People Partner

Acorns Children's Hospice are now looking for a People Partner to provide professional HR advice and direction to managers, ensuring that they are taking a proactive approach to people management.

About the Role

At Acorns Children’s Hospice we offer specialist palliative care and support for children and their families across the West Midlands. We are there wherever and whenever they need us, in the hospice, community and at home. 

As People Partner, you will:

• Be a key expert on employee relations matters
• Manage a team of three People Team Administrators 
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by collaborating with managers to embed behavioural competencies
• Support managers and teams to ensure high standard of performance
• Promote and implement the well-being strategy across teams

About You

• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience
• Generalist HR experience across a variety of sectors
• Experience of delivering change initiatives and managing performance
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation

What We Offer

• £33,000 to £39,000
• 37 hours per week
• Hybrid working with travel to sites
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Employee gym discount scheme
• Bike-to-Work scheme
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 13 December 2024

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@acorns.org.uk

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?