People Relations Partner

Bauer Media Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Bauer Academy access

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible working

Job summary

Bauer Media Group is seeking a People Relations Partner to provide specialist employee relations expertise across the UK Publishing team. You’ll handle routine and high‑risk cases, support managers with performance and change processes, and help develop manager capability in people management.

You’ll work with People Business Partners to ensure fair, compliant practices, deliver training, and use data to drive improvements in employee experience across the business.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in employee relations and investigations.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Excellent coaching, communication and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage routine, complex and high‑risk employee relations matters.
• Conduct and oversee investigations relating to conduct, grievance, whistleblowing and workplace concerns.
• Provide expert advice across disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence management and performance processes.
• Assess employee relations risk and provide clear, practical recommendations to managers and leaders.
• Support restructures, consultation processes, redundancy, redeployment and wider organisational change activity.
• Work alongside People Business Partners to help implement change successfully.
• Coach managers on performance, attendance, conduct and wellbeing conversations, helping build confidence and capability.
• Deliver training, workshops and practical learning sessions on employee relations topics.
• Use employee relations data and trends to identify opportunities to improve manager capability and employee experience.
• Contribute to policy development, process improvement and wider People Team priorities.

Skills

Employee relations

Investigation

UK employment law

Coaching

Change management

Performance management

Job description

We’re looking for a People Relations Partner to join our UK Publishing People Team, providing specialist employee relations expertise across the business while helping build manager capability and confidence in people management.

This is a broad, hands‑on role for someone who is confident managing everything from routine casework through to complex, sensitive and high‑risk employee relations matters. You’ll work closely with managers, leaders and People Business Partners to ensure people matters are handled fairly, consistently and in line with employment legislation and best practice.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and manage routine, complex and high‑risk employee relations matters.
• Conduct and oversee investigations relating to conduct, grievance, whistleblowing and workplace concerns.
• Provide expert advice across disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence management and performance processes.
• Assess employee relations risk and provide clear, practical recommendations to managers and leaders.
• Support restructures, consultation processes, redundancy, redeployment and wider organisational change activity.
• Work alongside People Business Partners to help implement change successfully.
• Coach managers on performance, attendance, conduct and wellbeing conversations, helping build confidence and capability.
• Deliver training, workshops and practical learning sessions on employee relations topics.
• Use employee relations data and trends to identify opportunities to improve manager capability and employee experience.
• Contribute to policy development, process improvement and wider People Team priorities.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience managing complex employee relations matters.
• Experience supporting organisational change and consultation activity.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Strong investigation and employee relations capability.
• Excellent coaching, communication and influencing skills.
• Sound judgement, problem‑solving and risk assessment capability.
• Confidence managing sensitive and complex situations effectively.

About The Team

The UK Publishing People Team is based across London and Peterborough and supports leaders, managers and employees across the Publishing business. You’ll work closely with People Business Partners and wider colleagues to strengthen employee relations practice, support business change and help managers make informed, balanced and consistent people decisions.

Why join us?

This role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact across UK Publishing: combining specialist employee relations work with organisational change, manager development and continuous improvement. It’s a chance to bring your expertise into a collaborative People Team and help shape how we support leaders, managers and employees across the business.

Closing date: Monday 28th September

About Bauer Media Group

We are a media business focused on creating content that matters to millions of people across Europe. Our offering extends from print and online publishing to audio broadcasting and entertainment, alongside investments in other media related sectors. With more than 500 million copies sold each year, we are one of Europe’s largest Publishers. From women’s and celebrities’ magazines to TV listings to food and special interest, we own some of the most popular publishing brands in Germany, UK, Poland and France – both digital and print. But not only that. Reaching over 61 million listeners weekly, we operate over 150 radio and podcast brands in nine countries, spanning the UK, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal. Family‑owned in the 5th generation, Bauer Media focuses on the long‑term, with a consumer‑first mindset that guides us across our diverse portfolio. Our workforce of 12,000 shares a common purpose: to deliver content and services that enrich people‘s everyday lives.

What’s In It For You

• You’ll have 28 days holiday, bank holidays & 2 volunteer days to use.
• Your development matters, so access to our internal training provider – Bauer Academy, is a huge win.
• We have enhanced Maternity/Adoption, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave Pay.
• You’ll have the opportunity for flexible working.
• And much more! Find the full details of our benefits here

We are an international employer and equal opportunities are important to us. That's why we welcome everyone in their uniqueness, regardless of e.g. religion, gender, skin colour, disability in our house.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or a long‑term health condition, and need us to make any reasonable adjustments or do anything differently during any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing [e-mail]

We are actively recruiting for this position, however, the job advert may close earlier than expected.