Strategic People Partner for Leaders & Change

RSM UK; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

27 days holiday

Wellbeing benefits

Course access 300+

Job summary

RSM UK is seeking a strategic People Business Partner to partner with senior leaders, translating business strategy into people plans and driving workforce effectiveness. You will work closely with the Head of People for your Line of Business to deliver joined-up, data-informed HR solutions across the organisation.

You’ll diagnose workforce challenges, coach leaders, and turn priorities into clear, measurable actions, leveraging a broad range of People advisory and operations expertise.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in People Business Partnering, senior People Advisory, Organisational Effectiveness, People Change or a similar business-facing HR role.
• Credibility with senior leaders in a complex, commercially focused organisation, and a track record of influencing business and people decisions.
• Practical experience across workforce planning, organisational change, talent, performance and employee relations.
• Confidence using workforce data to diagnose issues, plus the judgement, resilience and professional courage to challenge leaders.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and act as their go-to People partner.
• Understand strategy, clients, commercial pressures and workforce capability, then give insight, advice and constructive challenge.
• Help the Head of People turn the People Strategy into prioritised, sequenced delivery plans.
• Translate business needs into clear briefs for People Advisory, People Operations and Centres of Expertise, and track progress, risks and outcomes.
• Use workforce data to spot trends and recommend action across workforce planning, organisational change, talent and succession, and organisational health.

Skills

People partner

Senior stakeholder mgmt

Workforce planning

Data-driven decisions

HR advisory

Tools

HR systems

Workforce analytics tools

Job description

RSM UK is seeking a strategic People Business Partner to partner with senior leaders, translating business strategy into people plans and driving workforce effectiveness. You will work closely with the Head of People for your Line of Business to deliver joined-up, data-informed HR solutions across the organisation.

You’ll diagnose workforce challenges, coach leaders, and turn priorities into clear, measurable actions, leveraging a broad range of People advisory and operations expertise.