People Partner

Job Description

Wehave an exciting opportunityavailable for a People Partnerto join a fast-paced and supportive HR team. You will join us on a full-time, permanentbasisandin return, you will receive a competitive salary from £54,400 per annumsubject to skills and experience.The roleThe People Partner works in partnership with scientists and managers, promoting excellent human resource and people practices, and providing advice and guidance on all employment matters in line with policies, procedures and legal requirementsto meet the needs of the institute. The primary focus of the role is to enable and support managers in managing their staff. Acting as a key partner they will champion the Crick’s Discovery without Boundaries strategy and will assist with the design and developmentof focused people solutions.Responsibilities of ourPeople Partner:These include but are not limited to:

• Managing generalist HR guidance and support to dedicated departments and labs
• Providing advice on high risk/complex employee relations matters
• Effectively leading, developing, motivating and performance managing the People Advisor to deliver a first-class human resources service encompassing the employee life cycle that supports the Crick achieving its ambitions
• Actively participating in HR cyclical processes, e.g. performance and pay reviews, science reviews, budget-setting
• Working with OD on specific departmental strategic and cultural change programmes and organisation design initiatives
• Acting as a performance coach and sounding board to senior managers to improve people planning, performance and capability, supporting leaders to identify future talent, drive engagement, manage change effectively and enable them to make balanced and informeddecisions about people
• Supporting the design and delivery of training for managers including inductions, sickness management, performance management and recruitment
• Leading the focus on talent management in collaboration with the Learning & Development team utilising talent processes including resource and succession planning, working with relevant HR specialist areas to deliver appropriate solutions and activities
• Driving forward HR strategies, achievements of goals and promotion of initiatives to deliver against HR’s strategic agenda. Sponsoring the development of key HR strategic initiatives to be rolled out across the Institute
• Managing headcount and resource planning processes/activities to ensure accurate headcount, salary budget and resource plans are in place for each department and reviewed quarterly
• Developing meaningful data insights drawn out of dashboard MI reports to conduct focused, value-add conversations with Group Leaders/department heads

Skills and experience we are looking for in ourPeople Partner:

• Experience of working as an HR generalist at Business Partner level, capable and willing to operate at all levels, from senior managers and complex people problems through the range of HR activities OR significant experience at a People Advisor level, withevidence of acting at People Partner level in elements of the role
• A solid knowledge of good HR practice/employment law and experience of brokering its translation into innovative and effective practical solutions in a large complex organization
• Highly pragmatic, flexible and adaptable with an ability to tailor approach to meet contrasting needs and demands
• Strong planning skills, the ability to prioritize in the face of competing demands, proven success in delivering work personally (and through others) to tight deadlines
• Good communication skills, both oral and written, and experience of drafting and presenting clear and concise reports on complex issues at management level, always with excellent attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills, including political awareness and emotional intelligence, enabling the post holder to influence and deliver at all levels and to work effectively as part of a team
• CIPD Member or equivalent specialist knowledge gained through experience in a senior HR position
• Evidence of CPD

Closing date:23rd Februaury 2024, 23.59If you feel you have the skills and experience to become ourPeople Partner, please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening (including enhanced DBS check) and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.