People Business Partner
Type: 12-month FTC – 37.5 hours per week
Location: Our Client’s Campuses
Salary: £50,000
Closing Date: 31st of May 2026 (Please note this advert may close early)
Why Our Client
Deliberately different.
Born from the Class of ’92 and Lancaster University, they exist to do things differently break down barriers, open up opportunities, and deliver an outstanding student experience that genuinely changes lives.
But none of that happens without their people.
The Role
This is a hands-on People Business Partner role focused on supporting Managers to lead our client’s teams effectively, improving how they work, and delivering practical people solutions that make a difference day to day.
You’ll partner with leaders across our client to strengthen people management, bring clarity to challenges, and improve team effectiveness.
Alongside this, you’ll play a key role in embedding policy, delivering HR improvements and projects, and using insight to help them make better, more consistent decisions.
Employee relations are part of the role, but the focus is on getting ahead of issues, building manager capability, and creating a more consistent and proactive approach to people management.
It’s varied, visible, and will have a direct impact on how people experience working at our client.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supporting and coaching Managers to lead teams effectively and handle people matters with confidence.
- Supporting on day-to-day HR activity across ER, absence and performance, with a focus on early intervention and consistency.
- Reviewing, developing and embedding people policies that are clear and work in practice.
- Delivering HR projects and improvements that enhance how they operate and support their people.
- Using data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities, and turning this into practical action.
What They’re Looking For
They’re looking for a strong HR generalist who can operate with confidence in a fast-moving environment.
You’ll bring:
- Experience operating at HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor level.
- A solid grounding in UK employment law and how to apply it pragmatically.
- Experience supporting and coaching Managers on a range of people matters.
- Experience delivering HR projects or improving processes.
- Confidence working with and influencing senior stakeholders.
- The ability to balance people, risk and organisational reality when making decisions.
Experience in higher education or a regulated environment would be helpful but isn’t essential.
Our Client’s Values
At our client, how they do things matters just as much as what they do:
- They Care – about their people, their students and each other.
- They’re Inclusive – creating opportunities and removing barriers.
- They’re Brave and Bold – willing to challenge, try and improve.
Who You Are:
- Credible and straightforward, able to build trust quickly.
- Comfortable dealing with challenge and supporting Managers through it.
- Practical and solutions-focused, with a focus on what will work.
- Able to balance the bigger picture with day-to-day delivery.
- Values-led, with a genuine commitment to doing the right thing.
Why Our Client?
You’ll be joining at a point where you can genuinely shape how they manage people improving consistency, building capability, and helping them operate more effectively as they grow.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our client is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. They actively encourage applications from individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and those with non-traditional career paths.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Our client cannot sponsor visas for this role.
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