People Business Partner

Location: Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in the office)

Contract: Permanent and Fixed-Term Contract opportunities available

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced People Business Partner to play a key role in supporting leaders to create high-performing, inclusive and engaged teams within a large, complex organisation undergoing significant transformation.

Working closely with directors, heads of service and senior leaders, you will act as a trusted strategic advisor, translating business priorities into people-focused plans and ensuring people considerations are embedded into decision-making, organisational change and workforce planning.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys operating in a fast-paced environment, influencing senior stakeholders and helping organisations navigate change.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership teams to deliver strategic people solutions.
• Provide expert advice, guidance and support on complex people matters.
• Translate organisational objectives into practical people plans and priorities.
• Support organisational change, transformation and service redesign programmes.
• Influence business planning by ensuring workforce considerations are embedded in decision-making.
• Use workforce data and insights to identify risks, trends and opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation.
• Coach and support managers to develop their people management capability.
• Support talent management, succession planning, engagement and cultural development initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with specialist HR functions including Employee Relations, Reward, Organisational Development and Talent.
• Advise on restructures, workforce change programmes and business cases.
• Lead or contribute to projects that improve organisational effectiveness and ways of working.
• Support the resolution of complex employee relations matters.

About You

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Proven experience operating in a strategic HR or People Business Partner role within a complex organisation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Experience supporting organisational change, transformation and workforce restructuring.
• A commercial and solutions-focused approach to people challenges.
• Experience working collaboratively across multiple HR specialisms.
• Strong knowledge of employment law, employee relations and organisational change.
• The ability to interpret and utilise workforce data to inform decision-making.
• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship-building skills.
• Strong judgement, analytical ability and problem-solving capability.
• Degree-level education or equivalent experience.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent) with evidence of continued professional development.

What's on Offer

• Hybrid working arrangement with a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.
• Opportunity to support large-scale transformation and organisational change programmes.
• Exposure to a broad range of strategic people initiatives and senior stakeholders.
• Permanent and fixed-term opportunities available.

For further information or a confidential discussion, please get in touch.