Junior HR Business Partner

Job Purpose

ICE is seeking a Junior HR Business Partner to play a vital role in delivering high-quality HR advisory and generalist support across the UK and wider EMEA region. This role presents an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional looking to further develop and strengthen their HR business partnering capability within a dynamic, international environment.

Working closely with Managers, employees, and HRBPs, the Junior HRBP will provide pragmatic, employee-centric advice to support a positive and productive workplace, ensure compliance with HR policies and procedures, and contribute to the delivery of strategic business objectives. The role will include supporting employee inductions, managing flexible working requests, and facilitating wellbeing and employee support meetings.

The successful candidate will bring a strong generalist HR background, be confident in the application of UK employment legislation, and be comfortable preparing, interpreting and using people data and analytics to inform insight-led decision making. Excellent communication and influencing skills, alongside the ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary, fast-paced environment, are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality generalist HR advice and support, with a focus on first-line employee relations, ensuring accurate and timely guidance aligned with employment legislation and company policies.
• Advise managers and employees on performance and probation, absence and wellbeing, supporting a positive and compliant workplace culture.
• Support the end-to-end employee lifecycle, including new joiner onboarding, employee inductions, probation management, contractual changes and offboarding activities.
• Maintain accurate HR trackers and records, ensuring effective follow-through, data integrity and prompt execution of all HR activities.
• Operate with precision, curiosity and accountability, ensuring tasks are delivered promptly and followed through to completion.
• Support UK immigration processes, including coordination of visa-related documentation and ongoing compliance requirements.
• Experience and competence in preparing and analysing (people) data and interpreting outcomes for clear, actionable insights that support informed decision-making.
• Support performance management processes and employee development activities, including the year-end review cycle.
• Contribute to business-led change initiatives, including restructures, redundancies and TUPE transfers.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and HR Centres of Excellence to establish credibility as a trusted HR advisor.
• Participate in and potentially lead HR projects to support business priorities and operational efficiencies.
• Ensure compliance with HR policies and procedures and stay updated on employment laws and regulations.
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Build strong and sustainable relationships with business partners/centers of excellence (e.g., HR shared services, Finance, Talent Acquisition, Talent & Learning, Compensation & Benefits) to gain credibility as a trusted advisor on people topics.
• Ability to lead and influence without direct authority.

Knowledge and Experience

• Must have studied an HR-related discipline and/or be studying towards or fully CIPD qualified, or have demonstrable experience.
• Experience working within a global, matrixed organisation.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented, with strong planning skills and the ability to manage both routine tasks and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience supporting or leading HR project work, including employee engagement initiatives, intranet and policy updates, digital communications and process mapping.
• A strong understanding of HR principles, policies and best practices, with the confidence to apply these in practice.
• Flexible and adaptable, comfortable working with a degree of ambiguity and change.
• Demonstrates discretion and professionalism, with the ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a collaborative approach and the ability to build effective relationships across teams and stakeholders.
• Confidence to apply common sense and judgment in situations of uncertainty.
• Effectively prioritises to ensure deadlines are met and adapts to changing timescales and priorities.
• Pro-active and innovative, suggesting new ideas and ways to improve the HR service and the employee journey.
• Team player with good people skills.
• Proficient IT skills including Microsoft packages and Oracle.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.