People Business Partner

Vencora Business Unit:

Job Summary:

The People Business Partner is a trusted, hands-on partner who managers and employees rely on to resolve complex employee relations issues, build manager capability, secure quality hires and strengthen the People & Culture foundations — data, policy, compliance and ways of working — while helping to embed a positive, inclusive culture where colleagues feel supported, listened to and able to perform at their best.
This role carries real ownership and decision-making authority in its own areas and is designed as a genuine development pathway toward Head of People & Culture. Alongside core operational ownership, the People Business Partner will be deliberately stretched into strategic exposure — supporting workforce planning, M&A due diligence and integrations and SLT reporting — to build the strategic capability the next step in their career requires.

Job Description:

1. Manager Coaching & Leadership Capability

• Act as a trusted coach and sounding board to line managers on people leadership, performance and team dynamics.

• Upskill managers on giving honest, timely feedback and having the right development conversations throughout the year.

• Identify recurring capability gaps across managers and design targeted interventions to close them.

• Role-model SSP UK&I's BUILD values in every manager interaction.

2. Employee Relations & People Risk

• Own complex ER casework end-to-end, balancing pace with procedural rigour and applying the correct local employment law.

• Assess and escalate people risk promptly and accurately, with clear recommendations.

• Draft and quality-check case documentation, settlement terms and correspondence with precision.

• Build managers' confidence and skill in handling difficult conversations.

3. Recruitment, Resourcing & Onboarding

• Own end-to-end recruitment for allocated business areas.

• Partner with hiring managers to define genuine role and capability needs.

• Continuously improve onboarding so new hires are productive quickly.

• Contribute to SSP UU&I's Employee Value Proposition and employer brand.

4. People Operations, Policy & Compliance

• Support accurate, audit-ready personnel records and correct Workday usage as the single source of truth.

• Ensure day-to-day practice complies with GDPR and relevant employment legislation.

• Produce accurate regular and ad hoc People & Culture reports.

• Support audits and people due diligence data-gathering for M&A activity.

5. Talent & Performance Support

• Coordinate talent management and performance review cycles for allocated business areas.

• Support managers in identifying and developing high-potential talent and internal successors.

• Track and follow up on performance improvement plans to a clear, fair conclusion.

• Feed insight from casework and performance data back into the wider People Plan.

6. Strategic Development & Deputisation

• Take a defined workstream in workforce planning or organisational design projects.

• Support people due diligence for M&A transactions.

• Support the integration of newly acquired or onboarded businesses into SSP.

• Deputise for the Head of People & Culture in select internal meetings and SLT reporting.

• Build a personal development plan targeted at Head of People & Culture readiness.

7. Employee Engagement & SSP Connects

• Chair and lead the quarterly SSP Connects forum.

• Act as forum secretariat, including agenda, nominations, minutes and action tracking.

• Publish timely “You said, we did” updates with Internal Communications.

• Use engagement insight to shape the People Plan and flag issues early.

• Partner with the SSP Cares lead to deliver the engagement, wellbeing and recognition calendar.

Worker Type:

Regular

Number of Openings Available:

1