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Due to internal promotion and ongoing investment in our people, UAL is seeking a proven HR Business Partner to support the delivery of an exceptional HR service and play a key role in deploying our long-term People Strategy. This is a great opportunity to advance your HR career within a world leading organisation undergoing an exciting period of change.
As Senior HR Business Partner, you will lead on Business Partnering work within a designated client group, inspire and coach other HR Business Partners and be a part of the Business Partnering Hub, working under the overall direction of the Associate Director of HR (Business Partnering).
The core purpose is to work closely with specific client groups to focus on:
- Organisational and people capability building
- Longer term resource and talent management planning
- Using business insights to drive change in people management practices
- Leading and advising on the people implications of organisation change
Our client groups have multiple Directors to support. As an experienced and established Business Partner, you will be expected to deal effectively with a large complex client group on a wide range of business issues and offer advice, coaching and support to less experienced colleagues.
About you
We value the diverse experiences candidates bring to UAL. Our people come from a variety of sectors and therefore applications are open to those both with and without previous experience of working in the higher education sector. Most important will be your demonstrable Business Partnering experience gained within a comparable sized organisation.
CIPD qualified, you will bring to the role a working knowledge of contemporary approaches to business planning, organisational design, workforce planning, strategic resourcing, capability management, change management, and employee engagement. You will have experience and understanding of organisational design as well as experience of leading change.
You will be an effective communicator with strong coaching skills, who relishes the opportunity to be at the forefront of change and continuously adapt accordingly. If you meet this criteria, we would like to hear from you.
We are UAL
University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres.
We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2022 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.
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Closing date: 23:55, 11th February 2024.
If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact UAL Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk
UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.
