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Job Title: People Partner

Location: Hybrid Working on at our Campus in Oxford Road, Manchester / Remote

Salary: £47,389 to £58,225 per annum, dependent on relevant experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing Date: 16/09/2025

This University are seeking to appoint a dynamic and experienced People Partner to join their People Team. The purpose of the role is to ensure the quality and consistent delivery of people solutions to faculties, schools and PS teams with a focus on talent, succession, organisational and workforce design, development, performance and a culture of belonging. The People Partner is a trusted advisor and coach to school, professional services (PS) or functional leadership teams, supported by People Services and Centre of Excellence (CoE) teams within the wider People directorate. The role is responsible for identifying faculty / PS and Cultural Institution (CI) organisational needs, to commission the expertise of the relevant CoEs and for embedding the CoE interventions that respond to those needs. The role will support 1 -2 schools within faculty, 1-2 larger PS directorates or 1-2 critical functional line teams. This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2/3 days working on our campus on Oxford Road, Manchester.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual looking to advance their career in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify organisational needs within faculties, PS and CI and commission CoE interventions to address these needs.
• Provide expert HR guidance as a trusted advisor and coach to leadership teams, supported by People Services and CoEs.
• Support 1-2 schools within faculty, 1-2 larger PS directorates or 1-2 critical functional line teams.

Person Specification

• Knowledge and/or experience of applying OD tools and techniques.
• Up to date knowledge of best practice, current innovations, trends and developments in HR and understands the relevance to the University and its goals.
• Experience of working as a HR / People Partner in a unionised environment.
• Demonstrable experience of supporting the successful delivery of change programmes in a large and complex organisation.
• Experience of successfully promoting a positive and enabling culture that puts the people experience at the heart of service delivery.
• Commercial Awareness - connect people requirements to the priorities and performance goals of the University.
• Strategic Thinking - integrate organisational factors into people plans and priorities; align with internal and external influencers.
• Analytical Thinking - use multiple data sources to translate insights into tangible recommendations and actions.
• Service Excellence - deliver priorities effectively and incorporate continuous improvement and self-serve approaches.
• Change Management - lead design and people change conversations with clear delivery plans.
• Continuous Improvement - apply CI across the people plan and translate process steps into people experiences.
• People Advocacy and Culture - take a people-centred approach to plans, delivery and conflict resolution; coach leadership teams.
• Collaboration - build and maintain internal and external relationships to align priorities.
• Influencing - build support for ideas and present benefits to stakeholder priorities.
• Professionally qualified - MCIPD or equivalent qualification with practical HR experience across reward, ER/engagement, resourcing and L&D.

What you will get in return

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

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Candidates with experience of; Personnel Officer, Human Resources Officer, HR Officer, HR Executive, Personnel Manager, Personnel Development, People Development, Staff Development Officer may also be considered for this role.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: General Business, Management, and Business Development
• Industries: Advertising Services

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