People & Culture Business Partner – Fixed Term Contract
Online Education Services (OES)
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Birmingham • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage end-to-end recruitment for UK roles, ensuring a seamless and inclusive hiring experience
- Build strong talent pipelines and maintain time-to-hire targets without compromising quality
- Deliver exceptional onboarding experiences and conduct check-ins with new starters
- Champion a vibrant, values-led culture aligned with our global ethos
- Lead engagement initiatives based on survey insights and employee feedback
- Regularly review and enhance wellbeing and benefits offerings
- Provide expert advice on employee relations in line with UK employment law and ACAS guidelines
- Update and implement HR policies, contracts, and practices where required.
- Coach and support line managers to build high-performing, engaged teams
- Promote people programs and contribute to organisational development initiatives
- Collaborate with global teams to deliver impactful people projects
- Support UK remuneration reviews and benchmarking
- Maintain accurate HR records, leave tracking, and personnel files
- Provide administrative support to ensure a smooth employee experience
- Be the key contact for the Birmingham office team regarding the office space. This will involve placing office supply orders and working with the building Management team regarding any repairs/ compliance (e.g. fire safety).
Requirements
- Proven experience in a similar role, preferably in a multinational organisation.
- Demonstrated experience in providing commercially balanced HR related advice across a broad range of people matters.
- Able to translate business goals into impactful people strategies that drive performance and growth.
- In-depth understanding of employment law and HR best practice.
- A CIPD qualification, or substantial progress towards the completion of a tertiary qualification would be desired.
- Experience developing and embedding HR policies and procedures.
- Strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills
- Ability to balance conflicting priorities.
- Experience in supporting annual employee lifecycle events, including talent and renumeration reviews.
- Experience in Talent Acquisition at all levels, as well as establishing talent pipelines.
- Customer centric, approachable and a team player.
- A professional approach to dealing with issues of a confidential nature.
- Strong alignment with the OES values.
Benefits
- Global organisation focused on growth with lots of opportunities for our employees
- Engaging & vibrant organisational culture
- 35 hour working week, within a flexible working environment
- OES values driven recruitment principles
- Career-life fit – health & wellbeing focus
- 25 days of annual leave + Bank holidays
- Purchased leave scheme
- OES strategy reflects respect, honesty & diversity
- Continuous improvement through challenging & meaningful work
- Study assistance and leave for eligible employees
- High growth industry & strong partner/shareholder backing
- Genuine focus on student success
- Global mentoring program
- We are proud to support the Living the Wage movement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
recruitmentonboardingemployee relationsHR policiestalent acquisitionHR best practiceemployee lifecycle eventsremuneration reviewsperformance managementHR record maintenance
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsinfluencing skillsteam playercustomer centricapproachableconfidentialityprioritizationcoachingengagement
Certifications
CIPD qualificationtertiary qualification