Company Description

Business Data Partners (BDP), a member of the Talan Group, is a dynamic niche consultancy at the cutting edge of data management and analytics. Together with Talan UK, our customer-centric consultancy has over 250 consultants across the UK, who work with both traditional and emerging technologies to identify and deliver real value for our clients. This is an exciting time as we aim to grow our business, both in size and expertise. 

In a world of transformation, our people, industry experience, and functional and technical expertise have earned us a reputation of being able to help our clients meet their strategic and company objectives.

Our culture and values underpin our great customer experience. We pride ourselves on our sense of community, where everyone has a voice.

The HR team

As a small, people-focused team, we are all motivated and energised by creating the best working environment for everyone in our company every day. We work closely with our management team and consultants to ensure that our people policies and processes reflect our values and facilitate everyone to be their best.  We want everyone to reach their potential!

This is an exciting period for us, with ambitious growth plans and further integration into the wider Talan Group, and are looking for a passionate, innovative and proactive individual to join us on our journey.

Job Description

The Role – Senior Human Resources Business Partner (Hybrid or onsite – London)

This is an existing role, reporting to the Head of People and Engagement and undertaking a variety of HR activities and responsibilities. It will best suit someone who has been working in a HR discipline and has preferably at least three to four years’ experience in either a customer facing HR Business Partner or HR Operations role. Being a senior position, it offers a high level of autonomy and requires the ability to lead on employee relations and business partnering projects and initiatives.

The primary objective of this role is to partner with consultants, management and other HR stakeholders to maximise their effectiveness in building and leading highly successful and engaged teams.

The main success factors for this position are knowledge of the business and maintaining relationships with the people managers and consultants, in addition to being able to lead processes and implement change. Strong and effective communication, alongside confident influencing of management at all levels is key. You are therefore likely to have experience of leading change and coaching people managers to create a working environment where everyone can achieve their potential and career goals. As a service provider, the role is instrumental in helping the business to be successful and enriching our employees’ experience and work-life.

Given our flat organisational structure, the role benefits from having direct access to the executive and senior management teams, with a real opportunity to add value to the company and its employees. This is an HR role embedded in the business and therefore suits those with a strong commercial and business background. Prior experience of working in a consultancy is desirable but not essential as you will receive the support of a dedicated and established HR team. There will also be the opportunity to be involved in strategic and operational initiatives including both local and global HR projects within the Talan Group.  

Your passion and energy as well as your knowledge and experience as an HR professional are key to being successful in this role. Based in our London office, we offer flexibility to enable some working from home. It is anticipated that you will work from our London office 2-3 days per week, or visiting consultants in other UK locations. There is therefore a requirement for some travel within the UK to engage with our consultants in other offices/regions. This is a role which encompasses a wide variety of people related activities, with the main responsibilities and objectives summarised below.

Qualifications

Your expertise and skills:

• An experienced and confident HR professional, with particular expertise in employee relations but also a range of people disciplines, such as performance management, recruitment, learning and development.
• Possesses an excellent working knowledge of UK employment law and practices.
• Drives employee engagement and has experience in internal communication.
• Proven ability to influence and assist leadership and management at all levels in bringing about positive change.
• Proactive and keen to be involved in a variety of tasks and projects.
• Interested in helping and coaching others to develop their knowledge and skills as part of their career development.
• An effective and confident communicator with the ability to build great working relationships at all levels of the organisation.
• Excited by technology and data, with a desire to push beyond your immediate role and work collaboratively across the HR team and broader business.
• Flexible in approach, and able to prioritise own work, striking a balance between working independently and as part of a team.

Desirable but not essential

• Experience or a keen interest in working with a consultancy business and/or working in a IT/Technology/Data environment.
• Possess a CIPD qualification.

Additional Information

We offer:

• Competitive salary (£60,000 - £72,000 per annum, depending on experience).
• Attractive bonus scheme.
• 25 days holiday + 8 days bank holiday + 5 days to buy/sell = potential 38 days’ holiday a year.
• Access to ‘Talan Sunshine time’ – a scheme that can provide you with more time for yourself without working additional hours.
• 4x annual salary life cover.
• 5% BDP pension contribution from Employer + minimum 3% contribution from Staff (Salary Sacrifice provision available).
• BUPA Private Medical Insurance & BUPA Rewards.
• Income Protection and Critical Illness Cover.
• Employee Assistance scheme.
• Access to Udemy for Business to support continuous learning & development.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Company Electric Car scheme.