People Partner (Maternity Cover)

Unily; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital workplace solutions provider in Guildford is looking for a People Partner for a 12-14 month maternity contract. This role involves overseeing strategic HR initiatives, collaborating with business leaders, and ensuring compliance with employment laws. The ideal candidate should have proven HR experience and strong communication skills. The company promotes a hybrid work environment and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary and work-life balance.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus extra day for birthday

Vitality life cover and pension scheme

Flexible work-life balance

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as an HR generalist.
• Ideally 2-3 years experience as an HR business partner.
• Good working knowledge of HR functions and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Main contact for HR matters for leaders and managers.
• Manage Employee Relations including grievances and performance issues.
• Ensure HR compliance with employment laws.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

HR metrics understanding

UK employment law

Education

CIPD level 5 qualified or relevant experience

Job description

About Unily

Unily partners with the world’s largest and most complex enterprises to power Organizational Velocity through digital Employee Experience transformation. Iconic brands, including Estée Lauder Companies, CVS Health, and British Airways, use Unily’s market-leading Employee Experience platform to improve productivity, streamline communication, and foster a highly connected workplace. Unily is the only triple leader recognized by all three of the major analysts. Unily is recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions, the 2024 Forrester Wave: Intranet Platforms, and the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience-Centric Intelligent Digital Workspaces 2024. With these accolades, we continue to grow and expand our employee community with people who are passionate about joining us on this exciting journey.

Job Purpose

As we continue to expand our market share in the rapidly emerging Employee Experience platform category, we are looking for a People Partner on 12-14 month maternity contract. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this is a broad and exciting role, responsible for all aspects of our operational and strategic HR initiatives.

You will partner closely with our business leaders to support them as they manage and develop our employees, working in alignment with your colleagues in recruitment, talent development and employee communications to provide excellent employee experience and support our People strategy. You will be able to balance these activities with all relevant administrative aspects of HR, including oversight of benefits administration, assisting finance with payroll activities, employment documentation, policies and procedures and some HR-related compliance activities.

In addition, you will be responsible for managing a People Operations Associate, who is responsible for HR administration and office management activities under your direction.

Our ideal candidate will have strong generalist HR experience, and ideally business partnering experience. The ideal person will be a confident and clear communicator, with experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders across the business, with the ability to balance operational and strategic work in order to support the business.

At Unily we follow a hybrid model of work with an expectation to be in the office a minimum of 2-3 days per week dependent on the needs of the role, the team and the wider business. We have offices in London and Eashing, Surrey.

Main Responsibilities

• Main point of contact for leaders and managers in a number of our core functions for all HR matters both responsive and proactive
• Ability to manage process and coach leaders on all Employee Relations matters, including redundancies, grievances, disciplinaries and performance improvement plans.
• Partner with business leaders and Finance to support workforce planning, including organisational design and team structuring to align with business goals and evolving priorities
• Support organisational change initiatives by ensuring smooth transitions through clear communication, stakeholder alignment, and employee engagement
• High degree of fluency with standard HR methodologies relating to performance, talent management and development
• Overall responsibility for all employee documentation to include Employee Handbook, policies, employment contracts and other relevant documents
• Ensure HR compliance with employment laws and best practices, supporting audits and managing risk through proactive policy management and documentation
• Overall responsibility for rewards and benefits administration, to include liaising with brokers and insurers as required
• Manage a People Operations Associate, providing advice and guidance as required, ensuring that our UK offices provide a great work environment
• Play an important role in the People leadership team, helping to create, develop and implement Unily’s People strategy
• Work alongside other People team colleagues to influence culture and engagement across the business
• Ability to leverage HR data and system insights to inform decision-making, guide leaders, and shape people strategies
• Drive continuous improvement of HR processes and systems, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and seamless employee experience
• Support DE&I initiatives by embedding inclusive practices across the employee lifecycle and championing a diverse and equitable workplace culture

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Proven work experience as an HR generalist
• Ideally 2-3 years’ experience as an HR business partner
• Analytical and goal oriented
• Demonstrable experience with HR metrics
• Good working knowledge of UK employment law
• Full understanding of all HR functions and best practices
• CIPD level 5 qualified or degree or relevant experience

We are united by a shared purpose and are committed to truly understanding each other. We know that everyone is unique and has their own story. We strive to have a diverse workforce that embraces and celebrates one another. We are united in building connections and curious to learn from each other so that we continue to grow together to build the workplace of tomorrow.

Why Work For Unily?

In addition to a generous base salary and discretionary company bonus, here are some things we think you will love:

• Our awesome team culture. We are focused on achieving results as a team and having fun while we do it. You won’t find a friendlier or more dedicated bunch of people.
• Our industry leading product. We are very proud of our ever-evolving product, naturally we use (and love) it internally and provide the tools and resources for you (and our clients) to become a Unily expert.
• The flexibility that we offer. We don’t just mean working from home occasionally. We operate on a hybrid basis, and also recognize that life happens during the 9-5.30 and encourage a sustainable work/life balance.
• Our bright and modern office spaces. When you need to be in the office we want it to be like being at home. We have a well-stocked kitchen and the option to bring your dog to work.
• We offer a fantastic suite of benefits. Including 25 days holiday plus an extra paid day off to enjoy your birthday, Vitality life cover (for health, sight, hearing and dental), Aviva pension (via a salary sacrifice scheme), life assurance, income protection and so many more.
• Our commitment to sustainability and giving back to the community. We know working for an organisation that takes its environmental & social impact seriously is important, and we are proud to offer 1 fully paid volunteering day per year, an employee matching charity donation scheme and options to lease an Electric Vehicle through our salary sacrifice scheme.

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