Interim HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner
Dorset | Hybrid Working
£325 per day (Inside IR35)
Immediate Start | Initial 4-Month Contract | Potential for Extension
We are supporting a large and complex organisation in Dorset that is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join its People team on an interim basis.
This is a hands-on role requiring a confident HR professional with strong employee relations expertise and experience supporting organisational change. Working closely with leaders and managers across the business, you will provide practical HR advice, manage sensitive employee relations matters, and support key workforce change initiatives.
A significant part of the role will involve leading individual consultation meetings, managing settlement agreement processes, and ensuring employee relations issues are handled effectively, fairly, and in line with employment legislation.
Key Requirements

• Experience operating at HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor level.
• Strong employee relations expertise, including managing complex and sensitive casework.
• Experience leading consultation meetings and supporting organisational change activity.
• Practical experience managing settlement agreements.
• Sound knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to work independently and build credibility quickly with managers and employees.
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach with excellent communication skills.

Experience of working within a unionised environment would be advantageous, although it is not essential.

What’s on Offer?

• Immediate start opportunity.
• Initial 4-month contract with the potential for extension.
• £325 per day inside IR35.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Opportunity to play a key role during an important period of change within a complex organisation.

For a confidential discussion or to express interest, please get in touch.