a commercially focused HR professional to support the delivery of the People Strategy in a fast-paced, operational environment. This role is critical to aligning people priorities with business objectives, with a strong emphasis on talent development, recruitment, and organisational design.
Your core responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to design and implement our People Strategy to enhance business performance.
- Drive the talent agenda to deliver tangible outputs by way of retention, promotion and ensure succession is well thought out and planned ahead.
- Use people data and insight to influence decision-making and drive measurable outcomes and benefits to the business.
- Lead complex change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and alignment with business goals
- Where applicable, leads the relationship between the business area and Trade Unions, planning and managing regular interactions with Trade Unions.
- Develop and implement initiatives that enhance the overall employee experience, ensuring a high-performing, engaged, and motivated workforce
Our essential requirements
- Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to understand financial performance and translate business objectives into effective People strategies
- Experience managing business change including redundancy and TUPE projects
- Experience of collective grievance and working with Trade Union Officers
- Proactively identifies business risk and opportunity
- Strong analytical mindset, with experience using People data and metrics to drive decision-making
Biffa – we’re changing the way people think about waste
At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,000+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull.
We believe different ideas, perspective and backgrounds are key to developing a creative and effective working environment which is why you’ll find us championing diversity and equality at every turn.
Skills Required
- Strong commercial acumen with ability to translate business objectives into People strategies
- Experience managing business change including redundancy and TUPE projects
- Experience of collective grievance and working with Trade Union Officers
- Proactively identifies business risk and opportunity
- Strong analytical mindset, experienced using People data and metrics to drive decision-making
What We Do
Founded in 1912, Biffa is a leading UK-based integrated waste management company providing collection, treatment, recycling, and energy generation services. Serving commercial, industrial, and public sector clients, Biffa promotes sustainable waste management solutions and a circular economy. The company employs over 10,000 people and is committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 through investment in green infrastructure and innovative waste-to-energy technologies.
