People Partner - London, United Kingdom - Wellcome Trust

Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Salary:
£ 46,155


Closing date:
Sunday, 2nd of April 2023

Contract type:
Fixed Term Contract - (C. 12 months)

The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy, and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.


We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.

These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won't be solved by science alone.

We are looking for a People partner to join our team for a maternity cover of c. 12 months.

Where in Wellcome will I be working?

You will be working in People Operations team within the People reporting to the Head of People Partnering


We launched our exciting new strategy last year and have been working on ensuring that we have the structure and people to deliver it.

As part of this growth, the People team have re-focused roles to match our ambitions.

We have also embarked on a transformation journey, investing in great technology (Workday, Darwin) to offer a better experience to our people; built solid foundations to help move us on our journey to world class service and re-engineered the People Partner role to enable it to offer true strategic partnering to our client groups.

What will I be doing?

As a People Partner, you will:

  • Support the Lead People Partner with stakeholder management and business engagement for a number of client groups in Wellcome and act as trusted advisor and critical friend to managers within these functional areas in delivering people priorities for their teams
  • Work collaboratively with other Centres of Expertise (CoE) on implementing annual processes such as performance and pay and activities related to talent development
  • Implement any OD changes including (but not limited to) supporting consultations, exit agreements, TUPEs
  • Manage successful outcomes for complex people queries, sickness absence and ER cases escalated by the People Service Desk or client group area, acting as key liaison with SLT/line manager groups as required
  • Work closely with People Services team to oversee all joiners/movers/leavers processes for the client group including all necessary Workday approvals, escalating to Senior People Partner where necessary
  • Provide key insights around the People Dashboard with the support of the People Analytics Manager to help drive, meaningful and improvements all aspects of the work of being a people partner.
Is this job for me?


In this role you will work with leaders and managers as a trusted partner to help them deliver the Wellcome people's strategy whilst managing a high quality and consistent approach.


We are looking for someone who:

  • Has experience (CIPD Level 7 qualified) in partnering, with leaders and managers, and working together with CoE's to support the delivery of people priorities
  • Has worked in a People Partner/Shared Services HR model, with a strong understanding of HR policies and best practice as well as Employee Relations experience
  • Has great attention to detail, is able to analyse relevant people data to effect efficient people solutions as well as able to support with people project implementation and embedding expertise
  • Understands the importance of People partnering and is able to evidence good stakeholder management skills, be able to build relationships and communicate an effectively (verbal & writing)
  • Will contribute to a diverse and inclusive culture across the organisation, collaborating across departments

Interview dates:
End of April.

You can view the full

job description

on our website

You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our

website

Our Hybrid Ways of Working


We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.

We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days from home.

Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do

  • Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome
  • We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or longterm condition. Please visit our
website

for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at

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