Associate HR Business Partner

at  Kings College London

Job id: 105665. Salary: Grade 6 - Salary £44,105 - £51,485 including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 28 January 2025. Closing date: 12 February 2025.
Business unit: Human Resources. Department: HR Business Partnering.
Contact details: Alana Kenny.
Location: Lavington Street, London. Category: Professional & Support Services.
About Us:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the HR Business Partnering team at King’s College London. Working in a proactive and advisory space, supporting managers and our staff with their people matters.
At King’s, Business Partners are the front face of HR, responsible for working with the Directorates and Faculties to align our vision and our people. Working with dedicated client groups, they act as a trusted partner, providing support and guidance on a full range of people matters.
About the Role:
The Associate HR Business Partner (HRBP) will support the Senior HRBP by playing a key role in providing HR support to a range of stakeholders across their client groups.
As an Associate HRBP, you’ll be responsible for leading on employee relations casework for your client groups, providing advice and guidance to managers on a range of formal and informal ER matters. You will need a strong understanding of employment law and best practice as well as the ability to assess risk and act commercially in advising on these matters.
Alongside managing ER matters, you’ll work alongside the Senior HRBP to implement local and university-wide people initiatives, provide advice and guidance on HR matters to stakeholders and support on cross team initiatives and projects.
The role is hybrid, with a minimum two days in the office, and the role holder will be expected to attend the office in Lavington Street (Southwark) as well as travelling to other King’s campuses in line with business needs.
This is a full time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About You:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. Demonstrable experience of managing a range of HR and employee relations issues within a large complex organization.
2. Up to date knowledge of employment law and employment practice, with a sound judgement in HR and ER matters.
3. Experience of taking risk based / commercial approach to advice provided around HR matters.
4. Experience of managing a variety of ER case work and advising managers on a full range of employee relations issues.
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at a range of different levels.
6. Well organised, with the ability to prioritise effectively and deal calmly with deadlines and competing priorities.
7. Able to work on own initiative, with good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
Desirable criteria
1. Experience of working in a large, complex environment.
2. Experience of working in a unionised environment.
3. Experience confidently managing a high volume of cases in a large organisation.
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