Senior HR Business Partner – Bristol, Exeter, or London
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior HR Business Partner to join our team, either in Bristol, Exeter or London. This is a role for a credible, technically strong HR professional who thrives at the heart of a partnership environment. You’ll work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with Partners and senior leaders – advising, influencing and constructively challenging – to shape people decisions that strengthen performance, culture and long‑term success. This is not about process for process’ sake; it’s about sound judgement, commercial insight and confident delivery.
What you’ll do
Be a trusted adviser to Partners
- Act as a confident, pragmatic sounding board on complex people issues across the full employee lifecycle – from performance and reward through to succession, ER and change.
Challenge as well as support
- Provide clear, balanced advice that holds the line on values, fairness and legal risk, while enabling Partners to make bold, well‑judged decisions.
Shape talent, performance and succession
- Lead performance management, promotion and reward conversations; identify future leaders and critical roles; and help Partners build strong, sustainable teams.
Lead through change
- Support restructures, growth, TUPE and consultation processes with a calm, measured approach that protects both the employee experience and the firm’s commercial interests.
Set the HR standard
- Act as a senior escalation point on complex ER matters and a role model within the HR team – coaching others and raising capability, consistency and confidence.
Qualifications
- An experienced HR Business Partner with strong credibility at Partner level, ideally within a professional services or partnership environment.
- Deep technical strength in UK employment law, employee relations and change.
- The confidence and judgement to give clear, commercial advice – even when it’s challenging.
- Strong interpersonal skills: calm, persuasive, discreet and trusted.
- Comfortable using data and insight to influence decisions and demonstrate impact.
- Professional, pragmatic and resilient – with the presence to operate as a true peer to senior leaders.
Michelmores LLP is an Equal Opportunities Employer
We do not discriminate on grounds of race, gender, marital status, age, religion, colour, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or sexual orientation in the selection, recruitment, and treatment of our staff.
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