About this Position Are you an HR professional ready to step into a role with meaningful impact — where your employee relations expertise, operational strength and people insight make a real difference?We are recruiting a Junior HR Business Partner to support the Henkel Adhesives business in the UK (c.500+ employees). This role provides hands-on HR support across the employee lifecycle, with responsibility for supporting and managing employee relations casework for the blue-collar population (a subset of the overall workforce), working under the guidance of the HR Business Partner.The role requires regular on-site presence at the Winsford and St Neots manufacturing plants to support managers and employees directly. You will also support preparatory and triage work on white-collar ER matters and may occasionally be exposed to ER activity in other UK business units, including Henkel Consumer Brands, as part of development and workload balancing.
What you´ll doSupport and manage employee relations casework for blue-collar employees, ensuring timely, fair and legally compliant outcomesProvide early-stage ER guidance and prepare investigation materials, evidence packs and case summaries for white-collar ER mattersCoach managers on policy application and early intervention to reduce escalation and repeat issuesDeliver core HR operations including onboarding, offboarding and contract changes, ensuring accuracy and complianceSupport annual people processes including performance management, salary review, promotion and succession planningAnalyse HR and workforce data to provide insight on trends, risks and capability gapsSupport HR due-diligence, change and integration activity, including preparation of documentation and stakeholder materialsWork closely with the HR Business Partner, Centres of Expertise and HR Operations teams to deliver consistent, high-quality HR support
What makes you a good fitExperience managing employee relations cases with a sound understanding of UK employment lawStrong HR operations capability and attention to detailConfidence working with HR data and translating insight into actionCredible, pragmatic communicator able to build trust with managers and employeesComfortable working independently within defined frameworks, with appropriate escalationExperience supporting organisational change or M&A activity (desirable) Some perks of joining Henkel Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per yearDiverse national and international growth opportunitiesGlobal wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programsGender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeksEmployee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching sharesPerformance bonus / incentivesCompetitive Pension & Life Assurance - Company contributes up to 10% of basic salaryAnnual Leave: 27 days plus 8 Bank HolidaysCelebration vouchers At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.
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