People Partner

Our vision is a world where all pets are well cared for in loving homes for life. To achieve this, we not only provide care for pets in need, but also help people be the best pet owners they can be.

Our staff and volunteers are at the heart of everything we do. Every year, Woodgreen’s dedicated teams work tirelessly to provide safe shelter, specialist care, and a brighter future for thousands of pets.

About the Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor or Business Partner to join our wonderful People Team on a full or part time basis. Reporting into the Head of People Services, you will have the credibility and confidence to work closely withkey stakeholders across directorates to meet their current and future people needs. This role will provide you with an opportunity to play an integral part in delivering the organisational and cultural change that we believe will help us fulfil our strategicaims and objectives. You will build strong, positive working relationships with senior leaders, offering strategic insight, coaching and playing the role of the critical friend where appropriate. You will provide support and guidance to deliver the best outcomesacross the employee life cycle including workforce planning, resourcing, performance & talent management, complex employee relations cases, learning & development, wellbeing, organisational change and continuous improvement.

About You:
You will have demonstrable experience working with key stakeholders to deliver organisational change together with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling you to successfully collaborate and share information with diverse groups of people,helping to build their confidence, their trust and their understanding of people management practices and policies. The broad scope of the role requires a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach, supported by well-developed analytical skills, strong organisationalskills and detailed, up to date, working knowledge of employment law, being CIPD qualified at level 5 or above (or equivalent demonstrable professional experience). You will also need:

- A high level of tact, discretion and diplomacy with a calm and patient manner;
- A professional approach and positive attitude, with advanced resilience and tenacity; and
- The courage to step up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said and influencing skilfully to gain buy-in.

Do you want to make a difference to the lives of pets and their people through your skills and expertise? Then this could be the role for you.

In return we can offer you:

- 30 hours per week, worked over either 4 or 5 days OR a full-time position, a flexi 37.5 hours per week worked across 5 days or a 9 day fortnight
- A salary in the range of c£40,000 for full time (or pro-rata for part time), dependent on experience
- 34 days annual leave entitlement (inclusive of bank holidays) which will increase with length of service to a maximum of 38 days
- Up to 8% employer pension contributions (based on employee contribution level)
- Life assurance scheme (4 x salary)
- Support towards healthcare costs (cashplan) and wellbeing