Senior People Partner

Artis Recruitment; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Artis Recruitment is recruiting a Senior People Partner for a Bristol-based, hybrid role in a people‑focused organisation. You will partner with senior leaders to shape people plans, navigate change and build high-performing, inclusive teams.

As a trusted adviser you’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on involvement, advising on complex employee relations, organisational design, and implementation of people policies across the business.

Qualifications

• Significant experience partnering with senior leaders and building credibility quickly.
• Strong experience of complex employee relations and organisational change.
• The ability to combine commercial thinking with excellent people judgement.
• Confidence to influence, coach and constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of UK employment law and its practical application.
• Experience using people data and insight to inform recommendations and decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to translate priorities into practical people plans.
• Lead and support strategic people projects and wider organisational initiatives.
• Advise on complex employee relations matters with balance of commercial and legal considerations.
• Play a key role in organisational change, including design and implementation.
• Coach leaders to become more effective people managers.
• Use data and trends to identify risks and opportunities across the business.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues across Talent, Reward, Learning & Development and Inclusion.

Skills

Senior stakeholder partnering

Employee relations

Change management

UK employment law

People data & insight

Communication

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Senior People Partner to join a highly regarded, people focused organisation, in the heart of Bristol, at an exciting point in its development. This is a hybrid role.

This is a genuinely broad and influential role, partnering with senior leaders across the organisation to help shape people plans, navigate change and build high performing, inclusive teams.

You'll operate as a trusted adviser rather than simply responding to HR issues. That means understanding what the business is trying to achieve, identifying the people implications and helping leaders make commercially sound, pragmatic and well informed decisions.

The Role

As Senior People Partner, you'll work closely with senior stakeholders across a number of business areas, combining strategic partnering with hands‑on involvement in more complex people matters.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Partner with senior leaders to understand their priorities and translate them into practical, commercially focused people plans.
• Lead and support strategic people projects and wider organisational initiatives.
• Advise on complex and sensitive employee relations matters, balancing commercial considerations, employment law and the employee experience.
• Play a key role in organisational change, including team design, consultation and implementation.
• Coach and challenge leaders, helping them become more confident and effective people managers.
• Use people data, trends and insight to identify emerging issues, risks and opportunities.
• Work collaboratively with specialist HR colleagues across areas such as Talent Acquisition, Reward, Learning & Development and Inclusion.
• Help develop and continuously improve people policies, frameworks and ways of working.
• Champion an inclusive, supportive and high‑performing culture where people are able to contribute, develop and thrive.

Is this You?

You’ll ideally bring:

• Significant experience partnering with senior leaders and building credibility quickly.
• Strong experience of complex employee relations and organisational change.
• The ability to combine commercial thinking with excellent people judgement.
• Confidence to influence, coach and constructively challenge senior stakeholders.
• A strong understanding of UK employment law and its practical application.
• Experience using people data and insight to inform recommendations and decision‑making.
• Excellent communication skills and the judgement to handle sensitive and sometimes challenging situations.
• A collaborative style and the ability to work effectively with specialist HR teams.
• A genuine interest in creating inclusive, high‑performing environments where people can do their best work.

Why consider this opportunity?

• This is a role for someone who enjoys being close to the business and wants more than a traditional HR advisory position.
• You’ll have the opportunity to influence senior leaders, shape people decisions, lead meaningful change and contribute to wider strategic people initiatives.
• There is plenty of complexity to get your teeth into, but you’ll also be joining an established People function where collaboration, good judgement and quality of advice really matter.
• If you’re an experienced Senior HR Business Partner or People Partner looking for a broad, visible role where you can make a genuine impact, we’d be keen to hear from you.