Senior People Partner

Senior People partner with multifaceted and diverse experience?

Skill set including communication, strategic thinking, project management, legal compliance, and stakeholder engagement?

Hunter Adams is working with a globally renowned higher education establishment to source an experienced Senior People Partner to join their team.

This is a full time, permanent position, based Dundee, with a hybrid working pattern, offering a competitive salary and an ideal opportunity to join an organisation dedicated to transforming lives locally and globally through the creation, sharing and application of knowledge.

A bit about the role

The Senior People Partner will support the delivery of strategic change, including the People and Talent Strategy. As a member of the People community, you will also contribute to the continued development and delivery of policies, systems and practices.

Key activities will include:

• Providing professional advice, expertise, guidance and support to Deans/Directors and senior managers on all aspects of People management
• Developing strong partner relationships with key stakeholders
• Holding overall responsibility for managing employee relations casework and directly supporting managers through complex cases
• Developing People solutions that help achieve business goals while enabling employees to flourish
• Contributing to the development and delivery of the People element of the annual operational planning cycle
• Playing a key role in supporting organisational change, transition and growth
• Planning and leading one-off projects and managing competing priorities against tight deadlines
• Understanding and using data to provide evidence-based decision making
• Recognising when to seek advice from other colleagues within People, when to seek legal opinion, and how to assess acceptable levels of risk in pursuing a particular course of action
• Liaising regularly with the Trade Union Representatives, encouraging an open dialogue and working with them to address issues
• Developing and delivering People development activities in consultation with our Talent and Development team
• Liaising with our People Specialists for specific guidance around Reward and Recognition; Payroll and Pensions; Health, Safety and Wellbeing; and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
• Contributing to policy development and major projects
• Communicating regularly with other members of the People community to share best practice and keep up to date with professional developments
• Representing the People Directorate on cross-functional working groups and at panel
• Undertaking work as a HERA role analyst and represent the People team on ad-hoc committees

A bit about you

• Experienced People professional with Chartered Membership of the CIPD
• Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with senior stakeholders that instil trust and confidence
• Experience of supporting People strategy, change projects and partnering customers throughout the whole employee lifecycle
• Strong background in People employee relations management, with a clear understanding of the capabilities required to manage complex cases, including appeals
• Experience supporting on large scale recruitment, workforce planning and change projects including redundancy and org change
• Experience embedding policy and process and strong influencing and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage and work independently using effective self-management of time and prioritise and deliver multiple projects to specified timescales
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to understand and clearly present data. Excellent oral, written and visual communication skills. Good interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Ability to work calmly under pressure to tight deadlines with a minimum of supervision.

Preferable

• Experience of working in similar, complex environments
• Experience of managing strong relationships in a union environment and project management experience

If this sounds like your next move, please get in touch.

To apply please send your CV to recruitment@hunteradams.co.uk or for a confidential discussion call Candice on 07702207329