HR Business Partner |12|month FTC|Secondment|

Job description
St. James's Place (SJP) works in partnership to plan, grow and protect our clients’ financial futures. We deliver personalised, face-to-face financial advice to our clients, who trust us to manage their money to reach their goals. We provide this service via the Partnership, a network of qualified, expert advisors. We put financial wellbeing and responsible business choices at the heart of everything we do. We believe in the value of difference and know that diverse teams can help us problem solve and innovate for clients.

We look for people to join SJP to make an impact and to contribute to our culture which is based around long term relationships, doing the right thing, and being the best version of ourselves.

Location: Cirencester or Bristol with hybrid working available

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: 12 month Fixed-Term Contract

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

Working closely with the Strategic People Partner, a key focus of this role will be to support organisational change for the business. You'll also provide an HR partnering service in support of the People Plan, as well as supporting cyclical activity, such as the promotions process.

You’ll have responsibility for managing the relationship, coaching and advising of senior managers within your designated directorate(s), identifying where interventions are required.

A varied role where you’ll bring your proven HR business partnering experience to effectively manage a range responsibilities.

What you’ll be doing:
• Work closely with the aligned Strategic People Partner (SPP) to deliver a seamless and valued HR partnering service that focuses across the people life cycle.
• You'll support delivery of organisational change across the business areas you're responsible for.
• You’ll manage the resolution of diverse HR issues (incl. reward, recruitment, culture, job evaluation and salary benchmarking, development, talent management, health and wellbeing and workforce planning).
• Some management of ER cases where required.
• You’ll actively manage relationships to a senior level, working closely with the SPP to understand strategy, develop plans to implement locally.
• Identify and utilise opportunities to coach line managers or provide training in areas of people management or Employee Relations, such as conducting PDRs, creating development plans, pay and promotion discussions.
• Review and maintain succession and workforce strategy plans for the long-term requirements of their business areas.
• Work with assigned business areas to help them understand SJP Talent Management strategy and to implement talent management practices, guided by the SPP, who is accountable at ExBo level.
• Interpreting employment law and good practice guidance, ensuring changes are communicated and understood by all.
• Support the promotions process, ensuring the centrally defined process is adhered to.
• Undertake job evaluations for assigned business area, providing expertise and challenge.
• Provision and analysis of MI to ensure key people metrics are shared with the SPP and more broadly.
• Support and inform wellbeing activity as required.

Who we’re looking for:
• You’ll have a comprehensive and up to date knowledge of employment law and general HR/Employee Relations best practices, and an ability to quickly apply this experience within this role, always delivering balanced and commercial outcomes.
• Experience of supporting and delivering organisational change/organisational design within a corporate environment.
• You’ll have a broad HR generalist experience to enable the resolution of diverse HR issues (incl. reward, recruitment, culture, job evaluation and salary benchmarking, development, talent management, health and wellbeing and workforce planning).
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to apply emotional intelligence and diplomacy to a diverse range of people and situations.
• Highly developed influencing and negotiation skills, building trusted relationships across the business at all levels.
• A good understanding of key employee life cycle events including, but not limited to, induction, development planning and leavers.
• Experience from working within a regulatory environment, ideally from working within the financial services sector.
• Ideally qualified to CIPD Level 7 or equivalent, or working towards this.
• Able to deal sensitively and tactfully, ensuring all matters discussed or dealt with remain absolutely confidential at all times, while able to judge when to escalate appropriately or share details with relevant parties.
• An innovative problem solver who takes an independent, pragmatic approach to problem solving and decision making.

Other:
• Some travel, typically within the UK may occasionally be required.

What's in it for you?
• Non-Contributory Pension – 10% (increasing with length of service up to 15%) with further pension matching.
• Parental leave – 6 months full pay
• 28 days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays (based on full-time equivalent) with the option to buy up to an additional 5 days holiday

Flexible Working We know that everyone works best in different ways, at different times and in different environments. We have introduced a hybrid working policy to provide greater flexibility for part-time work, job-sharing, remote working, and flexibility on hours. Our people are encouraged to work in a flexible way that suits their lifestyle, so please ask the question and start a conversation!

Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

Reasonable Adjustments

We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at careers@sjp.co.uk

What's next?

Our team will be in touch. As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.

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