People Business Partner

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking a People Business Partner to support their Hygiene & Environmental Services across the UK. This role requires strong HR experience, exceptional relationship-building skills, and the ability to analyze data effectively. The successful candidate will drive people strategies and initiatives, contributing to a £520 million turnover business. Frequent travel across the UK is essential, and the company offers various employee benefits to foster a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible lifestyle benefits platform

High street discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Recognition awards (Mitie Stars)

Qualifications

• Strong experience in HR or business partnering roles, preferably in operational or service industries.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills at all levels.
• Comfortable analysing workforce data and presenting insights to drive change.
• Willing and able to travel across the UK frequently.
• Confident navigating complexity and ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to deliver tailored people strategies.
• Drive workforce planning and talent development across business areas.
• Champion culture, inclusion, and engagement initiatives.
• Offer expert guidance on employee relations and transformation projects.
• Interpret and analyse data for evidence-based decisions.

Skills

HR expertise

Relationship-building

Data analysis

Commercial acumen

Influencing skills

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

People Business Partner – Hygiene & Environmental Services

Location: National (UK-wide travel required). If you live in the Midlands area (Birmingham or Northampton) with the willingness to travel UK wide - this might just be perfect.

About The Role

This isn't just a job—it's a chance to shape the experience of 15,000 colleagues across the UK who keep our environments clean, safe, and thriving. As a People Business Partner (PBP) within Hygiene & Environmental Services, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting a £520 million turnover business spanning three distinct operational areas; cleaning, waste & landscape. With a seat at the table and a voice that matters, you'll drive people strategies, empower operational leaders, and ignite performance through purposeful engagement.

Covering a national geography, this role blends strategic thinking with real-world connection. You'll be regularly on the move—visiting sites, building relationships, and bringing data-driven insights that influence senior stakeholders. It's hands-on, high-impact, and fast-paced.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders across the UK to deliver tailored people strategies aligned to local needs and broader business objectives
• Drive workforce planning, talent development, and succession planning across three business areas
• Champion culture, inclusion, and engagement initiatives that resonate with operational teams
• Offer expert guidance on employee relations, organisational design, and transformation projects
• Interpret and analyse data to shape evidence-based decisions and performance improvements
• Influence senior stakeholders using strong commercial acumen and HR insights
• Facilitate capability building and training aligned to business goals
• Collaborate with the Head of People and wider HR team to deliver impactful, group-wide initiatives
  
  

About You

• Strong experience in HR or business partnering roles, preferably within operational or service industries
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills at all levels
• Comfortable analysing workforce data and presenting insights to drive change
• Willing and able to travel across the UK frequently—flexibility and autonomy are key
• Confident navigating complexity and ambiguity with resilience and positivity
• CIPD qualified or equivalent is desirable
  
  

What You'll Gain

• The opportunity to make a national impact on how our teams are supported, grown, and empowered
• A voice in shaping a diverse and dynamic business
• The freedom to bring ideas to life and drive real change
• A culture that values grit, growth, and gratitude—where what you do really matters
  
  

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Karen Hayes at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 76,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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