Senior People Partner

Overview

Reporting to the Head of People Services, you will play a pivotal strategic role in shaping an exceptional employee experience and building strong organisational and people capability. You will work primarily from home but will need to attend the London Office (Denmark Hill) once or twice per month and travel to services across England approximately once per month, with occasional overnight stays.

The postholder must live between London and Devon, in the South East of England, to ensure reasonable travel distances to both services and the London office.

You will lead a small team of People Partners, providing expert guidance on complex employee relations, organisation-wide change initiatives, workforce planning, and culture-building activities. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional who brings credibility, compassion, and a proactive approach to enabling both people and organisational success.

• Significant experience as a People Partner level or above
• Complex ER case management experience
• Strong analytical, problem solving and data interpretation skills
• Line management experience
• An understanding of trauma-informed or psychologically informed approaches
• A passion for equality, diversity and inclusion and experience of embedding this into organisational policy and practice
• Ideally, experience of working in the housing sector but this is not essential
• A values driven approach
• Strong relationship-building, coaching and influencing skills
• CIPD Membership (ideally Chartered)
• Level 7 HR qualification or equivalent knowledge

A registered social landlord and one of the leading providers of supported housing in the UK, Salvation Army Homes is dedicated to transforming lives by providing accommodation and support for some of the most vulnerable members of society - mainly people with complex needs and/or experiencing homelessness.

Our aim is to work with individuals to build on their strengths, creating person centred, individualised strategies and plans that transform lives, support recovery and enable positive behaviour. In order to succeed, however, we need the right people in place. Our workforce is one of our greatest assets, but only by recruiting the very best can we continue to deliver comprehensive, good quality housing services, support and resettlement.

• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Westfield Healthcare Cash Back Plan (including cashback for optical, dental, therapies, plus 24/7 GP access and counselling support)
• Matched pension scheme up to 6% (with salary sacrifice option)
• Enhanced family leave from day one, including enhanced maternity/adoption and paternity pay
• Financial support options, including season ticket loans, emergency loans, mortgage advice and wellbeing support
• One paid volunteering day per year
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Support to learn and develop your career