Senior People Partner in Bracknell

I am currently partnering with a large global technology business who are looking for a Senior People Partner to join their team on a permanent basis. This role has a strong focus on employee relations and is leading a team of People Partners.

Location: ideally based within the South East of England, having access to an office based either in the South East or central London. Hybrid / flexible working arrangements are in place – ideally 1 day a week on site.

Salary up to £70,000 PA plus a strong benefits package which includes a bonus, car allowance, family medical cover and more.

As a Senior People Partner with a specialism for Employee Relations, you will act as a strategic advisor to senior leaders and HR, owning the ER strategy and leading the most complex and high-impact people matters. You will set the ER governance framework, oversee investigations, guide organisational change and transformation, and build manager capability - ensuring outcomes that are fair, consistent and aligned with UK employment law and company values.

You will work directly for the Lead HR People Partner and be part of a wider team of People Partners, HR Specialists and partner with the HR Case Management Team. You will coach and mentor the team to build their capability and confidence in dealing with complex and high-impact people matters, as well as leading on high profile UK wide reaching projects and change programmes.

• Strategic Partnering and Employment Relations Governance: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and Strategic HRBPs, shaping people plans and decisions with proactive ER risk insights and pragmatic solutions. Chair ER governance (case reviews, risk/triage, lessons-learned) and maintain strong audit trails, documentation standards, and decision rationales. Own the ER policy framework (design, review, and implementation), ensuring alignment to legislation and best practice; lead the implementation of new legal or policy requirements. Partner with internal Employment Legal Counsel and external agencies to ensure policies and procedures are up to date with changing Employment Law and fair employee experience.
• Complex ER Case Leadership and Investigations: Partnering with the Head of HR Case Management, lead or oversee the most complex ER cases (e.g., bullying/harassment, discrimination, whistleblowing, complex grievances/disciplinaries), setting investigation strategy, advising on proportionality, fairness, and confidentiality. Direct and quality-assure investigations: scope, witness management, evidence assessment, findings and recommendations; produce or sign off robust investigation reports. Partner with Legal and Compliance on relevant investigations, ensuring a consistent, best-practice approach and risk management.
• Organisational Change and Consultation: Lead ER workstreams for organisation design, restructures, consultation and redundancy, from planning through to implementation, ensuring legal compliance and high-quality stakeholder engagement. Advise leaders through sensitive, multi-layered change (e.g., TUPE/large-scale restructuring), aligning timelines, communications, and people impacts to business outcomes.
• Manager Capability and Culture Enablement: Build people-leader capability via targeted enablement: design and deliver training on investigations, performance management, absence management, and ER fundamentals; coach leaders through live scenarios. Partner with the HR Culture and Inclusion Lead to localise/roll out new HR initiatives and ways of working; facilitate workshops and engagement sessions to embed change.
• Data, Insights and Continuous Improvement: Use ER MI and workforce analytics to identify trends, hotspots, and root causes; propose preventative actions and track impact. Continuously improve ER processes (intake, triage, documentation, timelines, communications) and integrate lessons-learned approach to the wider People Partner Team and into policy, guidance, and leadership training.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-functional Delivery: Build strong relationships across senior leadership, Strategic HRBPs, Centres of Excellence, HR Shared Services and specialist teams to align ER outcomes with business goals. Lead cross-functional HR projects (e.g., policy changes, implementation of new processes/legislation, cyclical HR calendar items), ensuring scope, milestones, and success metrics are met.

• Deep ER expertise with demonstrable experience leading complex, sensitive cases to outcome (e.g., multi-party grievances, discrimination/harassment, redundancies/consultations).
• Advanced knowledge of UK employment law and HR policy application; able to translate legal requirements into pragmatic guidance and process.
• Strong project/change management skills; able to run multiple concurrent ER/HR initiatives with clear governance, milestones, and measures.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influence at senior levels; skilled at navigating ambiguity and resistance.
• Experience in leading multi-functional teams and leaders through complex transformation and change programmes.
• Data-driven decision-making and storytelling with ER/HR analytics to shape action and track impact.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, including investigation reporting, outcome letters, and facilitation.
• Experience partnering with Security/Compliance functions on investigations and sensitive matters.
• Experience in unionised and/or highly regulated environments.
• Exposure to tribunal preparation/mitigation strategies.
• Professional qualification (e.g., CIPD Level 7) or equivalent experience.

Please apply by following the link. Or send your application directly to Imogen Parr.