HR Business Partner in London

Are you a dynamic HR Business Partner looking for a new opportunity in an iconic, household name Charity? Do you have a passion for building strong and meaningful relationships with key stakeholders? Have you got strong experience in areas such as Retention, Career Progression and Change, as well as identifying and prioritising key People Priorities? If this sounds like you, then get in touch!

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of HR Business Partnering, you will oversee a large directorate, acting as a key interface with senior leaders. You'll work closely with specialist HR colleagues, building strong relationships with stakeholders to deeply understand strategy and priorities. The role is strategic, with an expectation to also roll your sleeves up where needed. You'll be part of a dynamic and high-energy HR Business Partnering team, where true Business Partnering happens as there is a separate employee relations team.

What will I be doing?

• Develop meaningful relationships and partner with senior stakeholders within a defined business area, primarily at Executive Director, Director and Head level.
• Participate in directorate or department leadership teams (LT) bringing data driven insights to people/business issues and hold the LT accountable for the effective delivery of the people agenda.
• Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the relevant business areas, keeping up to date with directorate strategies and priorities in order to identify targeted, effective and sustainable HR solutions.
• Lead the development and delivery of annual people plans for defined business areas, working collaboratively with leaders and CoEs to ensure accountabilities for delivery are clear and the plan is reviewed regularly and kept on track.
• Act as a coach to stakeholders and raise awareness of expected leadership behaviours, holding tension around the delivery of these.
• Lead and deliver organisation design and change activity at directorate, department and team level, drawing on the knowledge of SMEs across HR where needed.
• Ensure structural, behavioural and cultural change is successfully implemented.
• Work closely with Reward colleagues to ensure appropriate pay positioning and ensure appropriate benchmarking data is available; determine salary positioning for senior hires with their input.

The Successful Candidate

• Experienced business partner with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships, influence at all levels of the organisation and build the case for effective HR interventions.
• Experienced HR generalist with a track record of successful delivery and working with specialist HR functions to deliver a seamless service.
• Demonstrates strategic/analytical thinking and the ability to translate this into insightful, value add and practical solutions/actions.
• Experience of generating, interpreting and presenting HR analytics to drive insights and tangible action.
• Able to use judgement and work with ambiguity distilling key priorities/focus areas.
• Demonstrates confidence, tenacity and the ability to take considered risks.
• Experience of managing business change projects through the application of strong project management skills.
• Strong knowledge and application of org design, employment law, HR policies, principles and procedures as well as change activities such as consultations, restructures and redundancies.

What next?

If you believe you possess the right skills and experience to succeed in this role, then I want to talk with you. For further information or to receive a full JD, please send your updated CV to (see below) or apply below.