Senior People Business Partner

Location ///harp.alert.royal Region Hyde Park – The Old Police House Salary £70,000- £75,000 per annum, depending on experience Application Deadline Monday, August 10, 2026

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About us

About Us
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year.

We are now looking for a Senior People Business Partner, to join TRP on a permanent, full-time basis working 36 hours per week.

The Benefits

• Salary of £70,000 - £75,000 per annum, depending on experience
• 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays, increasing to 29 days after 3 years’ service
• Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
• Hybrid/agile working options
• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
• Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
• Learning and development opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Offices in a beautiful location

The Role

As Senior People Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to Directors and senior leaders, delivering expert people solutions that support organisational priorities and drive business performance. You will lead strategic workforce planning, talent acquisition, succession planning and organisational development initiatives, while supporting change programmes, restructures and cultural transformation across the organisation.

Working closely with leaders, you will use workforce data and insight to inform decision-making, develop management capability through coaching and guidance, and champion diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. You will also oversee complex employee relations matters, ensuring a fair, consistent and legally compliant approach, while leading the development of people policies, communications, frameworks and tools that enhance the employee experience. In addition, you will manage and develop the People Business Partners and Advisors, embedding a proactive, collaborative and high-performing business partnering model that delivers excellent outcomes across TRP.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence organisational culture, lead major people initiatives and shape the future of business partnering across The Royal Parks. You'll also lead and develop a team of People professionals, ensuring a proactive, consistent and high-quality service across the organisation.

About You

To be considered as Senior People Business Partner, you will need:

• Significant experience in a People Business Partner or similar senior HR role
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to deliver strategic people outcomes
• Strong expertise in organisational change, workforce planning, talent management and employee relations
• Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Outstanding coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills
• CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualification, or equivalent professional experience.

We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed so if you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.

The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

For more information, view our Corporate Strategy (2022-2027) here:Corporate-Strategy-2022-27.pdf

Find out more about our values here:Our Values, Our Behaviours

Maps:The Map of Hyde Park | The Royal Parks

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Reasonable adjustments:

We’ve included some examples of the kind of adjustments we can make below, so you can see how we’re supporting others. These are just a few of the ways we can help, so please still get in touch even if the following aren’t relevant for you.You can contact usand we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

• Support with written materials

Audio assistance

For interviews online all the audio is subtitled and can be automatically captioned.

• Adapting settings for mobility issues

For anyone with mobility issues, if you let us know ahead of time, we’ll work to ensure your interview/assessments are held in spaces that are accessible.

If your interview is at one of our properties and an unpaved path might cause you discomfort or difficulties, we’ll aim to provide you with access to a paved path on the property.

If you have any other questions about the interview, please ask us and we’ll do what we can to make an adjustment.

Safeguarding Notice

The Royal Parks is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk fromharm, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and follow the organisation’s policies and procedures. The Royal Parks provides an awareness training programme on Safeguarding for all staff, and further in-depth training for those working with children, young people or adults who may be at risk of harm.

Vacancy Type Full Time