People Partner
Employer: Frontline
Location: Hybrid. If you are based in London you are required to attend the London office twice a week. If you are based outside of London, you are required to attend the London office once a month. Please note that travel to the London office is at your own expense.
Working hours: Full Time
Salary: £44,400 - £53,748 / year
Closing date: August 03, 2026
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As our People Partner within the People team you'll work alongside leaders across the organisation to build high-performing, inclusive teams, by developing confident managers and supporting them to make great people decisions.
You’ll act as a trusted adviser to managers across the full employee lifecycle, balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery. Whether supporting organisational change, recruitment, talent, employee relations or wider people projects, you'll bring sound judgement, a coaching style and a pragmatic approach to achieving great outcomes for our people and the organisation.
This is a broad, evolving role that combines business partnering, employee relations, recruitment, talent and organisational improvement. We're looking for a true generalist that enjoys variety, and can role model our organisational culture and values.Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering
Partner with managers to strengthen leadership capability, support effective decision-making and develop confident people management practices.
Provide expert, balanced and pragmatic advice on employee relations matters including absence, performance, conduct, grievances, and organisational change.
Provide proactive coaching, advice and challenge across the employee lifecycle.
Build manager capability by coaching leaders to identify and address people challenges early, preventing issues from escalating where possible.
Support managers to implement organisational change in a way that reflects our values, culture and organisational priorities
Talent Management
Develop approaches to attract, recruit and retain high-performing and diverse talent.
Ensure recruitment processes are equitable, efficient and aligned to organisational values.
Support managers to build high-performing teams through effective recruitment, performance management, talent development and succession planning.
Support the delivery of the organisation's talent strategy, helping managers identify and develop talent while planning for future workforce needs.
People strategy and improvement
Take ownership for reviewing and improving People policies, guidance and processes.
Identify themes and trends from business partnering activity and translate these into practical improvements.
Contribute to organisation-wide People initiatives and projects.
Use insight and data to inform decisions and influence stakeholders
Contribute people team priorities and projects, adapting priorities as organisational needs evolve.
Role model organisational values and act as an ambassador for the People Team
For list of full responsibilities, please see the job pack
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Experience and Knowledge
Previous experience operating in a People Partner, Senior HR Adviser role (or similar)
Experience of independently advising managers across a broad range of employee relations matters, including complex cases.
Experience partnering with managers across recruitment, workforce planning and/or talent management (desirable)
Experience of working within a mission-led, or charity context (desirable)
Demonstrable experience of using a coaching style with the ability to influence, challenge and build management capability
Good knowledge of employment law and best practice with the ability apply policy proportionately whilst balancing organisational risk
CIPD qualified (desirable)
Characteristics and Skills
Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills
Ability to understand organisational priorities and translate them into practical people solutions.
Comfortable operating autonomously, exercising professional judgment and taking ownership for outcomes
Ability to navigate ambiguity and prioritise competing demands effectively
Able to maintain professionalism and influence constructively.
Strong understanding of risk and confidence in knowing when to escalate.
Demonstrates commitment to creating inclusive and high-performing cultures.
Enjoys variety and is comfortable working in a role where priorities may evolve as the organisation grows.
Benefits
Flexible working hours
Competitive pension employer contribution
25 days annual leave + bank holidays + office closes from 25 Dec to 1 Jan
Buy up to five days annual leave a year
Interest free loan for season ticket
Personal coaching and mentoring
Cycle loan scheme
Deposit loan scheme
Volunteering days
Employee assistance programme
Life Assurance Scheme (x3 salary)
About Frontline
Over 700,000 children in England rely on the support of social workers each year. These children need and deserve the support of life-changing social work professionals who can empower them to achieve their full potential and help to break the cycle of trauma and disadvantage.
Frontline is a social work charity working to ensure that all children in England have a safe and stable home, and that their life chances are not limited by their social or family circumstance. Our mission is to create social change for these children and their families by developing excellent social work practice and leadership through our programmes, and by building a movement of leaders in social work and broader society as part of our Fellowship.
We are looking for outstanding people from a diverse range of backgrounds to join our organisation and contribute to our work to create lasting social change for children and families. We want to do this whilst striving to achieve a culture of freedom and responsibility.
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