People Partner ( Strategic HR Business Partner) in Cardiff

Please note: This role requires attendance in our Cardiff office once per week. As a People Partner, you will provide a high-quality, strategic people partnering service, working closely with leaders to align people initiatives with business strategy. You will drive performance, engagement and change while embedding organisational values, culture and best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic people partnering support to achieve business objectives, including change management, performance, absence and attrition reduction, talent identification and workforce planning.
• Develop and implement People Plans aligned to business and corporate strategy.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing expert consultancy on people risks, capability gaps and organisational challenges.
• Lead and support organisational change, ensuring leaders are equipped to manage change and colleagues remain engaged.
• Strengthen performance management and leadership capability to improve outcomes.
• Drive employee engagement, positively impacting retention, productivity and Great Place to Work results.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing and constructively challenging to deliver commercial impact.
• Use people data and insights to inform decision-making and forecast workforce needs.
• Partner with the wider People function and Centres of Excellence to deliver a consistent, joined-up service.
• Act as a custodian of culture and values, embedding the pillars of Communication, Equality, Reward & Recognition and Fun.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a fast-paced generalist HR / People Partner / HR Business Partner role.
• Strong experience operating within a business partnering model to support commercial outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience leading organisational change (e.g. restructures, transformations, ways of working).
• Sound knowledge of UK Employment Law and HR best practice.
• CIPD qualified (or equivalent professional experience).
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with confidence to challenge at all levels.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
• Data-driven decision-maker with strong analytical and diagnostic skills.
• Ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively.
• Experience supporting employee engagement and performance improvement initiatives.
• Demonstrates organisational values and treats colleagues fairly and with respect.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting large-scale or complex change programmes.
• Experience in a matrix or multi-site organisation.
• Knowledge of workforce planning, talent management and succession planning.
• Experience partnering with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development teams.
• Experience using engagement survey results (e.g. Great Place to Work) to drive action.

Please note - we may close this vacancy early if we receive lots of applications or business priorities change.

Admiral: Where You Can We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

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.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here.

Disability Confident Leader As a Disability Confident Leader, for candidates with a disability or long-term health condition, that opt into the Disability Confident scheme, we’ll invite a fair and proportionate number of applicants that meet the essential requirements of the role to the first stage of our selection process. If you need any adjustments or support with your application or during the recruitment process, just let us know.