HR Business Partner

Phoenix Group Holdings; Bristol; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Group is seeking an HR Business Partner on a fixed-term contract for 6 to 12 months. This hybrid role, based in Bristol, offers the opportunity to influence the Protection and SunLife sectors. The HR Business Partner will provide expert consultancy, contribute to organizational design, and facilitate effective stakeholder engagement. Ideal candidates should possess strong HR experience, a lateral thinking approach, and excellent communication skills. Starting salary is from £48,600 with substantial benefits including a bonus and generous leave.

Benefits

16% bonus up to 32%

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Income protection

3x volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven experience of HR business partnering and/or HR generalist.
• Commercial acumen and understanding of the employee lifecycle.
• Excellent communication skills and experience influencing leaders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert consultancy and support the people agenda.
• Influence stakeholders and leadership teams on people strategy.
• Balance various HR projects alongside BAU activities.

Skills

Employee Relations

Communication

Commercial Acumen

Strategic Thinking

Job description

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We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a HR Business Partner to join and partner the Protection and SunLife business part of the Phoenix Group.

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 6-12 months

Location: This role is hybrid and is to be based out of our Bristol office, a minimum of 2 days/week.

Flexible working:All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Closing Date: 29/07/2025

Salary and benefits: Starting from £48,600 plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.

We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet

The role

The HR Business Partner is a 6 – 12 month fixed term contract role partnering the Protection and SunLife business part of the Phoenix Group. This is a great opportunity to partner with a vibrant purpose led business working as a true HR generalist and genuine business partner enabling delivery of the people agenda to provide expert consultancy, at a multi-disciplinary (ER, L&D, TA) specialist level and enable successful delivery of Protection and SunLife plans. You’ll be using your skills to influence stakeholders and leadership teams in line with people strategy, governing policies, legislation and appropriate regulation. We are looking for a lateral thinker, capable of delivering innovative and pragmatic solutions at pace through their breadth of HR knowledge and experience with excellent communication skills and the ability to balance projects alongside BAU activities.

What are we looking for?

• Proven experience of HR business partnering and/or HR generalist with a strong employee relations skillset.
• Lateral thinker, capable of delivering innovative and pragmatic solutions at pace.
• Commercial acumen and an understanding of the marketing business, with the ability to work strategically and tactically across the whole employee lifecycle, always demonstrating added value.
• An autonomous and independent operator, with the ability to balance leading organisational design and delivery of people impacts, alongside BAU activities (ER, cyclical activity, manager coaching).
• Excellent communication skills and proven experience of influencing, coaching and challenging people leader behaviour to drive culture change and the achievement of business and people outcomes aligned to the business vision and priorities.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.