People Partner

Chesamel Group; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

About Chesamel Group

Chesamel Group is a dynamic business transformation consultancy that partners with organisations to navigate complex change journeys and deliver exceptional business outcomes. We combine strategic insight with practical execution to help our clients thrive in today's rapidly evolving market landscape.

At Chesamel, we transform businesses through people. We build agile, high-performing teams that work inside our client organisations to deliver complex transformation goals. Our strategic consultants and delivery professionals don’t just advise — they embed, implement, and elevate performance from within.

We believe that great outcomes come from investing in great people — and that’s where you come in.

The Role: People Partner – Owning the In-House People Experience

As our People Partner, you'll act as the People Manager for our Vendor teams, which consist of Chesamel employees fully integrated across our client base.

You’ll own the end-to-end employee experience for this population — from onboarding and deployment through performance, development, succession, ER, and offboarding. You’ll ensure each team member is aligned to the right client project, supported to succeed, and able to grow through a culture of feedback and performance, whilst ensuring they are fully engaged and committed to the Chesamel brand.

You’ll collaborate with Account Managers, Talent, and HR — but the responsibility for workforce performance, engagement, and transformation sits with you.

This is a role for someone passionate about shaping the future of work through brilliant team enablement whilst representing Chesamel.

Key Responsibilities

People Management & Operational Leadership

• Act as People Manager to Chesamel’s in-house delivery consultants embedded across client accounts
• Lead the full employee lifecycle — including onboarding, development, performance reviews, and offboarding
• Ensure everyone understands their role, expectations, and how to thrive within a client environment

Performance & Succession Ownership

• Drive a high-performance culture across all client-aligned delivery teams
• Lead regular reviews, career conversations, and talent calibration
• Track flight risks, develop succession pipelines, and support retention strategies

Workforce Transformation & Talent Deployment

• Align people capabilities with client project needs and Chesamel’s workforce transformation strategy
• Anticipate skills gaps and shape future readiness plans
• Ensure timely resourcing and redeployment across accounts to maintain business continuity and client success

Onboarding, Offboarding & Compliance

• Lead structured onboarding plans for new team members, tailored to each client engagement
• Ensure effective, positive exits with knowledge transfer, insights, and compliant offboarding processes
• Own people-related documentation, contracts, manage ER cases and audit trails

Performance Targets & Commercial Insight

• Ensure teams are set up to hit delivery targets by monitoring utilisation, performance KPIs, and OKRs
• Support the translation of Commercial goals into team objectives and role clarity
• Collaborate with Finance and Account Managers to support budget alignment and revenue forecasting

Compensation, Benefits & Engagement

• Support compensation and benefits decisions, benchmarking, and reward strategies in partnership with HR
• Ensure team members feel recognised, supported, and engaged throughout their Chesamel journey

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Be the primary People contact for your delivery population — across HR, Operations, Talent, Finance, and Client Services
• Share people insights and updates with senior leaders, influencing future workforce design

What You’ll Bring

• 5–7 years’ experience in a HR, People Manager, or People Partner role
• Proven experience managing embedded teams, consultants, or field-based delivery talent
• Strong understanding of workforce planning, utilisation, and project resourcing
• Confidence managing end-to-end employee journeys, from onboarding to succession
• Experience working with performance, engagement, and comp & bens cycles

Qualifications

• Degree in HR, Business, or related field
• CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent preferred
• Familiarity with HRIS and performance tools (e.g. HiBob, Hubspot, Google drive)

Why Join Chesamel?

You’ll be part of a future-focused consultancy that places people at the centre of transformation. This is a unique opportunity to shape and scale how we grow and manage our in-house delivery workforce — combining commercial thinking, people passion, and real ownership.