HR Business Partner in Manchester

Location: Manchester
Salary: Hidden
Recruiter: ClearCourse Partnership
Job Hours: Full-time

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HR Business Partner

Career Level: 07 Specialist Posting Date: 28 Jun 2024

Are you passionate about people and driving positive change within organizations? Are you a strategic thinker with a deep understanding of HR practices? Look no further! ClearCourse is seeking a talented and dynamic HR Business Partner to join our team and make a significant impact on our organization's growth and success.

About ClearCourse:


ClearCourse is a leading provider of innovative software solutions that empower businesses to thrive. With our diverse portfolio of products and a customer-centric approach, we help organizations across various industries streamline their operations and achieve their goals. Our company culture fosters collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning, making ClearCourse an exciting place to work.
Role Overview:


As an HR Business Partner at ClearCourse, you will play a pivotal role in driving the people strategy and supporting the growth and development of our talented workforce. You will partner closely with our business leaders to provide strategic HR guidance and ensure alignment with our organizational goals. Your expertise in employee relations, talent management, and organizational development will be key in creating an engaging and inclusive work environment.

We offer a competitive salary and generous benefits package that includes:

  • Life Assurance and private medical cover with cash plan
  • Group Income Protection and enhanced Company Pension
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Generous training budgets and reimbursement for professional memberships
  • Hybrid-working model with 25 days annual leave
  • 24/7 employee assistance programme including Peppy Health App
  • Bike to Work Scheme 
  • Generous Recruitment referral scheme
  • Additional flexible benefits with the Perkbox platform, providing discounts and freebies from major retailers
  • What you will you need to be able to do the job?

  • Resilient and motivated, capable of taking commercial decisions
  • CIPD level 5
  • A knowledge of Software/tech start-ups or another fast scale organisation will be advantageous
  • Played a key role in partnering with senior leadership to implement people strategy
  • Experience managing complex employee programmes with a focus on compliance with internal policies and procedures
  • Experience in coaching and developing employees
  • Strong customer service and problem-solving skills; 
  • Good IT skills – ability to use Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook 
  • Experience of working with a HRIS and implementing KPIs; 
  • Experience of driving inclusion and diversity initiatives and positively impacting employee engagement; 
  • Experience of developing and supporting line managers through change is essential; 
  • An ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion and diplomacy; 
  • Must be self-motivated and able to work under own autonomy or as part of a team; 
  • What are the key accountabilities for this role?

  • Partner with business leaders across the Partnership to develop and implement HR solutions aligned to the ClearCourse people strategy and business goals; 
  • Manage complex employee relations programmes ensuring compliance with policies and practices including but not limited to dispute resolution, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, retirement and redundancy; 
  • Drive a consistent approach to HR programmes across the Partnership to meet both the business needs and ensure a positive and consistent employee experience; 
  • Partner with managers on terms and conditions of employment, knowledge sharing and coaching them on best practice; 
  • Develops HR policy and procedures to drive performance and mitigate disputes. Monitoring and reviewing practices to make changes where necessary; 
  • Develops, implements and evaluates employee development plans and programmes, including supporting management development, succession planning and training needs analysis; 
  • Monitors employee development and training programmes partnering with managers to assess needs and drive results; 
  • If this role sounds like your next career move, hit  APPLY now  to send your CV for immediate consideration!


    About ClearCourse Partnership


    We’re a software and payments business founded in 2018 with investment from Aquiline, a New York and London-based private equity firm. Operating across five divisions - Business Services, Events & Leisure, Membership Services, Payments, and Retail & Hospitality – we provide over 30 different software solutions that are fundamental to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

    As a company, we’re entirely guided by our FAIR™ values – Future-Proofed, Approachable, Integrity, Responsible – and we champion and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our sites are bursting with the enthusiasm and expertise of more than 900 ClearCoursers that serves over 20,000 customers and countless consumers across the UK and Ireland.

    Our vision is to build a brilliant software and payments business, and our mission is to build it with the best people and products, and by integrating our software and payments platform, to deliver the best solution for our customers. We’re strongly advocating for Working Better Together™ - software gets better and more effective when it integrates with other software, and teams get stronger when we can bring brilliant people together.

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