Hr Business Partner - Change And Projects

• 12 month Fixed term contract 


• Be part of a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023


• Hybrid 80% homeworking available and 20% in Stratford upon Avon

Due to an increase in activity,we have an FTC opportunity for an established HR Business Partnerfor projects to join NFU Mutual, Which? Insurance Brand of the Year 2023. You’ll work in partnership with our Group Change teams and some of our business areas to support with the design and delivery of key change programmes, helping them in understanding how best to deliver organisational change.  

You’ll be joining our 20-strong HRBP team during a time of growth and significant change. Quickly understanding the goalswe need to achieve within your projects and programmes, you’ll provide professional and commercially focused HR and people change business support. With over half our vacancies filled internally this could be a great opportunity to start your career with NFU Mutual! 

Reporting to a Senior HR Business Partner, you will provide a key HR Change and Projectsconsulting and partnering service to your stakeholders, including significant change management support, playing an integral role in translating our HR strategy to local level deliverables. You’ll be influencing business stakeholders on best practice, providing commercially intelligent advice on a range of topics, and helping the business run effectively. 

You will work closely with various teams across our Head Office to ensure there is a fair and consistent approach to all people related activities, building, and maintaining strong relationships with people managers and stakeholders in our Group Change teams supporting them to deliver on activities to improve the performance and engagement of their team members as well as delivering organisational change. You will confidently challenge, advise and influence stakeholders in relation to business change planning and delivery and will advise and guide people managers in the application of the Group’s people management principles. You will keep up to date with recent HR trends, issues and developments and utilise this information to provide the best guidance and support to your projects, programmes and business area. 

You’re a highly effective communicator with exceptional influencing and stakeholder management skills. It is also essential you have: 

• HR Business Partnering background within a large commercial organisation, where you have delivered people change projects with scale. 


• Significant change experience - with various streams of change activity across the group at one time, you’ll understand the impacts of Change and how to manage them effectively. 


• Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills; you can demonstrate your skill in building trusted relationships and confidently influencing throughout the business. 


• As you’ll be involved in sensitive and confidential conversations, excellent communication skills are required, both verbal and written. 


• A full UK driving licence as there may be some UK travel for meetings. 


• Desirable - Project Management 

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique.  We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.   

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during  the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:   

• Salary up to £55,000 depending on experience


• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)  


• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution


• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme


• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities


• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets


• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs


• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more


• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance


• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year


• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme


• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary


• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies. 

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and are one of only 57 companies across the globe, and one of only two organisations with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2023 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023 and 2024.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.