People Business Partner in Manchester

The role

As a People Business Partner, you’ll play a key role in supporting senior leaders within our fast-paced technology environment. You’ll translate business priorities into forward-thinking people plans, bringing constructive challenge, workforce insight and practical solutions that help our people and the wider business perform at their best.

What will I be doing?

• Partner with leaders to turn business strategy into effective people plans and initiatives.
• Lead workforce planning, using people data and commercial insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Coach and advise leaders on people matters, including complex employee relations cases.
• Support the development of people policies, ensuring they remain commercially relevant, legally compliant and aligned with best practice.
• Use employee feedback and engagement insights to shape meaningful action plans.
• Identify key talent, capability gaps, succession risks and retention priorities, partnering with Learning & Development on targeted plans.
• Advise on team structures and organisational changes that improve effectiveness and efficiency.
• Help embed our culture and values across the business.
• Provide HR expertise and guidance across the wider People team.
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement and take ownership of delivering solutions.

What will I bring to the role?

• Experience partnering with senior leaders in a fast-paced, commercial environment.
• Strong experience developing and delivering strategic People Plans.
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and complex employee relations.
• Experience supporting organisational change and consultation.
• Confidence using people data and insight to influence decisions and improve outcomes.
• The ability to coach, influence and constructively challenge senior leaders.
• Curiosity around AI, automation and digital tools to improve efficiency and employee experience.
• CIPD Level 5, or equivalent relevant experience.

At ANS, we’ve created a place where everyone can be themselves, and we empower our people to get the job done. Openness, ambition, honesty, and passion are what drive us every day. We are bold, courageous, and innovative – and we do it like no other. We invest in our people. In training, development, health and more – we give you the benefits and flexibility to maintain a happy work-life balance.

We’re proud of the inclusive, fun, dynamic environment we’ve created. It’s a safe space that works for all. You don’t have to be a techie to work in tech. Bring your authentic self and find your dream role here. Find out more at LinkedIn pages.

What’s in it for you?
With fantastic benefits, an inclusive culture, and a cool office space, we’re your kind of workplace.

Company benefits

• As standard: 25 days’ holiday, plus you can buy up to 5 more days
• A little extra: we’ll give you your birthday off, and an extra celebration day for whatever you want! Tying the knot? You get 5 days’ additional holiday in the year you get married. Oh, and 5 volunteer days!
• Private health insurance
• Pension contribution match and 4 x life assurance
• Flexible working and work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year (some exceptions)
• Maternity: 16 weeks’ full pay, Paternity: 3 weeks’ full pay, Adoption: 16 weeks’ full pay
• Company social events – get ready for a jam-packed calendar
• Electric car scheme
• 12 days of personal growth development time

ANS are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and anyone applying for a role at our organisation can be assured that their application will be treated fairly, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation. We sometimes ask for information relating to individuals for equal opportunities monitoring purposes only.