Interim HR Change Partner
Transformation, Restructuring & Complex ER
London Hybrid
6 months +
Are you a pragmatic, hands-on HR Business Partner with deep experience navigating complex transformation, restructuring, redundancy and TUPE programmes?We are seeking an experienced HRBP to join a fast-paced global organisation, playing a critical role in the delivery of a complex, multi-region transformation programme, with a particular focus on the UK & Ireland.This is a role for someone who is comfortable operating where significant organisational change meets complex Employee Relations. You will support leaders through restructures, collective and individual redundancies, TUPE activity and the resulting ER challenges, balancing employment law, employee risk and commercial priorities.You'll need to thrive in ambiguity, be prepared to roll up your sleeves and confidently navigate a complex global matrix where processes may be evolving and transformation is moving at pace.Key Responsibilities
- Lead and support complex restructuring, organisational redesign and redundancy programmes, including collective and individual consultation.
- Provide expert HR guidance through the ER implications and fallout of transformation, including grievances, appeals, disputes, absence, performance concerns and other sensitive employee matters arising from change.
- Support TUPE transfers and wider workforce transition activity, ensuring effective consultation, communication and risk management.
- Coach senior leaders and managers through high-risk and highly sensitive employee situations, ensuring conversations are handled confidently, consistently and commercially.
- Assess and mitigate employment law and ER risk throughout transformation and restructuring programmes.
- Partner with HR, legal, business leaders and transformation teams to deliver complex change across multiple jurisdictions, with particular ownership across the UK & Ireland.
- Lead and support consultation meetings, including challenging 1:1 employee conversations and complex case escalations.
- Develop consultation materials, manager scripts, FAQs, communications and employee documentation.
- Manage multiple transformation workstreams, tracking key milestones, dependencies, employee impacts and emerging risks.
- Act as a trusted point of escalation for leaders dealing with employee concerns and resistance to change.
- Ensure all restructuring, redundancy and TUPE activity is delivered in line with UK employment legislation, internal policy and best practice.
- Maintain a strong employee experience while recognising the commercial and operational realities of significant organisational transformation.
About You
- CIPD qualified or equivalent.
- Significant HR Business Partnering experience within a complex, global matrix organisation.
- Strong track record supporting large-scale transformation, organisational restructuring and redundancy programmes.
- Extensive experience of leading collective and individual consultation processes.
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law, particularly restructuring, redundancy and organisational change.
- Practical experience supporting TUPE transfers and workforce transition programmes.
- Confident managing the complex ER consequences of significant organisational change, including escalated and high-risk cases.
- Experienced in coaching senior leaders through difficult decisions, challenging employee conversations and sensitive change.
- Commercial and pragmatic, with the ability to balance legal risk, employee experience and business objectives.
- Comfortable moving between strategic transformation activity and detailed, hands-on delivery.
- Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to operate at pace where the solution, process or organisational design may still be evolving.
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