People and Culture Business Partner

Summary: The People and Culture Business Partner at Carallon will play a crucial role in fostering a positive working culture by building relationships with employees and leaders, particularly within the Research and Development department. This position involves providing expert advice, leading improvement projects, and supporting line managers to enhance employee performance and satisfaction. The role also includes responsibilities in recruitment, training, and policy development, contributing to the company's strategic objectives as a certified B Corp. The ideal candidate will have experience in a technology environment and a strong understanding of people management best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop strong working relationships with line managers, meeting regularly to advise and coach on employee issues
• Provide analysis and information to inform data dashboards, regular reports and workforce development plans
• Drive a culture of positive performance, through engagement and talent management
• Take a lead role in embedding departmental skills matrices and mapping career pathways, to provide opportunities to develop potential talent
• Undertake casework, including leading investigations, and facilitating informal resolution of disciplinary and performance concerns
• Co-ordinate recruitment and talent management for the department, including recruitment events, with the support of the wider People and Culture team
• Design, deliver and co-ordinate training to small groups, with a focus on managerial skills
• Provide solutions to training and development needs, identifying appropriate external providers where required
• Assess current and future management capability – informing company strategy and structure
• Be an active participant in company-wide People and Culture programmes
• Contribute to the achievement of the People and Culture strategic objectives related to employee satisfaction, and our commitments as a certified B Corp
• Contribute to the review and development of company policies and procedures

Key Skills:

• Ability to build trust and depth among specialist technology leaders
• Demonstrable experience working at Business Partner or Senior Advisor level
• Understanding of People and Culture best practice, employment law and effective people management approaches
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adjust for your audience
• Confidence in problem solving and conflict resolution skills, able to influence and explain complex or sensitive subjects
• Experience of working in an engineering or technology environment
• Designed and maintained skills matrices or programmes to identify and develop career potential
• Commitment to delivering complex programmes, engaging key people across specialisms
• Analytical and reporting skills, enabling tracking of employee and project performance
• Highest standards of confidentiality and discretion, handling sensitive information
• Act as fair and neutral people professional, capable of co-ordinating investigations as part of casework
• CIPD Level 5 or above, or equivalent

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Chiswick

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other