HR Business Partner

Overview

We are seeking two strategically minded and experienced HR Business Partners to join our dynamic People team. This is a pivotal role within the college, partnering with senior leaders, academic departments, and business support teams to deliver a forward-thinking, data informed people strategy. You will provide both strategic and operational HR support, championing best practice and helping to drive initiatives that foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture.

Salary : £45,558 - £46,598 per annum

Hours per week : 37

Weeks per Annum : 52

Working pattern : Monday - Friday

Location : Abingdon Campus

Contract type : Permanent

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted partner to senior leaders and managers, offering expert guidance on all aspects of people management aligned with the college's strategic objectives.
• Lead and manage complex employee relations cases, ensuring a fair, consistent, and legally compliant approach.
• Drive talent acquisition and retention strategies, supporting recruitment and development of both curriculum and support staff.
• Identify learning and development needs and collaborate on the design of effective internal development initiatives.
• Support workforce planning and resource allocation in collaboration with departmental leaders.
• Provide advice and support through periods of organisational change, including restructures and staff transitions.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and internal policy, advising on practical implications and updates.
• Use workforce data and metrics to inform decision-making and continuous improvement in people practices.
• Promote staff wellbeing, equity, diversity, and inclusion across the college.

Essential Experience

Desirable Experience

Why Work with us

Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle / tech scheme and much more.

Closing date : 31st August 2025 (Midnight)

AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.

Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the \"News\" and \"Images\" tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young / vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College's reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the adverts should we receive a sufficient level of interest!

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