The HR Business Partnering teams at King’s College provide professional support and advice to more than 11,000 colleagues across the university, on the full lifecycle of employment, from recruitment and retention to reward, recognition and career development. We are proud to work with the university community to provide academic and professional excellence and an outstanding educational experience for our students. We are a people‑focused team and we seek to treat colleagues fairly to bring out and reward their best. Senior HRBP’s are the front face of HR, responsible for working with the Directorates and Faculties to align our vision and our people. Working with a dedicated client group you will act as a trusted and credible partner, providing strategic advice, support and guidance on a full range of people matters. Through an understanding of the business aims and strategic priorities of your client group you will work with senior stakeholders to identify people priorities, shape solutions to their people challenges and drive forward positive change. Using your expertise and knowledge of best practice, you will challenge stakeholders to think more broadly and deeply about people matters. You will manage a small team and work with colleagues across the HR directorate, drawing on specialist expertise as needed, in the development of local initiatives and will bring business challenges and priorities back to the HR directorate to help shape the development of central initiatives and policies. This role is currently aligned to leading HR for the Estates and Facilities function, a large directorate of over 1000 staff, based in campuses across London. This is a full time time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
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Essential criteria
- Significant HR generalist experience within a complex, ambiguous and unionised environment, with proven success in delivering impactful strategic HR initiatives
- Strong coaching, facilitating and negotiating skills, with experience of working in partnership with senior stakeholders
- Significant experience of leading and managing organisational change
- Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice, alongside commercial and financial understanding, to enable demonstrable business focussed advice and decision making
- Experience of leading and managing ER casework, both formally and informally
- Ability to analyse complex data, identify trends and use findings to inform people strategy and initiatives
- Evidenced ability to develop, manage and coach team members
- Experience of supporting the development of strategic workforce plans
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading the HR aspects of large, corporate projects.
King’s College London is a globally leading university based across five campuses in central and southeast London. With over 40,000 students, over 12,000 employees, our mission is to make the world a better place. Our central directorates play a core role in delivering that mission, supporting our world-class research and education, and ensuring we remain in service to society.
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