People Business Partner

Versus Arthritis; London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Versus Arthritis is seeking a People Business Partner to join their People Services team in a hybrid role involving collaboration and expert advice across the charity. Ideal candidates will excel in relationship building, coaching, and be committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience delivering expert people advice aligned to organisational objectives.
• Strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Evidence-based approach with excellent communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver trusted partnering services to designated areas of the charity.
• Build strong working relationships and provide expert advice across people-related matters.
• Drive and embed positive change within the organisation.

Skills

Relationship building

Coaching skills

Flexibility

Communications

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Location (UK): Office Hybrid* - London / Chesterfield (potential office relocation to central Sheffield in 2026)

Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week

Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page

Travel: Occasional travel to Versus Arthritis offices (London, Chesterfield, Cardiff, Belfast, Glasgow)

Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.

We are seeking a People Business Partner to join our People Services team. You will partner a designated area of the charity, building strong working relationships and providing expert advice and guidance across all people related matters.

About the role

Our People Business Partners deliver trusted partnering services and help shape a positive, inclusive and high performing culture. Working in collaboration with leaders and managers across the charity, the team drives and embeds positive change. Through effective coaching, influencing and excellent people advice, the team make a significant contribution to our goal of making Versus Arthritis a great place to work and volunteer.

About you

If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:

• Delivering expert people advice which aligns to organisational objectives and culture
• Strong relationship building and a commitment to collaboration
• Taking an evidence-based approach and using data and insights to inform decision making
• Excellent communicator, along with coaching and influencing skills
• Flexible and adaptable to meet changing organisational needs
• A strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.

About us

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.

There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is OK. Versus Arthritis is here to change that.

Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.