People Partner

Do you have CIPD level 7 and experience within large complex organisations? Are you available to start a 6 month contract role as a People Partner with a focus on change /redundancies? This 6-month FTC role offers a Hybrid option to work from home 2 days per week Some key responsibilities in this People Partner role: Act as a trusted partner and adviser to the relevant portfolio’s leadership teams providing expert HR knowledge and insight to support effective strategic and operational decision making. Encouraging senior managers to take ownership of their people issues and develop their confidence and capability in people management. This will require the building of strong collaborative relationships with senior leaders and managers in order to become a credible and trusted partner. Responsible for the relationship between their portfolio area and HR&OD – working with colleagues within HR&OD to ensure the delivery of a holistic suite of HR services and to improve and streamline HR policies and processes. Help develop, oversee and implement divisional/directorate plans related to workforce planning, assisting managers to deliver desired outcomes through ensuring appropriate people resources, roles, structures, and succession plans are in place.  This will include the commissioning of appropriate support/services from the HR&OD Centres of Expertise. Working closely with the HR MI team to build and enhance management information to support decision making and planning within their portfolio areas. Collaborate with T&OD in the development of management and staff and inputting into the adoption of talent management and talent acquisition initiatives, performance management and induction programmes). Deliver all people-related policy training to staff within portfolio area, collaborating with the HR Centres of Expertise to ensure consistency of delivery methods and message content. Advise and provide effective recommendations to managers about change management opportunities and organisational development issues such as appropriate structures, roles, skills, succession planning and job grading issues. Your strong influencing, negotiating and conflict resolution skills and your up to date knowledge in Employment Law will ensure success in this People Partner contract. If the role sounds like something you feel you could add value to, then forward your CV today to Cressida Courtney or follow the link and apply online. Due to the volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond to every applicant individually. Please know that we carefully review each application and will reach out if your qualifications align with the vacancy. To evaluate your suitability for the position, we'll process your CV and personal data. Should we find potential matches for other roles, we will seek your consent before registering your details in our database. For more information on how we handle personal data, please refer to our privacy policy at