People Partner in Newport, Wales

It’s an exciting time to join UKSBS as we transform our business to be the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi-platform, digitally enabled organisation.

About the People Transformation Team

The People team plays a critical role in enabling UKSBS to deliver its strategic ambitions. We support the organisation through large‑scale change, ensuring our people, structures and capabilities are aligned to future needs. This includes driving workforce planning, organisational design, skills and talent strategies, and embedding inclusive, engaging ways of working.

About the Role

This role sits within the People Team reporting to the People Transformation Lead and working closely with the HR Director to lead the people workstreams within our transformation programme. As People Partner you will be responsible for both the strategic and tactical delivery of people transformation activity. You will translate high‑level transformation objectives into clear, deliverable packages of work, acting as a specialist lead across workforce planning, organisational design, and skills and talent initiatives. You will also operate as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing evidence‑based insight to support effective decision‑making and sustainable change. A key part of the role is ensuring that transformation activity, once implemented, is fully embedded into the People Team’s core processes and ways of working. Equally critical is the active role you will play in building and sustaining long terms capability within the People Team equipping colleagues with the knowledge, tools and confidence to own and evolve this work beyond the life of the programme.

The duties of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Working with the People Transformation Lead to translate strategic transformation objectives into clear, actionable programmes of work
• Leading specific workstreams within the transformation programme, acting as the specialist lead across workforce planning, organisational design, and skills and talent initiatives
• Supporting organisational design activity, including the move towards a skills‑based organisation through effective job architecture, skills assessment and talent management approaches
• Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, delivering insight and evidence‑based recommendations to support transformation outcomes
• Working closely with the People Team to ensure transformed ways of working are embedded into business‑as‑usual activity
• Championing employee engagement, inclusion and wellbeing across all people initiatives
• Partnering with the HR Director and People Transformation Lead to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in People service delivery
• Ensuring HR policies, processes and practices remain legally compliant, ethical, efficient and fit for purpose during periods of change
• Monitoring and evaluating the impact of transformation initiatives on organisational performance and employee experience, escalating risks and opportunities as appropriate

To do the role well, you will need to demonstrate the following:

• A comprehensive understanding of employment law, HR best practice and case management
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
• Proven experience of delivering complex people initiatives within a transformation or change environment
• Experience of workforce planning, organisational design and skills or talent development activity
• A strong commitment to diversity, inclusion and employee wellbeing
• The ability to act as a role model for organisational values, demonstrating professionalism, trust and integrity

For additional information and a confidential discussion please contact our Recruitment Team. We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications. Successful candidates may be required to undergo Security Clearance (National Security Vetting) as part of their employment. To meet these standards, applicants must normally have lived in the UK for at least the last five years and be able to satisfy background, identity and criminal record checks. UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.

We look forward to hearing from you. We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.