About this role
Vencora Business Unit:
Job Summary: The People Business Partner is a trusted, hands-on partner who managers and employees rely on to resolve complex employee relations issues, build manager capability, secure quality hires and strengthen the People & Culture foundations — data, policy, compliance and ways of working — while helping to embed a positive, inclusive culture where colleagues feel supported, listened to and able to perform at their best. This role carries real ownership and decision-making authority in its own areas and is designed as a genuine development pathway toward Head of People & Culture. Alongside core operational ownership, the People Business Partner will be deliberately stretched into strategic exposure — supporting workforce planning, M&A due diligence and integrations and SLT reporting — to build the strategic capability the next step in their career requires.
Job Description: 1. Manager Coaching & Leadership Capability
• Act as a trusted coach and sounding board to line managers on people leadership, performance and team dynamics.
• Upskill managers on giving honest, timely feedback and having the right development conversations throughout the year.
• Identify recurring capability gaps across managers and design targeted interventions to close them.
• Role-model SSP UK&I's BUILD values in every manager interaction. 2. Employee Relations & People Risk
• Own complex ER casework end-to-end, balancing pace with procedural rigour and applying the correct local employment law.
• Assess and escalate people risk promptly and accurately, with clear recommendations.
• Draft and quality-check case documentation, settlement terms and correspondence with precision.
• Build managers' confidence and skill in handling difficult conversations. 3. Recruitment, Resourcing & Onboarding
• Own end-to-end recruitment for allocated business areas.
• Partner with hiring managers to define genuine role and capability needs.
• Continuously improve onboarding so new hires are productive quickly.
• Contribute to SSP UU&I's Employee Value Proposition and employer brand. 4. People Operations, Policy & Compliance
• Support accurate, audit-ready personnel records and correct Workday usage as the single source of truth.
• Ensure day-to-day practice complies with GDPR and relevant employment legislation.
• Produce accurate regular and ad hoc People & Culture reports.
• Support audits and people due diligence data-gathering for M&A activity. 5. Talent & Performance Support
• Coordinate talent management and performance review cycles for allocated business areas.
• Support managers in identifying and developing high-potential talent and internal successors.
• Track and follow up on performance improvement plans to a clear, fair conclusion.
• Feed insight from casework and performance data back into the wider People Plan. 6. Strategic Development & Deputisation
• Take a defined workstream in workforce planning or organisational design projects.
• Support people due diligence for M&A transactions.
• Support the integration of newly acquired or onboarded businesses into SSP.
• Deputise for the Head of People & Culture in select internal meetings and SLT reporting.
• Build a personal development plan targeted at Head of People & Culture readiness. 7. Employee Engagement & SSP Connects
• Chair and lead the quarterly SSP Connects forum.
• Act as forum secretariat, including agenda, nominations, minutes and action tracking.
• Publish timely “You said, we did” updates with Internal Communications.
• Use engagement insight to shape the People Plan and flag issues early.
• Partner with the SSP Cares lead to deliver the engagement, wellbeing and recognition calendar.
Worker Type: Regular
Number of Openings Available: 1