Senior People Business Partner

One Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

UK bank holidays

Pension scheme with employer match

Medicash healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work

Professional qualifications support

Job summary

One Manchester is recruiting a Senior People Business Partner to lead the People Business Partnering function and translate business priorities into effective people plans. You’ll collaborate with senior leaders to influence workforce strategies, improve performance and enhance the employee experience.

You will shape policies, support organisational change, and drive engagement while ensuring legal compliance and best practice across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Chartered CIPD membership.
• A degree or relevant qualification in HR, Business, Psychology or a related discipline.
• Extensive knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing complex employee relations cases and supporting organisational change.
• Proven ability to coach, influence and challenge leaders to improve performance and achieve business outcomes.
• Experience developing people plans and using workforce data to drive service improvement.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong project management capabilities and experience delivering strategic HR initiatives.

Responsibilities

• - Lead and develop the People Business Partnering team, ensuring a consistent, high-quality partnering service across the business.
• - Act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, providing strategic people guidance, support and challenge.
• - Lead on complex employee relations matters, organisational change programmes, restructures, redundancies and TUPE transfers.
• - Use workforce data and insight to identify trends, improve performance and inform decision-making.
• - Champion colleague engagement initiatives and support the delivery of the People Strategy.
• - Develop and review people policies, procedures and frameworks to ensure legal compliance and best practice.
• - Deliver management workshops and coaching to build leadership capability and effective people management practices.
• - Oversee job evaluation and salary benchmarking processes, ensuring consistency and fairness across the organisation.
• - Establish and monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvement within the People Business Partnering service.

Job description

Job title: Senior People Business Partner
Contact type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000 per annum
Working hours: 35 hours per week, full time
Location: Manchester – agile
Closing date: 21 October 2026

About us

At One Manchester, we’re building places people are proud to call home. We own and manage over 12,000 homes across central, south and east Manchester — but we’re more than just a landlord. We provide services, support and opportunities that help people and communities thrive.

Everything we do is shaped by our HEART values, our customers and our commitment to creating positive change across our city. We believe safe, affordable homes are the foundation for better lives, and we work together to deliver services that make a meaningful impact every day.

We’re continuing to evolve and improve how we work, making this an exciting time to join One Manchester. As we deliver the ambitions set out in our Corporate Plan, we’re looking for people who share our values and want to help create inclusive, connected and sustainable places where people can thrive.

We’re proud of our inclusive, customer-focused culture and the way our colleagues work together to make a difference every day. We’re looking for people who share our values, care about customers and enjoy working collaboratively to improve services and communities.

About the role

You’ll lead our People Business Partnering function and help shape the future of our workforce. You'll work closely with senior leaders across the organisation, translating business priorities into people plans that improve organisational performance, colleague experience and capability.

What you’ll be doing

- Lead and develop the People Business Partnering team, ensuring a consistent, high-quality partnering service across the business.

- Act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders, providing strategic people guidance, support and challenge.

- Lead on complex employee relations matters, organisational change programmes, restructures, redundancies and TUPE transfers.

- Use workforce data and insight to identify trends, improve performance and inform decision-making.

- Champion colleague engagement initiatives and support the delivery of the People Strategy.

- Develop and review people policies, procedures and frameworks to ensure legal compliance and best practice.

- Deliver management workshops and coaching to build leadership capability and effective people management practices.

- Oversee job evaluation and salary benchmarking processes, ensuring consistency and fairness across the organisation.

- Establish and monitor KPIs to drive continuous improvement within the People Business Partnering service.

What we’re looking for

We’re after someone who has:

- Chartered CIPD membership.

- A degree or relevant qualification in HR, Business, Psychology or a related discipline.

- Extensive knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.

- Experience managing complex employee relations cases and supporting organisational change.

- Proven ability to coach, influence and challenge leaders to improve performance and achieve business outcomes.

- Experience developing people plans and using workforce data to drive service improvement.

- Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

- Strong project management capabilities and experience delivering strategic HR initiatives.

Why join us?

We know that great services start with great people. That’s why we’re committed to creating a workplace where colleagues feel supported, valued and able to grow. Alongside meaningful work and opportunities to develop, you’ll also benefit from:

- 27 days’ annual leave when you join us, rising to 30 days after three years’ service, plus UK bank holidays
-the option to buy or sell annual leave through our holiday scheme
-a genuine approach to agile and flexible working, dependent on the role
-an excellent pension scheme with an 11.4% employer contribution through the Smart SHPS DC salary sacrifice scheme
-supportive people policies that help you balance work and life
-Medicash healthcare cash plan membership, with Level 1 cover paid by us
-a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
-Perkbox, our benefits platform giving you access to hundreds of discounts, benefits and wellbeing resources
- a Cycle to Work scheme through Halfords
-access to Manchester Credit Union for affordable financial support, including loans, savings accounts and money guidance
-support to gain professional qualifications, with paid memberships fees for relevant professional bodies

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone feels valued, respected and able to be themselves.

We welcome applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

As part of our commitment to improving representation, we operate the Rooney Rule and aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles, and at least one female candidate for roles within our Trades and Facilities teams where women are currently underrepresented.

We’re also committed to supporting flexible and agile working where possible. If you require flexibility or adjusted working arrangements (including part time hours), we encourage you to speak to us as part of the recruitment process and we can let you know if it can be considered for this particular role.