Senior HR Business Partner

Construction, developments, live entertainment, the water sector, waste to energy, nuclear ... and the Aviva Arena!

Not exactly your average HR Business Partner portfolio.

At YTL UK Group, we do things on a pretty big scale, and we're looking for a senior people professional who enjoys the challenge that comes with it.

You'll partner with senior leaders across several of our businesses, helping them transform, navigate change and create an environment where our people can thrive.

One day you could be talking operating models and organisational design, the next leadership capability, workforce planning or a complex people challenge.  If you like variety, influence and roles where you can genuinely make your mark, you'll get plenty of all three here.

This is a role where strategy meets the real world.

What you'll do

You'll lead and support transformation across some of our most complex businesses, helping shape operating models, organisational structures, culture and leadership capability, while making sure our people are supported through change.

As a trusted partner to senior leaders, you'll:

• Get under the skin of our different businesses, understanding their challenges and turning them into practical, people-centred solutions.
• Lead and support organisational design, workforce planning, capability development and significant change programmes.
• Coach and challenge senior leaders, bringing insight, commercial thinking and a strong People perspective to the table.
• Navigate complex employee relations matters, including within unionised and safety-critical environments.
• Help build inclusive, high-performing teams across geographically dispersed, technical and operational environments.
• Work across the wider People team to improve performance, colleague experience and organisational capability.
• Coach and develop People colleagues, helping strengthen capability across the function.
• Explore how technology, data and AI can help us work smarter, make better decisions and deliver an even better People service.

There's no cookie-cutter playbook here.  Different businesses bring different challenges, and you'll have the freedom and influence to help shape what great looks like.

What you'll need

We're looking for someone who can see the big picture but isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves when it matters.

You'll bring:

• Significant experience as a senior HR Business Partner within complex operational, engineering, construction or similarly challenging environments.
• Strong Trade Union experience and confidence working within unionised teams.
• A track record of leading organisational transformation and helping senior leaders successfully navigate change.
• The credibility to influence and challenge Executive and senior operational leaders.
• Strong experience managing complex employee relations matters, with good judgement when things aren't black and white.
• Broad generalist HR expertise and the ability to bring in specialist knowledge when needed.
• Excellent communication and emotional intelligence, with a knack for building trust quickly.
• A commercial, analytical and people-centred approach, using data and insight to make better decisions.
• Genuine curiosity about the future of People, including technology and AI, and how we can turn new ideas into something genuinely useful.

Most importantly, you'll be comfortable with variety, complexity and change.

Because across all our exciting projects and businesses, there's plenty of all three.

What you'll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• The opportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary.
• The opportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements.
• Access to an interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who is successfully recruited by us. 

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West.
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 450 acre former airfield into an award winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community.
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors.
• YTL Live – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space.
• Plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.  

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.