People & Culture Partner

Reference and Location

Reference: REQ
001495

Location: Bristol or Stroud Campus (travel required between campuses)

FTE Salary: Up to £35,586.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)

Actual Salary: up to £21,351.60

Contract Type: Permanent, Part-Time

Working Hours: 22.2 hours per week

At SGS, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and communities, and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme - Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 17.9%.
• Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays - 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to My Lifestyle discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card (formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.

Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the People & Culture Team at SGS College as a People & Culture Partner. The successful candidate will join an experienced, professional and friendly team who provide a high-quality HR service to the College. This role will be based at either our Stroud or WISE Campus however travel between Bristol and Stroud campuses will be required.

Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, you will be responsible for a population of areas within the College providing support and guidance to line managers in regard to employee relation case work such as disciplinary, sickness absence, performance management and grievances.

• To guide and support the achievement and maintenance of best-practice HR management across the organisation.
• Supporting line managers with employee relation case work such as sickness absence, performance management, disciplinary and grievance.
• The proactive provision of advice and guidance to line managers on a range of topics, including but not limited to performance management, resource planning, optimum recruitment methods and staff development.
• Keeping abreast of new concepts, developments and best practice regarding the development of human resources. Applying the knowledge where appropriate to ensure the organisation has effective processes to develop and deploy staff.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of changes in legislation/case law in order to implement timely updates of existing and also the…