People Partner

Sirius-Search; Rochester; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus up to 20%

South East Allowance £2,172/year

LTIP up to £4,000 after 3 years

Private medical insurance

Matched pension contribution up to 10%

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Overtime paid at 1.5x base salary

37 hours with 3.30 finish on Friday

Hybrid working: 2 days from home + few

Job summary

Sirius Search is partnering with a well-established organisation in Medway, Kent, to appoint a permanently focused People Partner (Culture, communication and Engagement). The role is hybrid, permanent, and offers a generous package with a discretionary bonus and comprehensive benefits.

You will lead engagement surveys, translate feedback into action, support transformation, and help embed culture across People processes while collaborating with site and functional leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR, employee engagement, or related fields.
• Ability to turn feedback into clear themes and actions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience supporting change initiatives from people/communications perspectives.
• Strong project management discipline with structuring ability.
• Understanding of how people processes shape employee experience, culture and behaviour.
• Interest in technology implications of changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the employee engagement survey process, forums and focus groups.
• Translate insight into practical action plans for delivery.
• Work with cross-functional teams to own and follow through actions.
• Support leaders to turn themes into local plans.
• Coordinate people communications, including HR newsletter.
• Maintain the employee engagement calendar aligned with strategy.
• Support transformation and change initiatives from a people perspective.
• Embed culture and values into People processes.

Skills

Employee engagement

Communication

Project management

Organisational development

Change management

HR

Education

CIPD qualification

Internal communications qualification

Change management qualification

Organisational development qualification

Job description

Job: People Partner (Culture, communication and Engagement)

Location: Medway, Kent / Hybrid Working

Employment type: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: £46,000 - £49,500 DOE + Exceptional benefits package, see below

Are you passionate about employee experience and the difference a truly engaged workforce can make? Do you have a natural ability to turn employee feedback into meaningful action, and the communication skills (written and verbal) to bring people on the journey? Are you someone who makes culture feel real and relevant rather than just a set of words on a wall?

We are delighted to be working with a well-established and forward-thinking organisation at an exciting period of growth and transformation, to appoint a newly created role for their business, People Engagement Officer. This is a genuinely unique and varied role for someone who cares deeply about people, culture and the employee experience, and wants to make a real and lasting difference.

The role will include:

• Leading the employee engagement survey process, forums, focus groups and other feedback channels, and translating insight into clear, practical action plans
• Working with cross-functional teams to ensure actions are owned, delivered and followed through
• Supporting site and functional leaders to turn organisation-wide themes into meaningful local plans
• Coordinating people communications, including the HR newsletter, ensuring messages are clear, timely and accessible to all colleagues
• Maintaining the employee engagement calendar, connecting events and initiatives to the organisation's wider strategy, culture and values
• Supporting the people side of transformation and change initiatives, contributing to the Transformation Working Group
• Helping embed culture and values into People processes, bringing an employee experience lens to process design
• Spotting practical opportunities to reinforce culture through communications, leadership routines and everyday people activity

About you:

• Your experience could be in HR, employee engagement, people communications, organisational transformation, project management, culture or employee experience
• You will have a strong ability to turn qualitative employee feedback and insight into clear themes and practical actions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to make complex or sensitive topics feel human and accessible
• Experience supporting change initiatives from a people, communications or adoption perspective
• Strong project management discipline with the ability to bring structure without over-complicating things
• A good understanding of how People processes shape employee experience, culture and behaviour
• An interest in and enthusiasm for technology, as many of the changes you will support will have both people and technology implications
• Due to the uniqueness of this role, your qualifications could be as CIPD, internal communications, change management or organisational development, though practical experience and judgement will be valued above all

The package:

Alongside a salary of up to £49,500 dependent on experience, our client offers an outstanding benefits package including:

• Discretionary bonus of up to 20% based on personal and company performance
• South East Allowance of £2,172 per annum
• Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) worth up to £4,000 paid out after 3 years’ service
• Private medical insurance with the option to include a partner or children
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Overtime paid at 1.5x base salary
• 37 hours with 3.30 finish on Friday and typical 8-4 pm although other patterns considered
• Hybrid working around business needs, 2 days from home with some travel to other sites typical once per month

Salary banding - To achieve the top end of the salary range, candidates must meet the minimum experience/qualification level required for the role as set out in the job description.

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