People Partner - #2118189

People Partner
Location: Selly Oak & Erdington, Birmingham (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £44,000 per annum
Sector: Healthcare & Charity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR professional to join a values-led healthcare charity as a People Partner. This role offers the chance to support managers and employees across the full employee lifecycle while contributing to strategic people initiatives that make a real difference.

The Role

Reporting into the People team, you will provide expert HR advice, coaching and guidance to managers across a broad range of people matters. You will take ownership of employee relations cases, support organisational change programmes and help embed HR best practice across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR support and coaching to managers.
• Manage employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance and absence matters.
• Support restructures, organisational change and change management initiatives.
• Develop and review HR policies and procedures in line with employment legislation.
• Advise on sickness absence management, occupational health referrals and return-to-work plans.
• Analyse HR data and provide insights and recommendations.
• Support employee wellbeing and engagement initiatives.
• Conduct exit interviews and identify trends for improvement.
• Facilitate informal resolution and mediation discussions where required.
• Deliver training and workshops to managers and employees.
• Support recruitment activity and wider People projects.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the People Strategy.

Requirements

Essential

• CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent experience.
• Experience in a generalist HR or People Partner role.
• Strong employee relations background.
• Experience supporting organisational change.
• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience developing HR policies and procedures.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Coaching approach to supporting managers.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.

Desirable

• CIPD Level 7 qualification.
• Coaching qualification.
• Experience delivering training programmes.
• Mediation or conflict resolution experience.
• Experience using HRIS and reporting systems.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £44,000.
• Hybrid working.
• Split-site working between Selly Oak and Erdington.
• Opportunity to join a respected charity organisation.
• A varied role combining operational and strategic HR responsibilities.

If you're an experienced HR professional with strong employee relations and change management experience, we'd love to hear from you.