HR Business Partner

Business Unit: HR & Communication

Salary range: £56,800 - £80,000 - Depending on experience

Location: UK Hybrid, with some travel to key hubs - Glasgow, Newcastle and London.

Contract: Permanent and Fixed term (12 Months) contracts available.

Our Team

Virgin Money has an exciting future ahead as part of the Nationwide Group.

As we embark on the next chapter in our story, we’ve a fantastic opportunity in our HR team for forward-thinking, delivery-focused HR Business Partners to join us to support and deliver Virgin Money’s people strategy and bank-wide integration agenda. Here, you can really make a difference – working closely with our core business areas to develop and facilitate the delivery of their agendas, ensuring business area people plans are consistent with our bank-wide priorities. As part of the Business Partnering team, you'll collaborate with business leaders across the company to drive and deliver brave and meaningful changes that make a difference and instil a sense of purpose, momentum and collective responsibility. You’ll support the business across a range of people-focused initiatives, including but not exclusive to: diversity, equality and inclusion (DE&I); talent acquisition; people data and services; performance; engagement; reward; organisational change; integration and culture.

What you'll be doing..

• Influence, engage and be an active and effective member of business Leadership Teams.
• Work closely with the Business Partnering team together with HR colleagues, Leadership Teams and People Leaders across the business to translate the People agenda into plans and actions and meaningful change.
• Support the design and delivery of operating model changes.
• Shape the diagnosis and development of progressive HR and People interventions.
• Influence and support the embedding of DE&I programs to achieve long term goals and attract and retain a more representative workforce with greater skills and expertise across Digital, Data and Technology.
• Be a visible and inspiring DE&I ally, communicating regularly to the business and inspiring colleagues to stay accountable and curious
• Work with our Data Insights team to provide external insight and analysis to the business and translate data and trends into people priorities
• Act as a coach to leaders enabling a high-performance management philosophy, underpinned by effective management capability and reward.
• Be a visible and trusted adviser through building and using well developed and sustained relationships across business areas.
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Team, Internal Communications, Reward, centres of HR excellence to support evolving People narrative and objectives.
• Facilitate the talent and development lifecycle.

We need you to have...

• significant expertise in HR.
• Strong business acumen and track record of operating in a commercial operating environment.
• Experience in partnering, advising, and coaching at senior leadership level.
• Ability to influence and drive action at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong communication skills – story telling, delivery of compelling messages, clear articulation of a vision both written and orally.
• Effective change management ability and a sound understanding of dealing with change in large organisations.
• Knowledge of HR functional areas such as employee / union relations, talent and performance management, and rewards.
• Skills in organisation design, capability development and workforce planning.
• Strong understanding of current and emerging HR best practices and legislation and how this can be leverage.
• Proven ability to balance and manage strategic fit between people resources and initiatives with overall business strategy and goals.
• Delivery, analysis and interpretation skills.

It's a bonus if you have, but not essential..

• CIPD qualified to Chartered member.
• External insights and networks relevant to the successful delivery of the role.
• Knowledge of Financial Services
• Knowledge and experience of working in an organisation that has integrated with another.

Red Hot Rewards..

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year.
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt.
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness.
• And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out.

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Applications Close 19 Dec 2024 (11.55pm GMT)