Job Description
Reporting to the People Director, the People Partner will work in a small People & Comms team supporting client groups of c.150 people and working on a variety of HR projects and initiatives. The People Partner will play a key role in our team and take on line management for our People & Talent Administrator.
As People Partner, you will play a pivotal role in aligning HR strategies with our business plans and objectives. Through developing strong relationships in your client groups, you will ensure our culture and values are reflected in all of our people plans and initiatives.
This role requires a combination of strategic thinking and operational excellence together with a creative and flexible approach to problem solving.
For a full list of job responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Required skills
Essential
- Demonstrable HR Partnering experience with the ability to drive change, foster a positive culture, and align HR initiatives with business goals.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships at all levels
- Proactivity – able to identify what needs doing and make appropriate suggestions and recommendations
- Driven to deliver – delivers personally and has persistence and resourcefulness to deliver when faced with obstacles
- Coaching skills – ability to coach and feedback to key stakeholders
- Technical Expertise – confident in managing TUPE, redundancy and ER issues in line with appropriate legislation and policies
- HR project management experience
- Team Ambassador – great team player and the ability to represent the People and Comms function as part of the bigger business picture. Demonstrates our Core Values – Be Kind, Always Curious, Be The Best We Can Be
Desirable
- CIPD Qualification
- HR Partnering experience gained in a publishing, media, digital or creative environment
- Experience of training design and delivery
Benefits
We respect and value differences. We believe that when people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives work together, we can create the most value for our people, readers, customers, and society. If you are excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything listed in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway, as you may still be a good fit for this or other roles.
We’re striving to create a more diverse and inclusive environment and to ensure our content is representative of all our audiences. We have established five internal D&I network groups to help our people feel supported and included, and to provide an open environment for people to network, mentor and exchange ideas, solutions, and experiences. If there is anything we can do to make our recruitment process more accessible for you, please do let us know at [email protected].
Flexible and hybrid working
We know we create great things and have fun when we come together in person and collaborate. We also know that working from home brings great benefits in terms of being able to focus on our work, and manage our personal lives around our roles. With this in mind, we have established a hybrid working pattern, with 60% of the working week spent in the office.
Our people also benefit from a flexi time policy, and a flexi location policy which gives everyone the opportunity to work from another location for two weeks during the year.
We are open to discussion about flexible working requests for any flexibility needs not covered by these policies.
Company benefits include
- Pension contribution matched to 5%
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus Christmas closure, plus your birthday off
- Option to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday a year
- 4x life assurance
- Health Cash Plan
- Hybrid working pattern, flexi start/finish time
- Social committee
- Regular in-house learning events
- Summer and Festive Social events
Our values
We strongly believe that work is not just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it. We want our people to thrive and develop, and we want to effect positive change in the world.
We have an ambitious and robust sustainability strategy, which includes a zero-to-waste, renewable-energy-fuelled office at Eagle House, the complete removal of single-use plastics from our supply chain, and a roadmap to be fully carbon neutral by 2030.
To put that spirit at the heart of our business, we recently co-created a set of values with input from everyone here. Our values are:
- Be kind
- Always curious
- Be the best we can be
Apply today to take the next step in your career with Our Media.