People Partner/ HR Business Partner

Overview

As a People Partner in the Wales & West region, you will translate people strategy into practical, day-to-day impact by partnering with managers to enable high performance and employee growth. You’ll support the full employee lifecycle, foster leadership capability, and drive engagement and wellbeing within a regional team. This role combines hands-on HR support with strategic workforce planning, contributing to Willmott Dixon’s mission of sustainable, value-driven project delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Full private medical
• Life assurance
• Profit Share Scheme
• Home Working allowance
• Car scheme and motoring expenditure allowance

Responsibilities

• Partner with managers to deliver high-quality, consistent people support aligned to business priorities
• Support and enhance the five key people experiences: Attract, Welcome, Perform, Grow, Goodbye
• Provide guidance on attendance, wellbeing, performance, feedback, and people decision-making
• Drive development plans and learning activities to unlock potential and career pathways
• Support recruitment activities with the Recruitment Team and ensure a positive candidate experience
• Manage high-quality People operations across the lifecycle, address employee relations cases, and contribute to engagement and inclusion initiatives
• Use people data to identify trends, risks and opportunities and support workforce and succession planning
• Build strong regional relationships and coordinate with the People Team and People Experience Hub to deliver joined-up support

Key requirements

• Experience supporting the full employee lifecycle including performance and employee relations
• Confidence coaching and advising managers on people-related matters
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to use people data and insight to inform decisions and improvements
• Collaborative approach and commitment to developing partnering capability
• Full UK Driving Licence for occasional travel

• proactive
• resilient
• people-focused
• HR advisory
• employee relations
• performance management

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