People Business Partner in Reading

People Business Partner – 12‑Month Fixed Term Contract (maternity cover) at AllPoints Fibre Networks

Base pay range: APFN provides a pay range that reflects your skills and experience. For details, talk with your recruiter.

About Us

AllPoints Fibre is revolutionising UK connectivity with an API‑driven platform, aquila, that unifies major networks such as Openreach, BT Wholesale, and CityFibre. We enable service providers with automation, real‑time visibility, and rapid scalability.

The Role

You will work closely with managers and senior stakeholders to translate business objectives into people initiatives, enhance capabilities, and foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Regular travel is required as the position spans multiple locations.

What We’re Looking For

• Exceptional relationship‑building skills
• Ability to influence and inspire at all levels
• Passion for driving organisational growth and culture

Role Responsibilities

• Strategically partner with stakeholders to drive organisational success through people‑focused initiatives, ensuring alignment between business priorities and people strategies.
• Embed HR strategy into core business planning, ensuring people initiatives directly support and accelerate organisational goals.
• Cultivate strong, influential relationships with key stakeholders to proactively address people challenges, acting as a trusted advisor across the business.
• Serve as a strategic conduit between specialist teams and the wider organisation, offering expert guidance on new people initiatives and ensuring consistent, values‑led implementation.
• Collaborate with leaders to resolve complex employee matters, promoting a culture of openness, trust, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and advise on critical people practices, including organisational change, TUPE, and employee relations, ensuring decisions are fair, compliant, and strategically sound.
• Champion performance and development frameworks, embedding systems that enhance individual and team effectiveness and support long‑term capability building.
• Coach and influence stakeholders, delivering training and feedback that improves leadership capability and drives operational excellence.
• Work closely with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to forecast workforce needs and develop strategic workforce plans that support future growth.
• Leverage people data and analytics to generate insights, measure impact, and inform strategic decision‑making across the organisation.
• Provide coaching and support to the People Operations Specialist, fostering their development and ensuring operational excellence in people practices.

About You

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner
• Excellent stakeholder management experience
• Strong people‑management skills
• Ability to understand and interpret HR metrics
• Excellent knowledge of employment legislation
• Ideas‑oriented and always looking for ways to improve the employee experience
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience

The Benefits

We offer an extensive wellbeing package, including private medical and dental insurance, income protection, group life insurance, and a health plan for day‑to‑day expenses. We pay for massage therapy and provide 30 days of annual leave (pro‑rated) plus bank holidays. Enhanced leave plans support illness or parental leave. Financial wellbeing is also a priority with employer‑contributory pension, cashback, and voucher schemes.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• Fair pay and equal opportunities for all
• Support for under‑represented groups through the Women in Telecoms Network
• Investments in future talent via apprenticeships and mentorship programmes
• Mandatory Equality, Diversity & Inclusion training for all employees
• Culture where every voice is heard and everyone has the opportunity to grow

More About Us

AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) delivers seamless, scalable access to the UK’s full‑fibre rollout. We are a customer‑first, future‑ready network wholesaler, empowering our partners with a frictionless route to the largest full‑fibre footprint in the UK. Our team values curiosity, ambition, and a go‑get‑things‑done attitude, supporting rapid growth while maintaining a positive, collaborative environment.

Next Steps

If the role sounds like a good fit, we look forward to reviewing your application. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial conversation, followed by interviews with the hiring teams to discuss the role and your experience in more detail. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process.