Human Resources Business Partner
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About the Role
A strategic and influential position, this role operates as a trusted HR Business Partner with specialist leadership of the organisation’s reward strategy. You will partner with senior leaders to shape people‑focused decision making, while designing and governing fair, competitive and future‑ready reward frameworks.
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Overview
A strategic and influential position, this role operates as a trusted
HR Business Partner
with specialist leadership of the organisation’s
reward strategy
.
You will partner with senior leaders to shape people‑focused decision making, while designing and governing fair, competitive and future‑ready reward frameworks.
This includes pay grading, pay structures, performance‑related pay and benefits, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and legal compliance.
Alongside this, you will deliver a high‑quality, end‑to‑end HRBP service that supports performance, engagement and organisational capability.
Why Join Us
- At Birmingham Airport, we are committed to supporting our people and recognising their contribution.
- As a BAL employee, you will benefit from:
- Competitive salary with annual bonus scheme (subject to company performance)
- Excellent pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support
- Cash Health Plan to support everyday healthcare costs
- Free on-site parking
- Access to exclusive airport retail and food discounts
- Structured training and development opportunities
Key Responsibilities
- **Reward framework leadership**
- — Lead the design, implementation and governance of pay grading structures and job evaluation methodologies.
- **Pay structure development**
- — Create and maintain equitable, competitive and financially sustainable pay and benefits frameworks.
- **Performance‑related pay**
- — Develop and embed incentive and bonus schemes that link performance to reward.
- **HR business partnering**
- — Provide pragmatic, solutions‑focused HR support to senior leaders across designated business areas.
- **Employee relations management**
- — Lead complex ER cases, ensuring legal compliance and effective risk management.
- **Policy and governance**
- — Develop and review HR and Reward policies, producing insight and reporting to inform strategic decision making.
Essential Experience Required
- **HR Business Partnering**
experience
- in a complex or operational environment.
- Demonstrable expertise in
- reward management
- , including job evaluation and pay grading.
- Proven experience designing and implementing
- pay structures
- and performance‑related pay schemes.
- Strong understanding of
- employment law
- relating to pay, reward and equal pay.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate with credibility at leadership level.
- Highly developed analytical skills, interpreting reward and workforce data into actionable recommendations.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance people, performance and cost.
Desirable Experience
- Experience working with
- trade unions
- or employee representatives on reward matters.
- CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.
- Experience supporting organisational change programmes.
- Knowledge of labour market trends and reward benchmarking tools.
- Experience delivering reward‑related projects or transformation initiatives.
- Understanding of DEI‑aligned reward practices.
- Join us and contribute to making Birmingham Airport a place where people thrive, performance is recognised, and reward is fair, transparent and future‑focused.
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