Senior Business Partner

Up to 30 hours per week.  Flexible working will be actively considered Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £48,039 to £57,797 per annum, with potential progression up to £70,000 per annum Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire. Hybrid working available We are a University with ambitious and distinctive characteristics and welcome applications from passionate HR professionals to join our community. About the Role We are at an exciting point in our journey, supporting the delivery of a Corporate Plan which is designed to raise our ambition and enhance the distinctiveness of our University through our people. To support our ambitions we are seeking a new Senior Business Partner with the ability to help realise our people strategy and make a real impact on our staff and student experience through partnering with stakeholders across the university in our professional service units.  About You You do not need to have university sector experience, we welcome applications from individuals who are able to influence and partner successfully with a range of stakeholders. You will be a senior HR generalist who is MCIPD qualified, or equivalent experience, with demonstrable ER experience. This role is hands on and will have a strong focus on operational delivery as well as ensuring strategic initiatives are put into action.  Reporting to the Head of People Business Partnering, you will have line management responsibility for a Business Partner and as a team will support a range of centralised university services. About Us As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here. Our Values and Commitments We recognise and value the different perspectives that diversity and equitable practice can bring to our working, learning and research community. We therefore positively encourage expressions of interest from those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, disability and other protected characteristics who are currently underrepresented at Cranfield. Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here. We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. Find out about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. Working Arrangements Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners. For an informal conversation about the opportunity, please contact Rian Connell, Head of People Business Partnering: r.connell@cranfield.ac.uk Apply online now. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: hrrecruitment@cranfield.ac.uk. Please quote reference number 4788. Closing date for receipt of applications:   7th April 2024 Interviews to be held: 18th April 2024