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Join Save the Children UK as an HR Business Partner and contribute to meaningful change in children's lives globally.
Overview
Salary £55400 - £61500
Location Farringdon, London/Home-based - Hybrid
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Expires Expires at anytime
Save the Children UK is a leading charity dedicated to improving children's lives worldwide. We strive for a world where every child can grow up healthy, educated, and safe, even in the face of emergencies. As a member of our People Team, you'll be part of a dynamic group that values agility, data-driven decisions, and exceptional customer experiences.
- Provide strategic HR support and manage complex employee relations, including restructures and TUPE transfers.
- Build strong relationships with senior leaders to influence business decisions and cultural programs.
- Deliver tailored HR solutions and advice aligned with divisional strategies and culture.
- Contribute to the development of the organization's cultural change initiative.
- Utilize data insights to guide leadership in decision-making and productivity enhancement.
- Develop strategies to foster diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
- Proven experience in HR Business Partner roles, with a focus on large-scale change.
- Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, including managing union relationships.
- Expertise in complex ER case management and UK employment law.
- Ability to drive cultural change and influence with an adult-adult mindset.
- Proficiency in using data to inform organizational decisions and manage ambiguity.
- Strategic thinking with a commitment to delivering outcomes.
Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner (Change and Employee Relations) to join our self-managing People Team which is on a journey to be more agile, data driven and customer experience oriented. This role will be a fixed term contract until December 2025 covering maternity leave. Whilst this is a remote first role, there will be a requirement to attend the Farringdon office in London a minimum of 2-4 times per month.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
About the role
The purpose of this role is to work in partnership with the Executive Director for the division, with whom you partner, and their senior leaders as an integral part of the leadership team. You will be accountable for the creation, development, and delivery of People Plans in partnership with the division that meet their strategic needs.
Responsibilities
Technical and strategic HR skillset – Provide expert advice, guidance and support on complex employee relations issues and change programmes – including restructuring and TUPE transfers
Relationship management - Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnership with the divisions' leadership team and other key stakeholders throughout the organisation to ensure that there is opportunity to influence key business decisions and shape the future direction of SCUK's cultural programme
HR Consultancy & Service Delivery - Partner with the division to build a deep understanding of their strategic priorities, their people and culture to provide specialist or generalist HR solutions and advice tailored to their needs.
Culture Development & Delivery Actively contribute to the development and delivery of the organisation's cultural change programme, providing divisional and organisational insight to improve psychological safety and an adult-adult mindset
Data Insight - Using appropriate tools, ensure leaders are using people metrics to drive decision making and productivity
Diversity & Inclusion - Plan and develop strategies to increase engagement and retention of employees in targeted, underrepresented groups
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
Significant experience in a HR Business Partner role with strong evidence of leading large-scale change and restructures in a complex organisation including TUPE
Strong relationship building and communication skills including managing union relationships
Strong evidence of technical expertise in complex ER case management including multiple, layered grievances and an in-depth understanding of legal issues and best practice.
Knowledge and understanding of UK employment law
Evidence of role modelling and encouraging adult-adult behaviours to influence cultural change
Evidence of placing ‘creating an amazing experience' at the heart of your work
A willingness to be disruptive in your approach and upset the status quo
Experience of using and presenting data to inform organisational decisions
Evidence of working within, and being able to navigate, a level of ambiguity
Evidence of coaching, influencing and developing others
Thinking at a strategic level, with a focus on outcomes in your delivery
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance. We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work. We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.
