People & Culture Business Partner

People & Culture Business Partner

Location: Cambridge
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum plus benefits
Position Type: Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time

Closing Date: 10/04/2024

It’s an exciting time to join their organisation. Their People and Culture team are embracing the start of their journey to becoming a true data-led, strategic partner to the organisation and they are looking for a People and Culture Business Partner who embodies this. You will primarily partner with their directors and senior managers across your defined business area to provide first class, proactive, strategic input across a wide range of people initiatives. You will be comfortable operating as a strategic partner whilst maintaining a solutions focused, problem solving approach to your work. As a P&C team, they have ambitious, transformational plans and due to the timing of this role you will be comfortable working in an ambiguous environment whilst they navigate this. In return, you will have the opportunity to work with a supportive team, work on some awesome people related projects and use your knowledge and experience to positively impact a truly values based organisation that cares about its employees.

This is a full-time opportunity, working Monday to Friday however the role offers flexibility. Your time will be split between working from home and their Cambridge based office with ideally 1-2 days per week in the office. If you need flexible working arrangements, please outline this in your application.

What you will be doing:

• Develop and nurture effective relationships as a strategic people partner to defined business areas;
• Partner with managers to embed excellent people related practices.
• Provide advice and guidance on all people related aspects including organisational design, engagement, reward, and development.
• Deliver cost effective, pragmatic people solutions to complex or escalated people related matters.
• Use people data, metrics and insight proactively to consider emerging themes and identify appropriate people solutions to inform people related decision making.
• Support change and transformation initiatives; through effective partnering, coaching, collaborating.
• Work closely with the wider People & Culture team to develop and deliver the people strategy for the defined business area, ensuring alignment to the People & Culture strategy.
• Provide strategic input on areas throughout the employee lifecycle including succession planning, workforce planning and EVP.
• Responsible for supporting the embedding of any people strategic initiatives within defined business areas.
• Be the “people voice” for their projects and initiatives to ensure the people perspectives and implications are considered.

Key skills:

• Experience of Business Partnering at a strategic level.
• CIPD qualification, or evidence of working towards accreditation or evidence of further professional development.
• Up to date knowledge of UK employment law.
• Exceptional relationship building, persuasion and influencing capability, willing to challenge when needed.
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and open to change.
• Ability to work with others to develop and deliver solutions, a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Strong presentation skills, with the ability to communicate with a variety of people across a range of departments and levels with impact.
• Experience of utilising HR Database systems, ensuring accuracy of employee records, in order to prepare, analyse and investigate data which supports design and delivery of people strategies and plan.

They recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. They particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.

As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, they endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.

They are committed to making their recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, they are flexible in the ways they give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team and they will do their best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

Our client supports development and offer excellent benefits. If you are interested, please apply before the end of their closing date.

You may have experience in the following: HR Business Partner, Human Resources, HR Strategic Advisor, People Strategy Consultant, Talent Management Business Partner, Talent Management, Human Resources Advisor, HR Officer, etc.

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