HR Business Partner (FTC)

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Base pay range

HR Business Partner – Fixed Term Contract (from December 2025 for 12 – 15 months)

Salary – £55,000 – £60,000 (dependent on experience) + 15% bonus

About us

At Audley Travel, we turn careers into adventures. We’re dedicated to creating unique travel experiences for our clients and fostering a dynamic, rewarding environment for our team. Join Audley and become part of a supportive community that prioritises your development. Our inclusive culture, along with competitive salaries and benefits, supports your well-being and growth.

The role

You will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing people strategies that align with business goals and drive growth. Partnering closely with business leaders across all support functions, you will deliver strategic HR solutions across the employee lifecycle to enhance performance, engagement, and organisational effectiveness. This role also works in close collaboration with the People team’s centres of excellence to ensure timely delivery of operational services and a consistently high-quality, people-focused experience.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to develop and implement people strategies that support business objectives.
• Provide expert guidance on workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and organisational design.
• Advise and coach leaders on driving a culture of performance management ensuring consistent application of policies and processes.
• Work closely with the HR Operations team on employee relations matters, ensuring fair and consistent application of policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with leaders and the Talent Acquisition team to determine resourcing requirements in line with workforce planning and talent attraction strategies.
• Support the Internal Communications team with the development and implementation of employee engagement initiatives which align with company values and goals.
• Work closely with the Learning and Development team on management and leadership development initiatives, performance calibrations and succession planning.
• Manage the development, implementation and review of compensation frameworks and pay practices that align with the company’s reward strategy.
• Use data and insights to inform decision-making and measure the impact of HR initiatives.
• Support change management and organisational transformation projects.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across the business.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and HR best practices.

Experience required

You’ll be an experienced HR professional with a background of working closely within a team of HR Business Partners and HR Operations, and collaborating with the wider HR functions, including Internal Communications, Learning & Development, and Talent Acquisition. With extensive HR operational and strategic experience, you’ll confidently manage and be adept at balancing both reactive and proactive workloads, meeting changing deadlines.

• Proven and progressive strategic and operational experience in a HR business partnering role in a high growth, fast-paced and global company.
• Demonstrated success in partnering with leaders to deliver people strategies aligned with business goals.
• Strong experience working collaboratively within a team of HR Business Partners and HR Operations to deliver consistent and effective HR support.
• Proven ability to work with the wider HR function, including Centres of Excellence (e.g., Talent, Learning, and Communications), to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Hands‑on experience in organisation design, including restructuring, role design, and workforce planning.
• Experience of managing the full employee lifecycle, including performance management, employee relations, and talent development.
• Strong experience in reward, including the design and implementation of compensation frameworks, salary benchmarking, and pay review processes.
• Experience of working with an HRIS with the ability to confidently analyse and interpret people data.

Skills required

• Strategic Thinking – Ability to translate business needs into effective people strategies.
• Collaboration – Strong team player with a track record of working effectively across HR functions and with cross‑functional teams.
• Stakeholder Management – Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills at all levels with the ability to build trusted relationships.
• Organisation Design – Skilled in analysing structures and roles to improve efficiency and support business transformation.
• Reward Expertise – Confident in advising on compensation matters and applying reward strategies that support business and people goals.
• Communication – Clear and confident communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
• Problem Solving – Proactive and solutions‑focused approach to complex people challenges.
• Data Literacy – Ability to interpret HR data and use insights to inform decision‑making.
• Project Management – Skilled in managing multiple priorities and delivering to deadlines.
• Adaptability – Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving change.
• Integrity & Confidentiality – Trusted to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Commercial and Legislative Awareness – Actively monitors HR and industry trends, legislative developments, and competitor activity to inform strategic decision‑making and ensure practices remain current and compliant.

Why Audley

We are committed to our employees’ quality of life and value the importance of flexibility by offering hybrid working where you can split your time between one of our wonderful offices and remotely from home or elsewhere in the UK. We ask that employees are office‑based for a minimum of 3 days per week.

There’s more:

• Discretionary bonus plan
• Holiday – 25 days rising to 30 days with length of service
• A day off for your birthday
• A day off for volunteering to support a charity, local support group or community work of your choice
• Access to Healthshield health cash plan – money back for costs associated with everyday healthcare (including optical, dental, medical, prescriptions, physio), and access to medical and wellbeing resources such as a GP service, employee assistance programme and counselling
• Enhanced family leave
• Life insurance
• Discounted Audley trips (for you and your friends & family) and exclusive access to staff travel discount websites
• Wellhub – a wellbeing platform that gives you unlimited, discounted access to top gyms, studios, and wellbeing apps
• Benefits Platform – access to discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Human Resources