People & Culture (HR) Partner

Warner Bros. Entertainment; Watford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company based in Watford is seeking a People & Culture Partner to deliver HR support in a hybrid work model. The ideal candidate will have extensive HR experience, knowledge of UK employment laws, and proficiency in HR systems like Workday. This role includes managing employee relations, supporting recruitment, and leading key HR projects to enhance workforce engagement and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex employee relations including absence and grievances.
• Proven ability to support the full employee lifecycle.
• Confident communication with various levels of seniority.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to management on HR matters.
• Manage employee relations issues and projects.
• Support recruitment and onboarding processes.

Skills

HR Partner experience in complex environment

Understanding of UK employment legislation

Strong relationship-building skills

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience

Tools

Workday

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Your New Role

As a People & Culture (HR) Partner you will play a pivotal role in supporting the team behind the magic at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter.

Based at Leavesden and reporting to the Senior People & Culture Partner, you will deliver a proactive, end-to-end HR generalist service. This includes partnering with Tours & Retail management as well as cross-functional teams to enhance employee experience, ensure compliance with employment legislation and company policies, and contribute to the success of the wider Warner Bros. Discovery business.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Tours Management Team, providing strategic and operational support on all people-related matters.
• Build strong relationships and understand business goals to deliver effective people and organisational solutions.
• Manage day-to-day employee relations issues such as sickness absence, misconduct, and grievances, while identifying root causes to prevent recurrence.
• Respond to HR-related queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Lead and contribute to projects within the annual People Plan, focusing on culture, process improvement, engagement, and wellbeing.
• Support performance management through coaching and capability development.
• Assist with recruitment processes and approvals using Workday.
• Oversee onboarding and induction processes to ensure a positive new starter experience.
• Champion and support organisational change initiatives aligned with Warner Bros. Discovery’s global vision.

Qualifications & Experiences

• Prior demonstrable success as an HR Partner in a complex environment, supporting high-volume customer-facing teams
• CIPD Level 5 or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Skilled in managing complex employee relations cases including absence, misconduct, and grievances.
• Up-to-date understanding of UK employment legislation and its practical application
• Experience supporting the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and organisational change.
• Proficient in HR systems, with working knowledge of Workday and Microsoft Office (particularly Excel).
• Confident communicator with strong relationship-building skills across all seniority levels.

Department Overview

Warner Bros. Discovery’s People & Culture (P&C) team provides leading-edge solutions to support the growth, development, and engagement of our employees across the organization. Our team partners closely with the business to anticipate and deliver programs, products, and solutions to keep our talent engaged and our company competitive.

We operate as one team. We are agile, whether we’re helping structure an organization, fill key roles, develop new capabilities across the team, or grow talent across all levels of the organization. We do the right thing, even when it’s hard. We are trusted advisors to the business and collaborate with our P&C COEs to deliver programs and results across the organization, in line with our Guiding Principles.

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.