People & Culture Business Partner

People & Culture Business Partner – Generalist

£ 43,851pa + excellent benefits

Woking, Surrey GU21 4LL
/ Hybrid Working

Hybrid working:
Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month

About the role

We’re excited to be recruiting a People and Culture Business Partner to work in close partnership with leaders and managers, helping shape a high-performing, inclusive culture that enables WWF-UK to deliver its mission.

Reporting to the Senior Business Partner, this role provides dedicated partnering to defined client groups, supporting both strategic priorities and day-to-day people matters. You’ll act as a trusted advisor, helping leaders build organisational capability, embed effective people practices and navigate change with confidence.

Working across a broad range of People and Culture activity, you will combine pragmatic problem-solving with strong relationship building. You’ll contribute to the design and delivery of people initiatives, use data and insight to inform decisions, and support managers to lead their teams effectively. The role also works closely with colleagues across the People and Culture team to ensure consistent, joined-up delivery of services and priorities across the organisation.

Skills and experience

You’ll bring the skills and experience needed to succeed in this role, including:

Essential

* Experience providing both operational and strategic People or HR partnering support within a complex organisation

* Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and confidence applying it in practice

* Strong coaching and influencing skills, with experience advising managers on a wide range of people matters, including complex employee relations cases

* Proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at different levels

* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work at pace

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

* CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience

* Experience supporting organisational change or transformation programmes

* Experience using people data and insight to shape decisions or initiatives

* Experience supervising or supporting junior People or HR colleagues

What we offer

We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here’s what you can expect:

* Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays

* Flexible working options, to support your work life balance

* 7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution

* Learning and development opportunities to help you grow

* Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness.

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you’ll hot desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF-UK

We’re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world.

At WWF-UK, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left isn’t enough. We’re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it’s a race we can win with everyone’s help.

We’re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with.

How to apply

Click the apply button below to apply via our website.

You’ll be asked to complete an application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement that tells us why you’ll be a great addition to WWF-UK.

Final date to receive applications : 04/03/2026

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