Job ref: 213367
TPR grade: R&O 6 – Principal
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2 trillion of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, with regular attendance in our Brighton office to connect with colleagues across the business.
Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a People Business Partner to join our People Directorate at an exciting time of transformation across the organisation. In this role, you will be pivotal in partnering with your assigned Directorate to develop the strategic People Plan, advising, coaching, and supporting across a range of people/human resource (HR) matters and driving positive cultural change in alignment with our Corporate Strategy.
Our organisation is undergoing significant transformation to better protect savers, enhance the pension system, and support innovation in the interests of savers. This includes aligning our structure to our strategic priorities and essential functions, investing in our people, improving our systems, and creating new regulatory directorates. These changes will enable us to be more market-focused, closer to developments in the pensions market, and positively influence change as it unfolds.
As People Business Partner, you will work collaboratively with HR Centres of Expertise, including Employee Relations (ER), Reward, Programmes, Learning and Development (L&D) and, Talent Acquisition and Succession, to deliver a seamless customer experience back to the organisation. This will enable you to fully partner with leaders and people managers, developing strategic People Plans that drive great outcomes through the lens of the People and Culture Strategy.
Responsibilities
As People Business Partner, you’ll be responsible for:
- Strategic partnering: Collaborate closely with Executive Committee leaders (ExCo), managers, and teams within the organisation, delivering effective people solutions, including resource forecasting, organisational development, and workforce, skills, and capability planning.
- Relationship building: Foster productive relationships with leaders and people managers at all levels to support their development and that of their teams.
- Collaboration: Partner and collaborate with your People Directorate colleagues to enable the delivery of a seamless HR service to the business.
- Coaching and mentoring: Provide coaching and mentoring on people issues to your assigned area.
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI): Champion the organisation’s diversity and equal opportunities approach and practices.
- Project direction: Offer direction on people, culture, and organisation projects where required.
- Data utilisation: Use data and MI to measure, track, and evaluate the effectiveness of the People Plan and interventions.
- Change advocacy: Be a strong advocate for People change and improvement, including the People and Culture Strategy and EDI Strategy.
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Proven track record and experience of working as a generalist People/HR Business Partner.
- Experience managing a variety of stakeholders at all levels, through all areas of the employee lifecycle.
- Evidence of influencing People Plans and driving good people outcomes.
- Experience working at a strategic, tactical, and operational level within an HR function, delivering to the wider organisation.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to use data and insight to translate into action.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to manage own workload, prioritise, and make professional judgment-based decisions.
Desirable
- CIPD level 7 or currently working towards it.
Person specification
- Committed to Business Partnering and adding real business value.
- Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to engage successfully at all levels of the business.
- Transformational mindset and a dedication to delivering sustainable change.
- A drive for continuous improvement and personal development.
- A strong collaborator with a sense of a one team approach.
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary between £56,498 and £72,193, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 213367 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention and development of people with disabilities and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
TPR is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
Whilst it is our aim to respond to all applicants, if you have not heard from us within 21 days of the advert closing, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Specific feedback will only be provided if you have attended an interview or assessment.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.