As a HR Business Partner, you will work closely with the people partners to help organise the team’s workload and priorities. You will take the lead on department projects and act as a point of contact for the partnering team as well as managers and leaders across the department.
You’ll play a key role in coaching and guiding on our People policies and procedures, managing complex or escalated employee relations issues and supporting key people initiatives. You’ll work with the Head of People/People Director in driving the people strategies, fostering a positive workplace culture, and ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
You may also be asked to deputise for the Head of People/People Director in specific situations or be asked to work on department specific projects. You'll also take a role in coaching and mentoring other members of the business partnering team.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic alignment: You’ll work closely with the Head of People/People Director along with senior leaders to help shape the people strategies to support our business functions.
Change management: You’ll be a key driver in running our change programmes, ensuring managers and leaders deliver change effectively.
People data and metrics: You’ll use key people data to support in making and identifying key decisions presenting recommendations to Global leads.
Culture and engagement: You’ll champion initiatives to enhance Global’s culture utilising our engagement surveys to identify areas for improvement.
Stakeholder management: You’ll own relationships with senior stakeholders across your business areas, partnering with them to deliver their specific people agendas.
Project management: You identify opportunities for change and improvement and manage projects end to end, keeping stakeholders up to date on key milestones and progress.
What You’ll Love About This Role
Think Big: You’ll contribute to creating a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
Own It: No two days will be the same. From handling employee relations to collaborating with our development teams on talent planning.
Keep it Simple: You’ll address complex situations and find simple effective ways to navigate through them.
Better Together: Being a trusted advisor, helping Globallers and managers navigate workplace challenges.
What Success Looks Like
In your first few months, you’ll have:
Developed an in-depth knowledge of your business areas, including their challenges, commercial priorities and people related risk areas,
Become a trusted partner for managers and Globallers with the ability to provide actionable guidance and appropriate challenge when needed to identity actionable solutions.
Able to quickly support with the employee lifecycle, from recruitment, onboarding, performance and off-boarding.
Identify impactful opportunities across the team or department from simplifying a process to resolving complex or persistent issues.
You’ll feed into and understand how the people strategy aligns with the department’s goals.
What You’ll Need
People experience: A proven People Partner at a senior level with strength in employee relations, employee lifecycle, talent identification and development, culture and succession planning
Business acumen and commerciality: Proven ability to understand overall business objectives and how to translate those into a commercial, growth-focused business.
Delivery excellence: The ability to implement at pace with a track record for effective delivery. Ability to manage change and spot opportunities to minimise complexity.
People management: Senior People Partner experience in a fast paced environment. The ability to develop effective working relationships, with the ability to influence and motivate others, particularly those at a senior level.
Communication: Strong communicator with a logical, structured and credible style. Capable of quickly engaging audiences of all levels.
Analytical and data-driven approach: Analytical capability and experienced in managing and analysing people metrics to develop short, medium and long term plans.
Operating in ambiguity: Ability to operate comfortably in an environment where priorities may change at short notice.
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What We Do
The UK and Europe’s largest Radio & Outdoor company, Global is home to respected, national market-leading media brands broadcasting across the UK on DAB & FM and around the world on Global Player, including Heart, Capital, LBC, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance, Classic FM, Smooth, Radio X and Gold. Global Player allows listeners to enjoy all of Global’s radio brands, award-winning podcasts, and expertly curated playlists, in one place in app, on web and on smart speakers. Global is also one of the leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe, with over 253,000 sites reaching 95% of the UK population. Global’s extensive and diverse outdoor portfolio encompasses Transport for London’s Underground network, almost all major UK airports including Gatwick, the UK’s largest portfolio of roadside posters and premium digital screens in prime locations, as well as the UK’s largest network of buses including all major cities. On-air, on Global Player and with our outdoor platforms combined, Global reaches 51 million individuals across the UK every week, including 26.3 million on the radio alone.
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