Lead People Business Partner

Willmott Dixon; Hitchin; Híbrido; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Enhanced pension scheme

Full private medical for you and a de?

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme and motoring expenditure

Low-carbon car leasing scheme

Resumo da oferta

Willmott Dixon is seeking a Lead People Business Partner for the London and East region, based in Hitchin with travel to London. This senior, influential role partners with board‑level stakeholders to shape people strategies that drive world class performance and deliver ambitious growth plans.

You will act as a trusted strategic advisor across the employee lifecycle, delivering pragmatic, commercially focused people leadership while ensuring strong operational delivery and a high-performing

Qualificações

• Proven People Business Partner experience with board-level engagement.
• Strong coaching and development background for leaders.
• Ability to translate people strategies into business outcomes.

Responsabilidades

• Lead people strategy for London and East region in partnership with regional leaders.
• Advise the Board on people plans, culture, and organisational design.
• Oversee operational delivery across the employee lifecycle and manage talent risks.
• Drive high-performing teams and enable sustainable growth through strong leadership.

Conhecimentos

Senior stakeholder engagement

Strategic HR partner

Coaching and development

People analytics & planning

Change management

Board-level partnering

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Willmott Dixon has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Lead People Business Partner to join our London and East regional business. This is a senior, highly influential role, partnering closely with our leaders including board‑level stakeholders, to deliver people strategies that directly drive world class performance and deliver ambitious growth plans.

Location: Hitchin (with some travel to our London office).
Working pattern: Full time, typically 3 to 4 days per week in the office

At Willmott Dixon, we’re not just constructing buildings, we’re creating long‑term legacies. As one of the UK’s most respected construction and infrastructure businesses, we are recognised for innovation, sustainability, and a genuinely people‑first culture. This role plays a critical part in enabling the continued growth of the region by ensuring we have the right people strategy, leadership capacity, and culture to deliver our regional ambitions.

You will act as a trusted strategic advisor to the Board, influencing decisions at the highest level and leading people-led changes that strengthens organisational effectiveness, build high performing teams, and supports sustainable growth. Alongside this strategic remit you will ensure strong operational delivery across the employee lifecycle, role‑modelling pragmatic, commercially focused people leadership. You will help create environments where people can perform, grow and thrive as the business continues to grow.

The Project

As our Lead People Business Partner – London and East region, you will manage and work in close partnership with the People Partner to deliver strategic, high‑impact people solutions that underpin high performance, ambitious growth and business transformation. You will support and enhance our 5 key people experiences:

• Attract: Partner with recruitment team to attract top talent and ensure seamless pre-employment journeys.
• Welcome: Champion new starters to ensure they get up to speed quickly
• Perform: Act as a trusted advisor, enabling and supporting our people to perform at their best
• Grow: Create environments where our people can perform, grow and thrive as our business continues to grow
• Goodbye: Handle transitions and exits with empathy, plus analyse trends from exit interviews.

You will also use people data and insight to inform decision‑making, anticipate future people risks and opportunities, and shape initiatives that support both short‑term delivery and longer‑term business growth. You will bring to the fore your technical skills in a practical "people first" way. You’ll build strong relationships across the Wales and West region, creating visibility, trust, and influence at every level.

Who We're Looking For

You’ll be a resilient, hands‑on and discreet People professional who thrives in a fast‑paced, commercial environment. Confident and credible at a senior level, to operate as a strategic partner to the Board. You will be passionate about coaching leaders, you’ll be trusted for your sound judgement and discretion, and motivated by driving world class performance and business growth through strong people leadership, culture and change You’ll build trust at every level, juggle competing priorities with ease, and bring a positive, pragmatic, can‑do approach.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

• Proven People Business Partner experience, including people risk, operations, workforce planning and succession planning
• Previous line management experience, with a strong coaching and development approach
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to link people activity to business outcomes
• Ability to adapt in dynamic, changing environments
• Willingness to travel to our Hitchin and London offices and sites across the region

Experience working in a fast‑paced sector where change and growth are constant

Additional Information

What We Offer

We reward our people generously with a competitive salary and a market-leading benefits package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to:

• Enhanced pension scheme
• Full private medical for you and a partner
• Life assurance
• Incentive bonus
• Car scheme and motoring expenditure allowance
• Access to a low‑carbon and electric car leasing scheme, supporting sustainable travel

At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in, and we are happy to support this where possible.

We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme

About Us

Over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe’s 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.