People Business Partner

We have a brand new vacancy for a **People Business Partner** to join us on a **1 year fixed term contract****:

- if you're looking to bring your people business partnering skills to a supportive, collaborative environment, this could be exactly what you're looking for

Our head office is in Cheltenham - you don't need to be based locally, as long as you're happy to travel to the office or to our London base on a regular basis.

**About the role**

You'll offer a proactive, professional and effective people management service supporting our teams to achieve their goals through maximising the value of their colleagues, developing Portman as an ‘employer of choice’ and ensuring organisational effectiveness.

Spanning strategic thinking and thought leadership, as well as brilliant basics via a business partner model, and managing stakeholders as customers, this role will actively promote a culture of best practice and consistency in all people areas, alongside contributing to People strategy and projects as the function continues to grow in line with the business.

**About you**
- Previous HRBP experience, gained in a business where you've offered a proactive HR business partnering service
- A thorough understanding of HR processes and employee lifecycle, ideally within an M&A-driven business (with previous exposure to working on benefits alignment, supporting TUPE, etc)
- Experience of of working within a fast-paced, progressive environment
- Drive to constantly review and lead on delivering best practice

At the centre of this job is offering first class levels of customer service to all colleagues to ensure their queries and problems are dealt with quickly and efficiently. You'll also be a confident, effective communicator and a skillful mediator where needed. It goes without saying that balancing all of this with commercial acumen, which enables you to support stakeholders at all levels with their decision-making, is also key.

**What's in it for you**

Portman Dental Care is a high growth, fast-paced business which means that there are lots of opportunities to progress and develop your career with us. In addition, we offer:

- Bonus scheme - our colleagues are key to Portman’s success, so you’ll be entitled to a bonus based on some key metrics, including business performance
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional time off for any special days e.g., your birthday, child’s first day at school, getting married, moving house or a charity day
- Opportunity to buy up to an additional 3 annual leave days per year
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Life assurance
- Contributory pension scheme
- Dental cover - one free check-up and hygienist appointment per year
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7, 365 days a year confidential helpline and counselling service providing help and advice on a range of issues
- Cycle to work scheme
- Benefits platform with access to discounted shopping, cinema, and much more

**About Portman Dental Care**

It’s an exciting time at Portman Dental Care. Backed by private equity, we are now the largest privately focused dental group in the UK: we have grown to over 220 practices in 12 years and aim to be the UK’s leading dental brand. We have a further circa 50 practice across the Nordics, the Republic of Ireland and Benelux, and ambitious plans for continued growth in the UK and internationally. Through this growth, our ethos remains simple and strong - we focus on treating others as we would want to be treated ourselves. We continue to scale our business and expect our rapid growth to continue over the coming years.

If you would like to find out more about this **FTC **People Business Partner **opportunity or to find out about other opportunities at Portman, please press apply**. **Alternatively, please feel free to share this opportunity with friends or colleagues.

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