People Business Partner

onlyFE; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Job summary

The Sheffield College in Sheffield, England, is seeking a People Business Partner to lead proactive people solutions, working with the Management Team and Director of People Experience and Operations to diagnose opportunities and drive performance.

This maternity cover role focuses on safeguarding, policy development, and compliant advisory services, with a hybrid pattern of two days on site and a salary between £41,561 and £48,529 per year.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering a high quality People advisory service to meet business needs.
• Strong ability to influence stakeholders and develop solutions.
• Knowledge of employment law, GDPR, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in safeguarding staff, students, and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of People Experience and Operations with delivering a high quality People advisory service.
• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders to support People and business strategies.
• Ensure compliance with employment law, GDPR, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain clear communication to provide a consistent People Experience service.
• Collaborate and performance-manage your designated areas.
• Keep up-to-date with HR trends and policy changes affecting the workplace.
• Provide detailed advice on employee relations activity and case management.
• Develop and maintain People policies and toolkit for managers.
• Oversee safeguarding and promote safety and welfare within the learning environment.
• Carry out duties as required by the Head of People Experience and senior team.

Skills

Stakeholder management

People advisory

Employee relations

Compliance

Safeguarding

Job description

People Business Partner

This role is a fixed term maternity cover role until 31/03/2028

This is a hybrid role - 2 days on site.

Salary -£41,561 - £48,529 per annum

About us

The Sheffield College is a thriving further and higher education community, empowering around 13,000 learners each year to achieve their goals. Driven by our mission to transform lives through learning, we foster an inclusive environment, recognised through our 2026 Investors in Diversity Gold award and 3rdplaceranking in the National Centre for Diversity's 2025 Top 100 Most Inclusive UK Employers.

About the Role

This role is a fixed term maternity cover role until 31/03/2028

As a People Business Partner, you will be responsible for working proactively & strategically with the College Management Team and Director of People Experience and Operations to diagnose opportunities, to drive business performance and engagement across the college.

You will be required to work in partnership to design and deliver outstanding people solutions for the College. You will support the College to implement and embed the Strategic and Operational People agenda focused on business aims and capability requirements. You will provide expertise to address all relevant people matters in accordance with good practice, internal compliance and legal requirements.

Main Responsibilities:

To achieve these specific duties, include, but are not limited to:

• Assist the Director of People Experience and Operations in delivering a high quality and professional People advisory service, meeting the needs of the business and contributing to the strategy plan.

• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders whilst influencing, challenging and developing in support of the achievement of the business and People strategies, whilst also providing solutions.

• Assist the Director of People Experience and Operations, to ensure full compliance with employment legislation, GDPR and other legislation, regulations and statutory requirements, in line with regulated bodies.

• Maintain effective communication with colleagues throughout the College, to ensure an excellent and consistent People Experience service provision.

• Work collaboratively, and performance manage your designated areas.

• Develop and maintain extensive knowledge of HR trends and changes in policy that are affecting people at work and make recommendations to the Director of People Experience and Operations.

• Oversee and provide detailed advice on employee relations activity (Grievance, Disciplinary, Absence Management, and Performance Management) including case management for your business area.

• Continuous development of appropriate People policies, procedures and process and provide the toolkit managers need to deliver the People Strategy.

• Manage Safeguarding and promote the safety and welfare of staff, students and visitors within a safe and respectful work and learning environment.

• Carry out any other such duties as may reasonably be required by the Head of People Experience and the senior Team.

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £41,561 - £48,529 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

• Alongside your salary, your pension is one of the most valuable benefits of joining