- You love being a true generalist - coaching a manager through a tough conversation in the morning and running a hiring process in the afternoon.
- You enjoy business partnering, advising and rolling up your sleeves all in one day
- You want to be the go to people partner for a growing London office, with real autonomy to shape how things are done.
- You’re curious about how better systems and practical AI tools can strip out admin and make people’s processes work better.
As the Senior People Business Partner, you’ll be the senior People & Culture presence in our London office. Reporting to our Chief People Officer in AU and partnering closely with the UK General Manager, you’ll own the full breadth of the UK people agenda: employee relations, engagement, performance, culture and end-to-end recruitment. You’ll have the autonomy to lead the UK people plan, while staying closely connected to our global People & Culture team in Australia and contributing to global projects. You’ll also provide dotted-line leadership to our UK Talent Coordinator, setting the standard for quality hiring across London.
What you'll be doing
- Partner with the UK General Manager and London leadership team across the full employee lifecycle, linking the people plan to business outcomes and owning workforce planning for the London hub
- Coach and guide people leaders on leadership, performance management and difficult conversations
- Lead employee relations cases independently end to end - disciplinary, grievance, performance, redundancy and restructures, making sure every process is fair and legally sound
- Keep UK policies, contracts and handbooks current with legislative change, working with external employment lawyers where specialist support is needed
- Own UK recruitment from briefing to offer, working day to day with the UK Talent Coordinator and alongside our global Talent Acquisition team to deliver a consistent, high quality hiring experience
- Run and improve our UK HR systems and processes, and act as UK lead for our upcoming HRIS migration
- Design and run UK engagement activity - surveys, events and recognition and act on feedback with visible follow through
- Find and trial practical improvements, including AI tools, that cut manual admin and improve the quality of UK people data and reporting
- Partner with the AU team on projects and advise on UK developments in legislation and talent market
What you'll bring to Splend
- 7+ years’ generalist HR experience, including time as an HR or People Business Partner, ideally in a scale-up or fast paced commercial environment
- A track record of partnering with and influencing senior commercial leaders at GM level
- Strong, current knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations, including disciplinary, grievance, redundancy and TUPE
- Hands on, end to end recruitment experience, plus confidence using an ATS (Lever or similar) and an HRIS
- A curious, adaptable and collaborative approach, with high ownership and the confidence to work autonomously
- Able to travel occasionally within the UK
Benefits & Support
💰 Bonus scheme: opportunity to earn based on your performance
🏖️ Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays
🎂 Day off for your Birthday!
❤️🩹 Private Health Insurance and Monthly Wellness Allowance
🧑🏼🧑🏼🧒🏼 Family support: a top-up to parental leave pay for primary and secondary carers
🚗 Only at Splend: use of a Splend car from our fleet through in-house rental
📖 Dedicated Learning & Development platform and paid study leave for courses to help you grow at Splend
💭 Employee Assistance Program
Intro with our Talent team to understand your background, aspirations, and answer your questions.
Interview with the hiring manager to discuss your experience and how it aligns with this role.
Where it applies, we’ll ask you to complete a practical case study.
Final interview to discuss Splend’s long-term vision and to check any remaining questions.
At Splend, we value diversity and inclusion and consider it key to our success. We’re dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone is respected and supported. We celebrate differences in race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, and ability, seeking diverse perspectives to drive us forward.
If this role sounds like you, but you're not quite sure if you meet every requirement, apply anyway. We're interested in the whole person - your attitude, your potential, and what you'd bring to the team - not just a checklist of credentials. We'd rather hear from you than have you talk yourself out of it.
When you apply, let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to accommodate you during the interview process.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of generalist HR experience, including experience as an HR or People Business Partner
- Experience partnering with and influencing senior commercial leaders at General Manager level
- Strong, current knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations, including disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, and TUPE
- Hands-on, end-to-end recruitment experience
- Confidence using an ATS such as Lever and an HRIS
- Curious, adaptable, collaborative, autonomous, and high-ownership approach
- Ability to travel occasionally within the UK
- Experience in a scale-up or fast-paced commercial environment
What We Do
Splend provides eco-friendly and affordable cars to on-demand drivers, so they can focus on earning an income. For over seven years, we’ve been helping drivers earn more, improve their ratings, and enjoy their jobs. How do we do that? By offering an unrivalled level of support for our customers. We’re more than a car supplier. We provide resources and a community for drivers wanting to be their best. From dedicated support to advanced training and rewards, we help our customers take control of their careers with our flexible plans. Splend was founded in Sydney in 2015. As on-demand driving became part of modern society, we expanded to nine cities across Australia, the Americas, and Europe, and grew our global team to over 150 employees. We’ve helped students, retirees, former refugees, and single parents find work they love, which fits their lifestyle. We take pride in everything our members and teams achieved so far, and we’re only just getting started.
