Senior People Partner

Senior People Partner

Permanent

Hybrid

Manchester: £53,000 - £60,000

Milton Keynes: £56,000 - £62,500

Do you want to add real strategic insight in a complex educational setting which has a tangible sense of purpose?

Are you a commercially astute, creative and empowering People Partner who is looking for their next challenge?Leading the business through change and diversification at pace whilst stepping up and embracing accountability.

Do you consider yourself your Senior leaderships teams critical friend?

With positive movement in our team recently: internal promotions, team members increasing their hours and reviewing business area allocations there is now space for you.

Do you want Christmas off without touching your annual leave entitlement and the opportunity to have up to 18.5% of your salary going into your pension (7% from you and a generous 11.5% from AQA)? Private medical insurance and a healthcare cash plan are also part of the package.

With a move into hybrid working you will enjoy on average three days working from home with two in the office alongside three other Senior People Partners and three People Partners receiving support from People Advisors, a small ER team, People Services and from within Recruitment and Talent and Learning & Development teams.

You'll come to us with

• Strategic People Partnering skills gained through partnering in an organisation facing change.
• An effective influencing and coaching style to achieve stakeholder buy-in to business strategy.
• Experience and drive to work with ambiguity and the ability to stay resilient, focusing on objectives in a challenging and maturing business environment.

Key to your role

• Driving a culture of empowerment and accountability with senior business leaders, providing challenge and guidance.
• You'll work alongside the People Group Leadership Team and other senior colleagues up to and including executive level, defining and delivering an integrated People Strategy.
• You'll enjoy the accountability and autonomy that comes from ownership and delivery of key milestones and initiatives whilst building strong partnerships and building your internal network.
• Modelling best practice leadership behaviors with confidence whilst mentoring the People Partners and People Advisors.
• Outcome focused with the experience and drive to work with ambiguity and the ability to stay resilient in focusing on objectives in a challenging and maturing business environment.

This role is unlikely to suit someone looking for a step up, however, if you think that's you and you are ready for the challenge then tell us why.

The majority of our People Partnering team are based in Manchester. We also have offices in Milton Keynes, London, Guildford so you will be familiar and comfortable with multi-site working and be happy to travel on a regular basis.

What next?

Please upload your CV and covering letter via our AQA job portal.

Closing date for applications is 8th March 2024, however we reserve the right to close the role early if we find the right candidate.

We will respond to every application.