People Partner

People Partner

As a purpose-driven organisation, we’re all about the ‘why’. Babington is committed to developing better futures: for individuals, organisations, and society. For us that means developing skills and creating opportunity for individuals and organisations to perform at their very best.

We are looking for a People Partner to join our People and Talent Team, to develop great relationships and empower our leaders to deliver on our purpose, vision, mission, and values. If you have a track record in delivering excellent operational HRBP support, identifying & implementing People initiatives which make a real difference in a changing business and want to be part of our journey to Developing Better Futures, then we want to hear from you!

Summary of role 

As People Partner, you will be key in the delivery and implementation of our People Strategy, in partnership with the wider People & Talent team and internal stakeholders.

This role will be responsible for day to day HR advice and operational support to managers across the business, and the effective delivery of employee related performance and engagement outcomes.

Brief summary of principle accountabilities 

• Work alongside the People & Talent Director and Senior People Partner to inspire and engage our leaders and managers to deliver on our Purpose, Mission and Values through the high performance of their people.

• Work collaboratively with various stakeholders across the organisation to ensure a true understanding of operational challenges and opportunities, embedding people plan objectives within each department and team to drive success.

• Provide commercially focused support and guidance in key areas including employment law and people processes, ensuring our policies and processes are implemented correctly.

• Be a subject matter expert for employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with employment law and related legislation, actively reducing risk to the organisation by ensuring consistent advice and guidance is provided.

• Provide strategic and operational advice and insight to drive people plans aligned to business objectives, whilst building trusted relationships with stakeholders.

• Ensure a full commercial understanding of each department, working with managers and leaders to explore opportunities to drive more effective and efficient working practices.

• Complete project work that drives employee engagement across the business, including the delivery of training on people policy, practice and management, coaching for performance and career mapping for high performers.

• Play a key part in the organisational approach to the employee performance and development lifecycle, from objective setting to formal reviews, personal development plans and training interventions.

• Contribute to people partnering projects including talent management and succession planning, training needs analysis, wellbeing initiatives and management support.

• Production and provision of management information, ensuring leaders and managers are focussed on key people metrics in line with the People Strategy.

• Work with the People & Talent Director and Senior People Partner to embed cultural change though both day to day partnering and strategic initiatives including the development and application of competency and behavioural frameworks.

• Support operational teams with the delivery of change initiatives such as organisational design and restructures, as well as helping managers to adopt new ways of working.

Brief person specification

Qualifications

• GCSE Grade A-C or above in English and Maths
• CIPD Level 5 in Human Resources Management or equivalent

Skills, Abilities and experience 

• Strong knowledge of employment law with the ability to manage ER caseloads, including complex and risky cases
• Ability to identify and implement People initiatives to raise organisational performance, e.g. process improvement and designing & delivering training
• Knowledge of reward and recognition practices
• Ability to manage change programmes from both an employment law and practical implementation perspective (contract changes/redundancies/TUPE)
• Experience of delivering operational HR support to a range of stakeholders
• Experience of a variety of Change initiatives, including M&A and TUPE
• Experience of implementing and maintaining performance and development initiatives
• Experience of creating and engendering a culture of service, making it effortless for the customer
• Experience of using data sets to inform key actions and priorities
• Experience of delivering a People strategy
• Experience of delivering change and transformational initiatives
• Experience of creating highly effective internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Experience of designing and developing manager toolkits to build skill, confidence and knowledge

Babington Benefits 

• BUPA Healthcare Cashplan
• 25 Days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme
• Employer Pension contribution

We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we have found the right candidate.

Babington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and employees associated with our business. We, therefore, expect all employees to share this commitment and demonstrate our values within all aspects of their work. All offers of employment are subject to relevant vetting checks, including successful completion of an appropriate check through the Disclosure & Barring Service.

We are innovators in Education and Training so why not apply now and join us in Developing Better Futures.