Senior People Business Partner - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Permanent, Full time - Hybrid working (40-60% of their time on site)

Salary:
£57,100 - £70,000

Location:
Cambridge

Following a recent internal promotion, we are seeking an experienced and proactive People Partnering professional to provide a first class, global partnering service within our English product group.


We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.


The Role
As a Senior People Business Partner, you will play a vital role in our transformative People and Culture Strategy.

Reporting into the Head of People Business Partnering, English, and embedded within our English product group, in this complex and varied role you will build trusted partnerships with Senior leaders and board members in the UK and across multiple territories internationally.


Acting with a significant degree of autonomy and utilising your coaching and influencing skills, you will design and execute people plans for complex business change and collaborate to develop effective people strategies and solutions that align with our Product Group strategy, together with ensuring alignment across our wider Partnering functions.


You'll also be required to work in close partnership with the Centres of Expertise including Reward, EDIB and Talent Acquisition, contributing to defining the People strategy to support and align with our organisational vision and strategy.


This global facing role also sits on our People Senior Management team (SMT) and provides the opportunity to coaching and mentor a talented team of People Partners.


For a more details on what the role will entail, please view the
full job description at the bottom of this advert.


About you


To be successful in this role you'll require a solid generalist People (HR) Business Partnering background, and be skilled at navigating diverse processes, procedures, and legislative frameworks in a complex matrix environment.

International experience is essential.

Using your developed communication and influencing skills, you'll be confident articulating complex ideas clearly and establishing credibility with a culturally diverse range of stakeholders across different territories, offering pragmatic solutions to people-related challenges.

You will also

  • Be adept at strategic decisionmaking and problemsolving.
  • Possess strong project and change management skills and have experience of leading largescale organisational design and change programs.
  • Have a track record of leading, developing, and mentoring HR professionals.
  • Possess exceptional business acumen and be proficient in leveraging data to uncover valuable insights and make informed decisions.
- have experience of managing complex multi-stakeholder environments.


We are keen to hear from both ambitious People Business Partnering professional looking for an exciting sideways move, as well as those looking to take their business expertise to the next level.

We'll be with you every step of the way and provide you with support, challenge and autonomy you need to grow your career and pursue your potential.


Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it.

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:


  • Group personal pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus
  • Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
  • Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
  • Green travel schemes
  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays


We are a hybrid working organisation and we offer a range of flexible and hybrid working options from day one.

It is expected that most colleagues will spend 40-60% of their time on site in their dedicated office or location.

We will consider any work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.


Why join us

  • Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration._
  • Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet._
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