Business Partner; South East

Job Type

Full-time or part-time (minimum 30 hours per week)

Circa £55,000 (depending on experience) London Weighting may apply depending on location

South East

We offer a competitive salary package aligned with current market rates for this role. The final offer will reflect your skills, experience, and qualifications, alongside our commitment to internal equity.

We’re the full-service HR consultancy that synchronises seamlessly with our clients’ businesses — an outsourced team that feels like an in‑house superpower.

We believe expert guidance on how to recruit, retain, develop and lead people should be available to every business, big or small. The right advice, at the right time, from the right specialist, can be game‑changing.

We make those conversations happen. We help our clients recruit, manage, and retain the best people for their organisations — whether as a one‑off project or an ongoing partnership. Our work helps them create cultures where everyone can bring the best version of themselves to work.

Ultimately, people are the foundation of our clients’ success. With the right environment and support, they can do amazing things — and we’re here to help make that happen. From people strategy to HR admin, we eat, sleep, and breathe this stuff. Whether it’s an HR team needing extra support or a business looking to outsource its HR, we’re there: on call or on site, whatever works best for them.

We’re on a mission to show brilliant companies what happens when they hire really smart people to help them be the very best employers they can be. The only thing we can’t handle? Letting our clients down.

You’ll be the key link connecting our HR expertise with our clients. Your mission? To be their HR superpower — providing practical advice, solving challenges, and supporting their growth.

You’ll manage a portfolio of clients, becoming their go‑to person for all things people. Here’s a snapshot of what your day‑to‑day might include:

• Working closely with clients and colleagues to manage a wide variety of people matters.
• Advising across the full employee lifecycle, from tricky ER issues to employee engagement initiatives.
• Owning your clients’ HR projects and partnering with colleagues to find smart, compliant, and practical solutions.
• Building strong, long‑term client relationships through trusted advice and proactive account management, making every client feel supported and valued.
• Getting to know your clients’ industries and challenges so your advice always adds real value.
• Responding quickly to client queries and escalating where needed to keep things running smoothly.
• Collaborating across Fitzgerald to deliver a joined‑up, brilliant service.
• Spotting opportunities to add value and help our clients — and our business — grow and thrive.

No two days will be the same, but they’ll all be rewarding. It’s a hands‑on role where you’ll be making a real difference every day.

We’re looking for someone who combines brilliant HR expertise with great judgement, empathy, and a commercial mindset. You’ll need to be:

• Experienced in an HR Business Partner, People Partner, HR/People Consultant role, ideally across a range of sectors.
• Confident advising on complex people issues and leading projects from start to finish.
• Able to weigh up risks and benefits, think creatively and logically, and develop practical solutions.
• Skilled at building trusted relationships with senior leaders and colleagues.
• Highly organised, with strong spoken and written communication skills, plus an eye for detail.
• Commercially aware — you understand how great people decisions drive business success.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and digital systems.

Ideally, you’ll be CIPD Level 7 qualified (or working towards it), but what really matters to us is that you bring the practical experience and confidence to deliver great HR advice.

You’ll also have a full UK driving licence and be happy to travel to clients when needed. Experience working in an HR consultancy would be a bonus.

We might be biased, but we think this role is exciting, fun, challenging, and full of opportunities to grow. Here’s what you can…