Senior People Partner supporting Academy Associates and ensuring engagement and performance in tech career paths. Collaborating with leadership and client partners to enhance learner outcomes and commercial success.
Responsibilities
Partnering with leaders and clients to drive performance
You’ll act as a trusted advisor to Academy leadership and Engagement Leads, helping translate business goals into people strategies that drive engagement, retention and performance.
You’ll also work closely with client partners where Associates are deployed, ensuring strong relationships, clear expectations and positive outcomes for both the Associate and the customer.
Using people data, insights and trends, you’ll help leaders make informed decisions that support learner success while protecting the commercial performance and reputation of the Academy.
Shaping the Associate experience
You’ll play a key role in shaping the experience of our Academy Associates across the entire lifecycle.
From onboarding and deployment to development and progression, you’ll ensure Associates feel supported, connected and set up to succeed in both the Academy environment and within client organisations.
This means balancing the needs of the individual, the client and the business, ensuring the experience works commercially as well as culturally.
Leading employee relations and managing risk
You’ll act as the senior point of expertise for complex employee relations matters across the Academy population, managing cases with professionalism, credibility and sound judgement.
Working closely with Engagement Leads and Academy leadership, you’ll coach and support managers to confidently address people challenges early, helping protect both employee experience and commercial outcomes.
Driving engagement, performance and wellbeing
The Academy is a high-energy, fast-moving environment. You’ll design and deliver engagement initiatives that strengthen connection, inclusion and belonging across Associate cohorts.
You’ll also work with leaders to proactively address retention, attendance and performance challenges, ensuring Associates remain engaged and able to deliver strong outcomes for our clients.
Requirements
Experience operating as a Senior People Partner or People Lead in a fast-paced environment
A strong track record of managing complex employee relations cases with confidence and credibility
Experience working closely with senior stakeholders and customer-facing teams
Exposure to apprenticeship, training, or train-and-deploy business models
Strong stakeholder management and coaching capability
Solid knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
The ability to balance employee experience, risk and commercial outcomes
Comfort operating both strategically and hands-on
Benefits
Annual Leave: Enjoy up to 30 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays, your birthday off, and a Christmas closure period.
Hybrid Working Model: We work 3 days a week from our London office, with 2 weeks per year to work from anywhere, whether that’s by the beach, in the countryside, or closer to family.
Annual Company Ski Trip: Hit the slopes with the team, our all-company ski trip is open to everyone.
Wellness Perks: We subsidise your gym membership to help you stay active and energised, and offer weekly in-office massages for a midweek recharge.
Mental Health Support: Access to professional support and resources to help you prioritise your wellbeing.
Enhanced Maternity Pay: We provide enhanced maternity packages to support you through life’s important milestones.
Incentives & Socials: Regular team socials, performance incentives, and rewards to celebrate your success.
Private Health & Dental Discounts: Take advantage of discounted private healthcare and dental plans, because your health matters.
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