HR Business Partners

VirtualResource (VR) is a boutique consultancy supporting companies with HR Transformation and optimisation of their HR operating model, processes, and systems. We strive to be the go-to company that partners with businesses to optimise their HR Delivery and HR technology landscape.

What is the role about?

We are seeking experienced HR Business Partner contractors to support a number of restructuring programmes across the UK and internationally. These are hands-on delivery roles requiring deep expertise in organisational change, with the ability to work at pace in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

You will act as a trusted partner to senior business leaders, providing expert HR counsel and end-to-end support throughout the full lifecycle of restructuring activity - from planning and consultation through to implementation and closure.

Key Responsibilities

Restructuring Project Management

• Support leaders with organisational design and validation against agreed principles, such as spans and layers
• Delivery of employee impact assessments
• Produce consultation materials based on a suite of centrally developed resources
• Engage with HR Country Heads globally to support local delivery
• Train leaders on consultation processes and assessment & selection (A&S)
• Support the opening of both collective and individual consultation, and ensuring compliance in other markets in partnership with local HR
• Manage HR Q&A and counterproposals throughout the consultation period
• Facilitate the assessment & selection process, utilising a Power App to support the process
• Manage closure of consultation
• Manage appeals
• Ensure the issue of appropriate notifications and update HRIS accordingly

Restructuring & Employee Relations

• Lead collective consultation processes in compliance with UK employment law and, where applicable, local legal requirements in other markets
• Support leaders in developing and refining their proposals in readiness for consultation
• Oversee both collective and individual consultation processes, ensuring a fair, consistent, and legally compliant approach
• Manage TUPE obligations if they arise

HR Advisory & Business Partnering

• Act as the primary HR contact for senior stakeholders throughout change programmes, providing pragmatic, commercially-minded guidance
• Utilise centrally developed materials, templates, and guidance to support consistent and compliant delivery of change activity, both in the UK and across global markets
• Work closely with legal counsel, ER specialists, and in-country HR teams as required