People & Culture Business Partner Circa £55,000 (doe)

The People & Culture Business Partner plays a key role in shaping and delivering a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace culture. Acting as a strategic partner to leaders and teams, this role influences key people initiatives across engagement, wellbeing, performance, and recognition. By using data-driven insights and fostering trusted relationships, the People & Culture Business Partner helps ensure the organisation is a great place to work where people thrive.

Description of Role

Job Title: People & Culture Business Partner

Location: Cleeve Road, Evesham

Job Type: Permanent

Reporting into: People Director

Hours: Monday – Friday 09:00-17:00

Main purpose of the role:

The People & Culture Business Partner plays a key role in shaping and delivering a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace culture. Acting as a strategic partner to leaders and teams, this role influences key people initiatives across engagement, wellbeing, performance, and recognition. By using data-driven insights and fostering trusted relationships, the People & Culture Business Partner helps ensure the organisation is a great place to work where people thrive.

Job Responsibilities:

Use people data and insights to inform strategic decisions, identify trends, and influence improvements across engagement, performance, and wellbeing.

Culture & Engagement

• Champion a culture aligned with organizational behaviours, fostering a “good place to work” environment.
• Lead on employee engagement initiatives, including survey design, analysis, action planning, and follow-through.
• Support and coordinate internal events such as Town Halls, and engagement campaigns.
• Drive and lead an effective Staff Consultation Committee.

Communication & Recognition

• Manage colleague communications, ensuring key messages are clear, timely, and aligned with company tone and values.
• Oversee recognition programs including ABCD Awards, ensuring they are inclusive, impactful, and celebrated across the business.
• Organise company-wide events that connect and inspire colleagues.
• Develop and lead wellbeing strategies, resources, and campaigns that support mental, physical, and emotional health.
• Manage Occupational Health (OH), coordinating referrals and supporting employees and managers through the process.
• Manage health surveillance activities in accordance with health and safety obligations and risk assessments.
• Oversee and support leave of absence processes (e.g., maternity, paternity, and extended leave), ensuring a positive and compliant employee experience.
• Manage the health cash plan and private medical insurance programs.
• Absence & Leave Management
• Monitor and manage employee absence & attendance in line with policy, using data to identify trends and take proactive action.

Performance & Development

• Lead the delivery of the Personnel Performance and Development Framework (PPDF), ensuring it is embedded, understood, and effectively used across the organisation.
• Coach and guide managers through performance conversations, reviews, and development planning.
• Promote a continuous improvement and feedback culture to support colleague growth.
• Contribute to the development and communication of reward and benefits offerings.
• Support annual reward processes.
• Ensure initiatives reflect employee needs, industry trends, and business values.
• Oversee the canteen facilities (vending)
• First line of contact for bus service provider.

People Data & Insights

• Maintain and analyse HR data to identify trends and support evidence-based decision-making.
• Produce regular reports on key metrics (e.g., absence, engagement, wellbeing) to inform leadership and shape future initiatives.
• Perform any other related duties/roles as assigned, within your scope of practice, the company considers appropriate.

Job requirements:

Skills & Experience required to do this role…

• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills
• Strategic mindset with the ability to translate data into action
• Organised, proactive, and solutions-focused
• Skilled communicator with an inclusive and engaging tone
• Coaching approach when working with managers
• Comfortable with HR data, systems, and reporting
• Previous experience in a people-facing HR or culture role
• Background in business partnering, engagement and internal communications
• Familiarity with employee engagement platforms, survey tools, and performance frameworks
• Experience working with people analytics or HR system dashboards

Qualifications:

CIPD Level 5 (minimum) Level 7 or willing to work toward

Company Benefits:

• Company pension contributions 5%
• Health Cash Plan – Westfield Health
• Life assurance x4 annual salary
• Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £55,000.00 per year

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Evesham WR11 8JS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Language:

• United Kingdom (required)

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