We’re Hiring: People Operations Business Partner | Hybrid (Chippenham 2 days a week)
Are you passionate about building slick, scalable, data driven people operations? Do you thrive in a role where you can blend operational excellence, people insight, and continuous improvement? If so, this could be your next move.
We’re looking for a People Operations Business Partner to join our team and help shape a fantastic employee experience. Sitting at the heart of our HR function, you’ll be the operational engine ensuring our processes, systems, and data run seamlessly while empowering leaders with clarity and insight. We are looking to recruit on a permanent basis and will consider someone 4 or 5 days a week.
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What you’ll be doing
In this role, you’ll be the go to expert for operational excellence across our people ecosystem owning key processes, optimising systems, and ensuring employees and managers get an outstanding HR service. You will:
People Operations & Service Delivery
- Lead end-to-end HR service delivery with consistency, quality, and a brilliant employee experience.
- Drive operational improvements, fix process gaps, and embed scalable ways of working.
- Lead the annual pay review & bonus cycle, ensuring data accuracy and strong governance.
- Oversee payroll inputs and vendor management, ensuring accurate, timely delivery.
- Ensure compliance with employment law, audit standards, and internal policies.
HRIS, Data & Reporting
- Own our HRIS and ensure clean, accurate, compliant people data.
- Develop dashboards & reporting that transform data into actionable insight.
- Deliver KPIs (turnover, absence, headcount, recruitment metrics) with clarity and impact.
- Analyse trends and proactively highlight risks and opportunities for improvement.
Compensation, Benefits & Payroll
- Own reward communications to help employees and managers truly understand their benefits.
- Support compensation & benefits governance, benchmarking, annual reviews, and vendor relationships.
- Partner with Finance and Payroll to ensure seamless payroll operations.
Projects & Continuous Improvement
- Lead or support key People projects including HR tech improvements, engagement cycles, career frameworks, and reward initiatives.
- Champion simplification, automation, and operational excellence across the HR team.
- Align operational processes with broader HR and business strategy.
What you’ll bring
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in People Operations with strong HR systems, data, and employee lifecycle process expertise working directly within a Human Resources, Personnel or People team
- A reward & benefits champion, confident managing pay, bonus cycles, and benchmarking.
- Data-savvy, with strong analytical skills and the ability to turn numbers into insight.
- Detail-obsessed, organised, and reliable in delivering operational cycles.
- Knowledgeable in UK employment law, governance & compliance.
- A strong communicator who builds trust with HR, Finance, IT, leaders, and external partners.