Senior People Partner

The Role

Reporting to the CPO, you will be a strategic lead within our global People team. We don’t follow the standard HR playbook; we need someone who actively challenges "the way it’s always been done" to build better solutions. You will partner with your own commercial client groups (with the assistance of the People Advisor) and drive the People Operations and projects that shape our global culture.

• Summer Fridays

• Competitive holiday benefits - 25 days a year paid holiday, plus 8 bank holidays (increases 1 day a year up to 30 days)

• Hybrid working - 3 days a week in the office

• Closed for Christmas holidays - Extra days not taken from your annual holiday allowance.

• Work from anywhere for 2 weeks a year

• Life Assurance and Income Protection to protect your loved ones

• Benefits allowance for health, dental, and vision coverage

• Six months paid maternity leave, and one month paid paternity leave (subject to qualifying conditions) inclusive of same-sex and adoptive parents

• Defined Contribution Pension and Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Be Well:
  Our award-winning wellbeing and mental health programme to support all MVFers and their families

• Family Forward support for our MVF parents and their mini-mes

• 2 charity days a year

• Free breakfast when in the office

• Partner effectively with commercial client groups which will involve working across all levels, including with Director and C‑Suite stakeholders. Being a critical strategic partner to achieve organisational goals.

• Acting as a champion of MVF’s culture by delivering pragmatic commercial advice that enables fast pace change, enhances engagement, DE&I and supports business objectives.

• Working with stakeholders and People Team colleagues to develop, implement and measure the success of relevant innovative People Initiatives for the client groups, ensuring there is alignment to the overall business objectives.

• Act as Lead for employee engagement initiatives within client groups or company‑wide.

• Manage organisational change programmes within your client groups including (but not limited to) any organisation design or redundancy programmes to ensure organisational design is fit for purpose.

• Support M&A activity, specifically managing the integration of new team members into your client groups and acting as an ambassador of our culture during any M&A process.

• Working with the Chief People Officer, lead the Talent Management process within your client groups by working with directors to identify top talent to determine solutions that develop MVF’s future leaders.

• Coach and develop managers to manage performance effectively and to apply commercially viable performance improvement measures where necessary.

• Working with your client groups and across the business to embed and deliver a positive performance management framework.

• Lead and partner on MVF’s Reward Framework within your client groups, including pay parity, benchmarking and fair implementation of pay. Quarterly salary review processes for your client groups.

• Partner with the senior People Team on our L&D approach, embedding L&D into the culture of your client groups.

• Responsible for all employee relations matters for the client groups including managing disciplinary/grievance issues. You will also support complex disciplinaries/grievances beyond your own client groups.

• Identifying areas of legal and financial risk (employment - UK and international) and interpreting legal advice into practical costed action plans.

• Work in collaboration with the Talent Team to develop EVP, attract and retain the correct talent.

• Be an expert in Global Mobility, advising the business on compliance and working alongside our 3rd party advisors.

• Lead on any early careers initiatives, such as apprenticeships.

• Act as a key partner through all social/engagement committees, ensuring inclusivity and celebration of our MVFers.

• Working with other People Team members, ensure the HRIS system is kept up to date with all People related activities within your client group.

• Lead on the implementation and compliance of all People Related Policies and Processes.

• Utilise People Reporting to…