Your New Organisation
You’ll be joining a long-established, highly respected institution known for its warm, collaborative and diverse culture. This is an organisation that values partnership, insight and innovation, with a People function that is trusted, well-regarded and genuinely embedded in strategic decision-making.
Your New Role
As People Partner, you will act as the strategic people lead for your area. This is a role for someone who is confident in navigating complexity and influencing senior leaders with credibility and data-driven insight.
You’ll take organisational strategy and translate it into meaningful people outcomes - shaping culture, capability, workforce planning and performance.


Responsibilities:
In this strategic partnering role, you will:
Strategic People Planning
*Lead workforce, succession and capability planning.
*Interpret financial and workforce data to generate actionable insight
*Provide evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders
Culture, Behaviour & Performance
*Strengthen leadership capability around performance and behavioural expectations
*Embed a high-performance culture aligned to organisational values
*Support departments to define and deliver what "great" looks like
Strategy into Practice
*Translate organisational people strategy into clear, measurable outcomes
*Demonstrate impact through strategy input delivery evidence
Stakeholder Influence & Complexity
*Build trusted relationships with senior experts and leaders
*Navigate governance, organisational nuance and unionised environments
*Operate confidently in a large, matrixed, intellectually demanding setting

What You’ll Need to Succeed
We’re looking for an established People Partner who brings:
*Experience operating strategically in a large, complex organisation
*Strong stakeholder management skills with senior, expert-level audiences
*A data-driven, insight-led approach to decision-making
*Confidence interpreting financial and workforce information
*The ability to translate strategy into practical, measurable people outcomes
*Credibility, curiosity and a collaborative mindset
Benefits
*33 days annual leave + Christmas closure from Dec 24- 5th Jan.
*Enhanced government pension scheme (17%)
*Hybrid & flexible working.
*35-hour working week.
*Outstanding development opportunities.
*A wide range of staff discounts.
*Plus, others.
If you can evidence where you’ve shaped strategy, influenced senior leaders and delivered measurable outcomes, please get in touch!


What you need to do now
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