People Partner - Employee Relations & Leadership Coaching

Pure Resourcing Solutions; Costessey; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

City College Norwich is hiring a People Partner to join the People Team. You will combine hands-on employee relations casework with workforce planning and coaching managers to translate priorities into practical people solutions.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to improve engagement, performance and wellbeing while ensuring fair and lawful outcomes. The role involves advising on attendance, performance, disciplinary and grievance matters, supporting restructures and redeployment, and

Qualifications

• Proven track record managing operational employee relations casework (disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance).
• Experience advising and coaching managers through difficult people decisions and change.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational employee relations casework across your portfolio with timely, compliant outcomes.
• Provide expert advice on attendance, performance, probation, disciplinary and grievance matters.
• Support managers through change, restructures, redeployment and redundancy processes.
• Coach and develop line managers to improve people management capability.
• Design and deliver training on HR policies and best practice.
• Use data and insight to identify workforce risks and contribute to planning.
• Promote wellbeing and manage absence, liaising with occupational health as required.
• Represent HR on panels and collaborate with unions and stakeholders.
• Work with HR to ensure high-quality service and effective use of HR systems.

Skills

Employee relations casework

Coaching managers

Employment law knowledge

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

HRIS systems

Job description

City College Norwich is hiring a People Partner to join the People Team. You will combine hands-on employee relations casework with workforce planning and coaching managers to translate priorities into practical people solutions.

You’ll collaborate with stakeholders to improve engagement, performance and wellbeing while ensuring fair and lawful outcomes. The role involves advising on attendance, performance, disciplinary and grievance matters, supporting restructures and redeployment, and