People Partner

Reporting to the Head of People in the UK, you’ll be acting as the key HR contact for senior leadership, managers and employees, for your dedicated client group. Understanding the business, the people challenges and opportunities will be key to your success in this role as it will enable you to provide pragmatic solutions to meet business goals and needs. You’ll be working closely with managers to pre-empt operational requirements and proactively develop solutions for their various challenges.
As an HR People Partner, you’ll be working across a variety of different projects and no two days will be the same. In one morning, you could be supporting managers on ER issues, preparing reports for leadership meetings or developing clear strategies in supporting our global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ambitions.

This role will suit you if you:

• have strong project management skills

• have proven experience influencing the people agenda

• have sound knowledge of UK employment legislation and best practice

• are able to deal with situations of conflict and stressful discussions sensitively and effectively

• have the ability to coach senior leaders

• have strong interpersonal, diplomacy and negotiation skills

• build and maintain strong business relationships

• pride yourself on your professional integrity

• Are confident in handling different types of personalities with professionalism and good humour!

• Ideally you will be CIPD qualified
  
  

We’re hard-wired to produce remarkable content for our audiences, with over 16,000 companies around the globe turning to us to help their businesses grow. Join us and you will work on market-leading brands to help create powerful and lasting relationships that deliver real results, all while developing your own career. 

Our conveniently located Twickenham HQ is home to around 600 employees with a vast array of careers from journalism, video, marketing, sales and events to technology, digital development and product management.

As well as being the home of English rugby, Twickenham has the benefit of being less than 30 minutes from central London but also enjoying its riverside location, proximity to Richmond Park and a buzzing social scene.

With flexible hours, great brands, and a modern open plan environment, we attract great people. There’s time for you to get involved in our extra-curricular activities too; from volunteering with our charity partners, going for a lunch-time riverside run, cycling around Richmond Park or after work fun!

Our team culture is friendly, vibrant and sociable. We nurture, support and reward our talent. We offer a market-leading benefits programme, tailored to individual needs and preferences. The range of benefits are vast and include a generous pension plan, life assurance, up to 30 days holiday and a fabulous income protection policy. 

Our benefits include: 

• Competitive salary 

• Comprehensive training and career development programme 

• 25 days holiday per year excluding bank holidays (increasing 1 day per year of service up to 30 days) 

• Flexible working schedule (core hours from 11-3)

• Generous contributory pension scheme 

• Access to Perkbox

• Health Cash Plan

• Family friendly policies

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Season ticket loan 

• Regular individual and team rewards and incentives for outstanding performance 

We want to support our people to balance their personal and professional lives and we believe our range of benefits encourages this. We feel that nothing beats face-time with our colleagues and we’ve therefore adopted a blended working model where full time employees can expect to spend 3 days of their week in the office and the other 2 working at a location of their choice. 

As a global business operating in diverse markets, Haymarket is inherently multicultural.  Globally we are committed to attracting, developing and retaining talent who reflect the communities we serve.   We equally recognise our broader responsibility to society as a whole. We will use our power and influence to drive diversity, equity and inclusion within our markets. 

As such, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.  

If you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to fully participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruitment@haymarket.com.

Come and join us and see for yourself how Haymarket is a rewarding and exciting place to work.