People & Culture Business Partner - Cambridge, United Kingdom - The Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Overview:
It's an exciting time to join the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Our People and Culture team are embracing the start of our journey to becoming a true data-led, strategic partner to the organisation and we are looking for a People and Culture Business Partner who embodies this.

You will primarily partner with our directors and senior managers across your defined business area to provide first class, proactive, strategic input across a wide range of people initiatives.

You will be comfortable operating as a strategic partner whilst maintaining a solutions focused, problem solving approach to your work.

As a P&C team, we have ambitious, transformational plans and due to the timing of this role you will be comfortable working in an ambiguous environment whilst we navigate this.

In return, you will have the opportunity to work with a supportive team, work on some awesome people related projects and use your knowledge and experience to positively impact a truly values based organisation that cares about its employees


What you will be doing:

  • Develop and nurture effective relationships as a strategic people partner to defined business areas;
  • Partner with managers to embed excellent people related practices.
  • Provide advice and guidance on all people related aspects including organisational design, engagement, reward, and development.
  • Deliver cost effective, pragmatic people solutions to complex or escalated people related matters.
  • Use people data, metrics and insight proactively to consider emerging themes and identify appropriate people solutions to inform people related decision making.
  • Support change and transformation initiatives; through effective partnering, coaching, collaborating.
  • Work closely with the wider People & Culture team to develop and deliver the people strategy for the defined business area, ensuring alignment to the People & Culture strategy.
  • Provide strategic input on areas throughout the employee lifecycle including succession planning, workforce planning and EVP.
  • Responsible for supporting the embedding of any people strategic initiatives within defined business areas.
  • Be the "people voice" for RSC projects and initiatives to ensure the people perspectives and implications are considered.

Key skills:

  • Experience of business partnering at a strategic level.
  • CIPD qualification, or evidence of working towards accreditation or evidence of further professional development.
  • Up to date knowledge of UK employment law.
  • Exceptional relationship building, persuasion and influencing capability, willing to challenge when needed.
  • Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and open to change.
  • Ability to work with others to develop and deliver solutions, a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
  • Strong presentation skills, with the ability to communicate with a variety of people across a range of departments and levels with impact.
  • Experience of utilising HR Database systems, ensuring accuracy of employee records, in order to prepare, analyse and investigate data which supports design and delivery of people strategies and plan.
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