Junior People Business Partner – London (hybrid, 3 days onsite) - London
Are you a curious, commercially minded People professional looking for your next step? We’re looking for a Junior People Business Partner to join a growing organisation and play a key role in supporting leaders, managers and teams across the business.
Reporting to the HR Director, you’ll combine hands-on HR business partnering with exciting people projects, giving you the opportunity to build your experience across the full employee lifecycle while making a genuine impact on the wider People agenda.
What you’ll be doing:
Business Partnering
- Partner with leaders and managers across functions including Sales, Marketing, Finance and Innovation.
- Provide practical, commercially focused HR advice across performance, development, recruitment and reward.
- Coach and challenge managers to build their confidence and capability.
- Identify people risks and opportunities and take ownership of solutions.
Performance & Talent
- Support the annual performance and talent cycle, including performance reviews and succession planning.
- Help managers identify development opportunities, address performance challenges and build high-performing teams.
- Support manager training and development initiatives.
Culture & Engagement
- Help turn employee survey feedback into meaningful action.
- Support initiatives focused on engagement, inclusion, DEI and company values.
- Contribute to creating a positive, high-performing workplace culture.
Reward & Recruitment
- Lead recruitment activity for your supported teams and advise managers on resourcing needs.
- Support salary benchmarking and annual pay review processes.
- Ensure core People processes are delivered consistently and effectively.
Strategic Projects
- Work closely with the HR Director on business-wide People priorities and strategic projects.
- Take ownership of project workstreams, coordinate stakeholders and drive initiatives through to completion.
What we’re looking for:
You’ll have experience in a generalist People/HR role, with exposure to areas such as recruitment, performance management and supporting managers. You’ll also bring:
- Good working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- The confidence to work with stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent organisation and project management skills.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and work autonomously.
- Confidence working with people data, identifying trends and turning insight into practical recommendations.
- A CIPD qualification or a commitment to working towards one would be desirable.