Join our team as a People Partner
Location: Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh
Grade: Grade 6
Reports to: People Partner Manager
Are you an experienced HR professional, who is passionate about driving organisational change and supporting strategic objectives? Do you excel in leading on transformation and effectiveness initiatives and seek to make a meaningful impact? If so, we invite you to join our dedicated team at Edinburgh Napier University.
What You'll Do
* Partner with Schools and Professional Service leadership teams to support the delivery of their vision and strategic direction.
* Use data to identify people priorities and trends, and to influence solutions and drive decision-making.
* Work closely with key stakeholders on succession planning to ensure that talent strategies align to business needs and that retention and pipeline risks are identified and mitigated.
* Lead on workforce planning to ensure appropriate structures, headcount and roles, that contracts are suitable for the business needs and workforce capability is maximised.
* Drive organisation design and change initiatives which deliver operating models that support the achievement of the university objectives.
* Collaborate with key stakeholders, coaching and supporting on people management approaches, on resolving people challenges and on optimising performance.
* Endorse and steer engagement improvement activities.
What We're Looking For
* An experienced HR Business Partner or Consultant able to establish strong trusted relationships with senior leaders.
* Proven ability to drive change and manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
* Extensive experience in operating model design and organisational effectiveness and transformation.
* Well-developed analytical skills, with the ability to respond to challenges and to implement initiatives to support the achievement of strategic goals.
* Team-oriented mindset and a passion for developing a positive workplace culture.
* Experience of developing and implementing strategies to support workforce and succession planning.
* Resilience with excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
Why Join Us?
At Edinburgh Napier University, we value innovation, collaboration, and excellence. You'll be part of a team that is dedicated to making a significant impact on our university community. If you're ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role, apply now and help us shape the future of our institution!
Our Excellent Benefits Package
At ENU, we offer a great working environment where we support ambition, recognise achievement, and offer other excellent benefits including:
* Minimum of 41 days annual leave (including 10 fixed holidays).
* A generous pension scheme (employer contribution of 17.6%).
* 35 hour work week.
* Nationally agreed pay increases each year.
* Various learning and development opportunities.
* Access to our benefits platform Vivup which includes a huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers, health care discounts and Cycle to Work.
* Discounted access to onsite and local gym facilities.
Salary: £45,413 - £57,422 per annum (Grade 6)
Additional Information
The closing date for this position is 11.59pm on 07 April 2025.
Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on several factors specific to the successful applicant.
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