Human Resources Business Partner

469039 Human Resources Business Partner

Department for Transport

Apply before 11:55 pm on Sunday 19th July 2026

📍 Location: Birmingham, Hastings, Leeds, London, Swansea (This role is suitable for hybrid working)

💷 Salary: National: £57,515; London: £62,034
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

🕘️ Contract Type: Permanent – Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

🏆️ Available Positions: 2

This role sits within a high-profile HR Business Partnering team, each aligned to a Director General and their Senior Leadership Team. The team works strategically across the department, building strong relationships and collaborating with colleagues across HR to deliver against key business priorities, support complex change programmes, and ensure the organisation is equipped to meet current and future challenges.

This role would suit a strong HR generalist with experience of business partnering. You’re comfortable working at a strategic level and have a breadth of HR experience in change orientated environments. You take a proactive approach to work; displaying a high degree of grip, integrity, resilience and resourcefulness, and are happy to use your own initiative and take a hands-on approach to problem solving and bringing constructive challenge.

Top Responsibilities

Our HRBPs have exposure across the whole range of HR activity, while at the same time leading the people agenda for the Group they partner. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:

Strategic resourcing and workforce planning
Implementation and delivery of people strategies for key client Groups in a dynamic change environment
Building and developing skills and capability within Groups
Active leadership across the HR function

For more information on the role and responsibilities please see the full job advert on CS Jobs using the link provided.

Benefits

Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the King’s birthday.
Access to the staff discount portal.
Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.

About You

To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:

Previous HR Business Partner experience.
Experience of building strong, effective relationships with people at senior levels to understand stakeholders’ needs and priorities.
Experience of taking senior leaders and their teams through organisational change with excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills and effective coaching of senior management to resolve people issues.
Experience of handling complex casework – able to draw together the right experts to provide high quality advice and support to managers on a variety of casework situations.

How to Apply

👉 Read the full description and apply here: https://bit.ly/4aKbRwu

This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 19^th July 2026