People Business Partner / Partner Busnes Pobl in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff

The People team at The National Lottery Community Fund is looking for two credible, confident and highly skilled People Business Partners to join us on six-month fixed-term contracts. Our People team is around 30 colleagues who are proactive, collaborative and committed to delivering high-quality support that enables our people to thrive. We focus on continuous improvement, strong relationships and ensuring colleagues feel supported, valued and set up for success.

These roles require strategic, forward-thinking business partners who can build trusted relationships with senior leaders, act as internal consultants and provide expert guidance across a wide range of people matters. You will be comfortable navigating complexity, influencing at all levels and proactively shaping people solutions that align with our organisational priorities. As the Fund continues through a period of change, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact, strengthening leadership capability, supporting organisational design and embedding people initiatives that enhance performance, culture and colleague experience.

What You’ll Do

• Operate as a true strategic partner to senior leaders, bringing insight, constructive challenge and practical solutions that drive directorate and organisational priorities.
• Build strong, influential relationships across all levels, becoming a trusted advisor known for your credibility and impact.
• Work collaboratively in a small team to embed meaningful people initiatives and frameworks that deliver consistency and organisational value.
• Provide expert guidance on organisational change, workforce planning and leadership development, helping to shape a high-performing, future-ready workforce.
• Use data, insight and evidence to influence decisions and steer people strategies that make a measurable difference.
• Manage complex employee relations matters, ensuring outcomes are fair, consistent and legally sound.
• Partner with leaders to unlock talent, identify development needs and create clear progression pathways.
• Lead and deliver impactful people projects that enhance the People offer and elevate the colleague experience.
• Role-model inclusive behaviours and help create an environment where everyone can thrive.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across the People team, sharing expertise, supporting colleagues and helping to build a culture of excellence and collaboration.

What We’re Looking For

• Experienced People Business Partners who can operate with confidence, credibility and strategic insight.
• Strong generalist HR expertise, excellent judgement and the ability to influence senior leaders while acting as a trusted advisor.
• Proactive, solutions-focused and comfortable navigating complexity, using data and evidence to shape people strategies that support organisational priorities.
• Strong relationship building skills, role-model inclusive behaviours and bring a thoughtful, people-centred approach to organisational change, leadership development and colleague experience.
• Solid foundation in employee relations and employment law, providing expert guidance across a wide range of people matters while contributing to longer-term workforce planning and organisational effectiveness.

Location: UK wide - Hybrid working. Our offices are based in Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Newtown.

Interviews: Week commencing 6th and 13th April

How to apply

Upload your CV in Word format and write a supporting statement of up to 1000 words. We will use the following criteria to score your application – so you should evidence how you meet them in your supporting statement.

• A credible, confident HR professional with strong generalist experience and excellent knowledge of employment law.
• Proven experience in a true business partnering role, influencing, challenging and supporting all stakeholders.
• Strong people management and coaching skills, with the ability to set clear expectations and develop others.
• Excellent relationship building skills and the ability to communicate with impact at all levels.
• A strong commitment to creating an inclusive workplace and embedding equitable practices.
• Significant ER experience, ideally in a unionised environment or similar.
• Experience leading and delivering people projects and contributing to strategic planning.
• Understanding of organisation development and how it supports long term organisational effectiveness.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Communities in the UK come in all shapes and sizes. National Lottery funding is for everyone – therefore, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion and we work hard to ensure our funding reaches where it is needed. We also believe our people should represent the communities, organisations and individuals we work with. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund is committed to being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. We recognise and celebrate the fact that our people come from diverse backgrounds. We positively welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities or longstanding health conditions, people who are LGBTQ, and people from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, as well as people of all ages.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we take a proactive approach in making reasonable adjustments, if needed, throughout the recruitment process and during employment.