HR Business Partner - 12 Month FTC

London, England, United Kingdom

6/5/2025

Company Description

Evelyn Partners is a UK leader in wealth management, providing personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what’s next. Our success hinges on our people and that’s our secret for longevity. We are a team of passionate professionals and everything we do is guided by our purpose – placing the power of good advice into more hands, we go further to understand the needs of our clients and what matters most to them. We’re here to help them make significant decisions with confidence, provide strong foundations for the future and guide them towards their goals.

Job Description

What will you be doing?

We’re seeking a talented individual to join our team in London. The HR Business Partner (Policy and Contracts) will work closely with the HR team to develop and maintain the HR Policy and employment contract framework, supporting key objectives in the context of the people agenda. Working in partnership with the HR Team and the business, the HR Business Partner will combine an understanding of the organisation and its context with HR expertise, to provide oversight and develop HR policy and contract solutions to meet organisational needs. The HR Business Partner will provide guidance to the HR Team on policy and contract related matters as required and develop the HR Team in best practice.

As HR Business Partner, your responsibilities will include among others

• To lead the oversight and development of the HR Policy framework ensuring in line with legal and regulatory updates and best practice, work collaboratively with the HR Team and other key policy stakeholders to ensure the HR Policy framework is embedded in the organisation
• To provide knowledge and expertise to develop policy solutions in line with the People agenda and organisational needs and develop and implement processes that support effective policy implementation and governance
• To develop and maintain employment contract and consultancy agreement templates, providing solutions where required ensuring best practice in application and work collaboratively with the Reward Team to have oversight of non-standard contract arrangements
• To provide guidance and ongoing development to the HR Team to ensure sound knowledge and application of policy and contract best practice and provide support to the HR Services team to meet performance objectives in relation to policy and contract guidance, enabling a customer focused approach
• To support the effective implementation of change management initiatives, including medium to large acquisitions and business transformation projects
• To help to build a high performance culture, which reinforces our values and behaviours
  
  

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should

• CPD Qualified is preferred but not essential
• In depth knowledge of UK employment law, experience of policy and contract development and an understanding of the regulatory framework for Financial Services
• Strong commercial and business acumen in order to assess risk and opportunities for the organisation
• Ability to work at pace and deliver against established personal and team targets
• Strong analytical skills, highly articulate with excellent written and verbal skills
• Resilient, approachable, and confident with an ability to adapt style to different audiences, build credibility easily and strong influencing skills
  
  

Additional Information

As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependant)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
  
  

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.