People Partner

Fxplus; Falmouth, Penryn; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional educational institution in the UK is seeking an experienced People Partner to join their People Partnering and Relations team. This role involves providing high-quality advice and support to managers, focusing on employee relations and organizational change programmes. Ideal candidates will have an HR Degree or equivalent experience, alongside strong relationship-building skills. Benefits include a generous pension scheme and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%

35 days + 8 days bank holiday

Relocation Assistance to 10% of salary

Annual salary increments

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Must have HR Degree or CIPD level 5 qualification or equivalent work experience.
• Recent experience in core business partnering is essential.
• Experience in supporting Employee Relations casework at an escalated level is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality advice and guidance to managers.
• Deliver organizational change programmes.
• Support managers with complex casework.

Skills

HR Degree or CIPD level 5 qualification

Experience in core business partnering

Support Employee Relations casework

Strong relationship building

Collaborative team worker

Multi-tasking ability

Education

HR Degree or CIPD level 5 qualification

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced People Partner to join our People Partnering and Relations team. We provide commercially aware solutions to a range of workforce challenges, ensuring that our people are supported, empowered and treated fairly.

In this role, you will work across Falmouth University and our partner organisation Falmouth Exeter Plus. This is a hands‑on role, focussed on providing high quality advice and guidance to managers, recommending valued interventions and insights on people management strategies, initiatives and solutions which deliver organisational benefit and ensure exceptional engagement and an inclusive people experience.

This role will include delivery of related aspects of our people plans, including organisational change programmes, working on people initiatives as well as supporting managers with complex and escalated casework through our tiered model approach. It is essential that you are adept at building and maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders on all levels, including the trade unions and senior managers.

This is a busy position, working in a small team within the People & Culture department where the role will provide you with ample opportunity to proactively push your critical thinking and professional practice.

About You

We are looking to hear from candidates who can offer:

• HR Degree or CIPD level 5 qualification or similar qualification/equivalent work experience.
• Recent and relevant experience in core business partnering.
• Depth & breath of experience in supporting Employee Relations casework at an escalated or complex level.
• Influence, tenacity and empathy; with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trusted relationships within a large and complex organisation.
• A collaborative and flexible team worker.
• An ability to multi‑task confidently and competently.

Benefits

• Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
• 35 days + 8 days bank holiday.
• Relocation Assistance to 10% of salary.
• Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached).
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker).
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme.
• Life Assurance.

About Us

With 120 years’ creative arts experience, we are on a quest to offer the highest standards of teaching and professional facilities, as well as a vibrant creative community. With over 7,000 students, our portfolio of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and postgraduate research represents the breadth of the creative industries, from art, design and fashion, to games, music, film and business.

Our mission is to deliver exceptional higher education and research, harnessing the fusion of creativity and technology as foundations of the future economy. We use our knowledge and expertise in these disciplines to generate positive and sustainable opportunities for all.

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under‑represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.