People Business Partner

Bauer Media Group Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Bauer Academy access

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Bauer Media Group is seeking a People Business Partner to join the UK Publishing People Team, steering leadership, talent, capability and organisational effectiveness initiatives across the Publishing business. You will influence leaders, business partners and Centres of Excellence to deliver impactful people programmes and annual cycles.

The role is broad and strategic, with the opportunity to shape leadership capability and succession, drive productivity, and strengthen ways of working.

Qualifications

• Strong Business Partnering experience within a complex organisation.
• Experience of learning and development, leadership development and talent management.
• Experience leading organisational effectiveness, change or transformation initiatives.
• Good understanding of employee relations and employment law.
• Strong project and programme management skills.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching and presentation skills.
• Ability to design and develop leadership and capability initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Analytical, commercially minded and focused on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic people initiatives arising from the Publishing People Strategy.
• Drive programmes that improve organisational effectiveness, productivity and ways of working.
• Support organisational design, workforce planning and change initiatives.
• Lead strategic people projects from design through to implementation and evaluation.
• Lead leadership development, management development and capability-building activity across Publishing.
• Identify organisational capability requirements and future skills needs.
• Design, facilitate and evaluate development programmes and learning interventions.
• Support talent identification, succession planning and career development frameworks.
• Drive future skills and AI capability initiatives aligned to business priorities.
• Lead and coordinate annual people processes including performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning and pay review activity.
• Design and deliver leadership, management and capability development workshops.
• Provide flexible business partnering support and assist with employee relations and organisational change programmes when required.

Skills

Business partnering

Learning & development

Talent management

Organisational change

Employment law knowledge

Project management

Facilitation & coaching

Job description

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We're looking for a People Business Partner to join our UK Publishing People Team, helping deliver the Publishing People Strategy through leadership, talent, capability and organisational effectiveness initiatives.

This is a broad, strategic role with the opportunity to lead business-wide people programmes and annual people cycles, while working closely with leaders, Business Partners and Centres of Excellence. You'll play an important part in developing leadership capability, strengthening talent and succession, improving organisational effectiveness and helping Publishing build the skills it needs for the future.

What you'll be doing

• Lead strategic people initiatives arising from the Publishing People Strategy.
• Drive programmes that improve organisational effectiveness, productivity and ways of working.
• Support organisational design, workforce planning and change initiatives.
• Lead strategic people projects from design through to implementation and evaluation.
• Lead leadership development, management development and capability-building activity across Publishing.
• Identify organisational capability requirements and future skills needs.
• Design, facilitate and evaluate development programmes and learning interventions.
• Support talent identification, succession planning and career development frameworks.
• Drive future skills and AI capability initiatives aligned to business priorities.
• Lead and coordinate annual people processes including performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning and pay review activity.
• Design and deliver leadership, management and capability development workshops.
• Provide flexible business partnering support and assist with employee relations and organisational change programmes when required.

What we're looking for

• Strong Business Partnering experience within a complex organisation.
• Experience of learning and development, leadership development and talent management.
• Experience leading organisational effectiveness, change or transformation initiatives.
• Good understanding of employee relations and employment law.
• Strong project and programme management skills.
• Excellent facilitation, coaching and presentation skills.
• Ability to design and develop leadership and capability initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.
• Analytical, commercially minded and focused on continuous improvement.

About the team

The UK Publishing People Team is based in London and Peterborough and supports leaders, managers and employees across the Publishing business. You'll work collaboratively with leaders, People Business Partners, the People Relations Partner and Centres of Excellence to deliver people initiatives that support business performance and employee experience.

This is an opportunity to influence people strategy across UK Publishing and take ownership of high-impact work spanning organisational effectiveness, talent, leadership, learning and future capability. You'll have the scope to shape and deliver programmes that help the organisation adapt, grow and build high-performing teams.

Ready for your next move? We'd love to hear from you.

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women's and celebrities' magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France - both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family-owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long-term, with a consumer-first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people's everyday lives.

What's in it for you

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider - Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin color, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by [e-mail]

We are actively recruiting for this position, however, the job advert may close earlier than expected.

If you have any feedback regarding our UK recruitment process, please email [e-mail] we would love to hear from you.

Date Job Posting Last Updated: 14 Sept 2026