People Business Partner

Fitzgerald; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 49,500 - 60,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days’ annual leave

Monthly homeworking allowance

Flexible working patterns

Pension scheme options

Life assurance

Shopping discounts

Enhanced family leave

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

A leading HR consultancy in the UK is seeking a People Business Partner to deliver HR solutions and support a diverse portfolio of clients. This mid-senior level role offers opportunities for professional growth and contribution to client success. The position requires strong HR experience, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to providing quality service. The role is primarily hybrid, allowing for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experienced in HR Business Partner or HR/People Consultant role.
• Able to lead projects and advise on complex people issues.
• Organised with strong communication skills.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience in HR consultancy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical HR advice and support to clients.
• Manage a portfolio of clients and build long-term relationships.
• Collaborate with colleagues to deliver a coordinated service.
• Advise on full employee lifecycle and engagement initiatives.
• Respond to client queries quickly and effectively.

Skills

HR expertise

Relationship building

Communication skills

Commercial awareness

Education

CIPD Level 7 qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Join to apply for the People Business Partner role at Fitzgerald

Job Type: Full-time or part-time (minimum 30 hours per week)

Salary: Starting from £55,000 (depending on experience)

We offer a competitive salary package aligned with current market rates for this role. The final offer will reflect your skills, experience, and qualifications, alongside our commitment to internal equity.

Location: London/South East England (hybrid)

This is a hybrid role where you’ll mainly work from home, with regular travel across the South East for client and internal meetings. You’ll need to live within easy reach of London.

Please note: We’re sharing this opportunity across a number of job boards and in a number of locations to reach as many potential applicants as possible. However, this is one single position – so wherever you see it, it’s the same great role.

We’re the full-service HR consultancy that synchronises seamlessly with our clients’ businesses — an outsourced team that feels like an in‑house superpower.

We believe expert guidance on how to recruit, retain, develop and lead people should be available to every business, big or small. The right advice, at the right time, from the right specialist, can be game‑changing.

We make those conversations happen. We help our clients recruit, manage, and retain the best people for their organisations — whether as a one‑off project or an ongoing partnership. Our work helps them create cultures where everyone can bring the best version of themselves to work.

Ultimately, people are the foundation of our clients’ success. With the right environment and support, they can do amazing things — and we’re here to help make that happen. From people strategy to HR admin, we eat, sleep, and breathe this stuff. Whether it’s an HR team needing extra support or a business looking to outsource its HR, we’re there: on call or on site, whatever works best for them.

We’re on a mission to show brilliant companies (our clients) what happens when they hire really smart people (that’s us) to help them be the very best employers they can be. The only thing we can’t handle? Letting our clients down.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be the key link connecting our HR expertise with our clients. Your mission? To be their HR superpower — providing practical advice, solving challenges, and supporting their growth. You’ll manage a portfolio of clients, becoming their go‑to person for all things people.

Here’s a snapshot of what your day‑to‑day might include:

• Working closely with clients and colleagues to manage a wide variety of people matters.
• Advising across the full employee lifecycle, from tricky ER issues to employee engagement initiatives.
• Owning your clients’ HR projects and partnering with colleagues to find smart, compliant, and practical solutions.
• Building strong, long‑term client relationships through trusted advice and proactive account management, making every client feel supported and valued.
• Getting to know your clients’ industries and challenges so your advice always adds real value.
• Responding quickly to client queries and escalating where needed to keep things running smoothly.
• Collaborating with colleagues across Fitzgerald to deliver a joined‑up, brilliant service.
• Spotting opportunities to add value and help our clients — and our business — grow and thrive.

No two days will be the same, but they’ll all be rewarding. It’s a hands‑on role where you’ll be making a real difference every day.

About you

We’re looking for someone who combines brilliant HR expertise with great judgement, empathy, and a commercial mindset. You’ll need to be:

• Experienced in an HR Business Partner, People Partner, HR/People Consultant role, ideally across a range of sectors.
• Confident advising on complex people issues and leading projects from start to finish.
• Able to weigh up risks and benefits, think creatively and logically, and develop practical solutions.
• Skilled at building trusted relationships with senior leaders and your colleagues.
• Highly organised, with strong spoken and written communication skills, plus an eye for detail.
• Commercially aware — you understand how great people decisions drive business success.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and digital systems.

Ideally, you’ll be CIPD Level 7 qualified (or working towards it), but what really matters to us is that you bring the practical experience and confidence to deliver great HR advice.

You’ll also have a full UK driving licence and be happy to travel to clients when needed. Experience working in an HR consultancy would be a bonus.

The Perks

We might be biased, but we think this role is exciting, fun, challenging, and full of opportunities to grow. And because we like to look after our people, here’s what you can look forward to when you join us:

• Competitive salary (starting from £55,000 per annum FTE)
• 25 days’ annual leave to start, rising to 27 after one year and 29 after two years, plus bank holidays
• Career qualifications supported and paid for where relevant with progression and development opportunities
• Monthly homeworking allowance and all equipment provided
• Flexible working patterns to make sure you have a good balance between your work and home life
• Strong internal and external support and a friendly, collaborative team
• Pension scheme options (including salary sacrifice) and 4% employer pension contributions, with a minimum of 4% employee contributions
• Life assurance at four times basic salary
• Shopping discounts platform, flu vaccinations and technology and cycle to work salary sacrifice schemes
• Enhanced family leave
• Twice yearly all staff get togethers.
• Access to a 24/7 employee assistance programme for emotional and practical support
• A range of other health and wellbeing benefits
• A growing, progressive business with people at its heart

How to Apply

There are a few stages in our application process which help you get to know us as much as it helps us get to know you. This includes a written assessment, a virtual interview, psychometric testing and a concluding in‑person meeting.

If this sounds like your kind of place, APPLY NOW (you’ll be redirected to our careers site) — we can’t wait to hear from you.

We really want our workforce to be representative of all sections of society, so we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Business Development and Sales (Human Resources Services)