People Partner (Change and OD) in Cardiff

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing team. We are seeking an experienced, resilient, and proactive People Partner with a strong background in change management and organisational development (OD). The successful candidate will be able to work collaboratively with senior leaders and People teams to effectively deliver organisational people change across the business, ensuring alignment with our policies and cultural values.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Demonstrable strategic experience as a People Partner in a large, fast‑paced organisation.
• Hands‑on expertise in organisational restructuring and managing change programmes, including overseeing redundancy processes, facilitating consultations, and providing specialist advice throughout all phases of change.
• In-depth understanding of employment legislation, consistently ensuring that all change processes and consultation activities are compliant with legal requirements and best practices, drawing upon practical experience as a People Change SME.
• Strong project management skills, with direct involvement in planning, executing, and reviewing people change programmes to ensure successful and sustainable outcomes.

Provide Leadership and Support

• Plan, create and implement the change approach that enables the People Partnering network to deliver positive and effective people change.
• Ensure our approach to change is inspiring to our people, acting as a voice and champion of the department on the people change agenda.
• Motivate and engage our team while representing and advocating for the department’s people‑focused goals.
• Develop toolkits and templates to support our people change approach.
• Collaborate with Learning and Development to identify, develop, and implement learning strategies and programmes, including induction, management development, and compliance training.

Change and OD

• Engage with business leaders and the People Partnering network to identify opportunities for change and develop strategies, ensuring change is implemented timely and effectively.
• Plan and co‑ordinate cross‑company changes working with the People Partners to ensure a consistent and joined up service.
• Lead and manage complex change initiatives and support the delivery of change, working with the People Partnering network and key stakeholders to identify project deliverables and support strategy and phasing.
• Assess the impact of change on the organisation and colleagues during the process, ensuring it is legally and commercially robust.
• Support the development of a communication strategy for any remodelling exercise as part of the project plan.
• Drive, influence, and support the cultural and people aspects of organisational change structure and people processes to improve initiatives, efficiency and effectiveness in people management.
• Responsible for risk mitigation during the change process related to people policies, procedures and best practice.
• Equip stakeholders with appropriate tools, knowledge, and expertise to effectively manage their people in line with their people plans and in particular change.
• Embrace and embed a culture of continuous improvement, taking ownership of resolving problems as they arise.

Develop and maintain productive stakeholder relationships

• Build a collaborative approach with key stakeholders across the business to develop and execute strategic plans for change and OD.
• Demonstrate credibility and competence to enhance stakeholder confidence of the People Partnering network.
• Act as a consultant to the leadership team and as an ambassador for the People function and custodians of its culture, influencing the business to embody the company’s culture and values.

Provide Insight

• Use people data effectively to make informed business decisions and forecast longer‑term business needs and trends.
• Provide input and insight to the People Partnering network and the business.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven ability to develop and effectively manage relationships with stakeholders.
• Extensive hands‑on experience in organisational restructuring and modelling.
• Experience of working within organisations and responsible for change initiatives.
• Solid project management experience.
• Extensive consultation experience, both collective and individual.
• Understanding of people management, including coaching and developing others.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organisation.
• Negotiation and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work with and challenge legal counsel in the development of consultation documentation and process.
• Flexible approach.
• Able to work on own initiative and prioritise workload.
• Excellent eye for detail and strong organisational skills.
• Demonstrates the company’s values, treating colleagues equally and fairly with kindness and respect.
• Proactive and emotionally resilient.
• Emotionally intelligent, adapting communication style to the audience to achieve the best outcome.
• Remain tactful and diplomatic while asking effective questions to establish information and fact.
• Confident in working independently but skilled at collaboration to deliver results.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Chartered CIPD or equivalent (not essential).

This role requires attendance at our Cardiff office once weekly. Please note – we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

Benefits

• Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays).
• You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.
• Eligible employees may receive up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Disability Confident Leader: As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments during the selection process for candidates with a disability or long‑term health condition who opt into the Disability Confident scheme.