Human Resources Business Partner, First Mile
£50-60k
Recycling and waste management services
Be an early applicant
Recycling and waste management services
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
£50-60k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To revolutionise business sustainability, starting with waste and recycling.
Role
Who you are
- Proven track record managing complex ER cases across multi-site environments
- Confident working independently and advising senior stakeholders
- Strong understanding of UK employment law and best practice
- Experience mentoring or guiding more junior HR team members
- Able to work flexibly across strategic and operational HR activities
- Good writing and editing skills for all written correspondence that could be used in a legal setting
- Strong people skills
- Good planning and organisation skills
What the job involves
- We are currently looking for an HR Business Partner to join the People Team at First Mile. The HR Business Partner will support the business across our 7 locations (including London, Birmingham and Newark) toprovide expert HR support with regards to complex employee relations, talent acquisition, systems, development and change activity. This role will act as the escalation point for HR Advisors and support operational line managers
- Lead and advise on complex employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, absence, and performance issues. Including conduct, capability, TUPE and performance procedures
- Lead and advise on all other employee relations matters such as sickness, parental leave, flexible working and other paid/unpaid absences
- Coach and support HR Advisors to build capability and confidence across ER and recruitment
- Partner with operational and office-based managers to provide proactive HR guidance aligned with company values
- Work with the HR Director on organisational change projects, restructures, and engagement initiatives and execute these as required, including executing TUPE processes
- Identify trends in casework or turnover and suggest proactive interventions
- Support hard-to-fill recruitment directly and/or provide strategic input on sourcing, including coaching managers on fair and effective candidate selection and interviews
- Support with the auditing and maintenance of comprehensive and accurate HR records in accordance with GDPR and employment law
- Contribute to the design and delivery of HR policies, manager training, and process improvement
- Oversee payroll including any external payroll agency, ensuring that people are paid correctly and in line with all policies and legislation as well as ensuring expenses and mileage claims are dealt with promptly
- Supporting with the identification and management of appropriate HR systems
- Supporting on the identification, creation and management of Learning and Development programs
- To manage and review (where appropriate) the company benefit programs including:
Salary benchmarks
Our take
First Mile is an environmental and waste management business based in London. It works with over 30,000 London-based businesses to reduce their carbon impact through services regarding waste, recycling, and renewable energy.
The company has a differentiated approach to waste and recycling, with a focus on supporting businesses through high levels of customer service and the use of technology to efficiently and cost-effectively collect waste across the city. It allows companies to avoid sending any waste to landfill, an attractive proposition for the sustainability-conscious business.
With a track record of excellent growth, First Mile is in a strong position in the London waste market and have even expanded its operations to Biremingham. Backed by Growth Capital PArtners, the copmpany has continues to grow its sustainable srvices and has become al eading player in the sector. It's alreso became the first business in the waste management industry to achieve BCorpor Cetification - recognisiong not just ithe quality of its services, but its commitment to repsonbile and ethical business pracitces.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Leadership
Bruce Bratley
(Founder & CEO)Previously founded the waste and recycling consultancy, Envictor and worked as a Commercial Director for Valpak.
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