People Partner - TUPE and Transitions

Occy; Greater London; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Occy is seeking a People Partner focused on TUPE and Transitions to lead operational delivery of people plans for new business transfers and contract retentions. You will ensure TUPE compliance, best practice, and consistency across all transfer activities while collaborating with the People team and cross-functional partners.

In this full-time, permanent role, you will advise on strategies to mitigate people impact and shape transfer approaches, contributing to growth and service expansion

Qualifications

• Chartered CIPD membership or equivalent HR qualification.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end TUPE processes.
• Ability to design and implement people change management programmes.
• Strong HR policy and compliance knowledge.
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder consultation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with ability to manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist TUPE and HR support to inform tendering and growth activities.
• Lead TUPE knowledge application within a tendering environment.
• Own TUPE and people decisions with multiple stakeholders across providers and teams.
• Support growth of services by assessing workforce requirements.
• Develop strategies to mitigate people impact for new business and retention efforts.

Skills

TUPE knowledge

HR advisory

Stakeholder management

Change management

Policy interpretation

Education

CIPD Chartered Member

Job description

This role is offered on a full time and permanent basis, working from home and with a salary of between £40,000-43,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications.

In this role, you will provide expert people advice to inform key business decisions, helping to identify and manage people-related risks and develop effective mitigation strategies. You’ll play a key role in ensuring the practical and lawful application of TUPE, as well as developing people strategies to support new business opportunities and contract retention. You’ll also support the growth of our existing services, advising on workforce requirements where additional investment in service delivery creates opportunities to expand our teams.

As People Partner for TUPE and Transitions, your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing specialist TUPE and HR support and advice to the New Business Development team, in relation to tendering and growth activities to inform people related decisions, risks and mitigation
• Leadership, knowledge and practical application of TUPE and its application within a tendering environment
• Ownership of TUPE and people decisions in collaboration with multiple stakeholders across commissioners, outgoing/ incoming providers, external partners and subcontractors, new business and contract retention team, Operational Teams and the People team
• Supporting the growth of existing services where additional investment in delivery results in increased workforce
• Supporting the development of strategies to mitigate people impact, related to new business and contract retentions and designing suitable people transfer approaches

No two days will be the same. You'll work closely with colleagues across WithYou, building strong relationships and using your HR expertise to influence, challenge and drive positive change. We’re really excited about what this role will achieve - you will be joining a supportive, hands on People function, with a true team spirit and a real dedication to delivering life-changing services for the people we support.

As a leading charity supporting people with drug, alcohol, and mental health challenges, we operate over 80 services across England and Scotland, providing free and confidential support to more than 100,000 people each year. Find out more about us here.

We’d be excited to see evidence of the following in your application - please use your cover letter to tell us more about your skills, experience and knowledge, specifically around TUPE:

• Chartered membership of the CIPD or significant demonstrable experience
• Experience of delivering end to end TUPE processes
• Proven ability to design successful people change management programmes including implementations, restructure and TUPE
• Credible HR processes and change management experience
• The ability to influence and consult with a wide range of stakeholders - including clearly articulating people transfer solutions to senior internal and external stakeholders and explaining the approach, key risks, assumptions and plausible mitigations
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to carrying out multiple tasks/projects

Closing date: Friday 16th October

Join us as a People Partner - TUPE and Transitions -

WithYou are excited to be recruiting for an experienced People Partner, focusing on TUPE and transitions for the People team. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead the operational delivery of people plans for new business transfers and contract retentions, ensuring TUPE compliance, best practice and consistency across all transfer activities. This role contributes directly to our growth strategy.