Location
Bloomsbury, London (Hybrid) - Minimum 3 days per week on-site

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£44,876 per annum

About the Role
Are you a proactive HR professional who loves finding practical solutions, building trusted relationships and putting people at the heart of what you do? Are you curious about how the Museum works, confident asking great questions and willing to challenge thinking to help others find better solutions? We're looking for two Associate People Partners to join our People & Culture team. These are new positions ideal for individuals who enjoy variety, thrive on managing multiple priorities and want to develop their career in People partnering.

You'll work closely with managers and leaders across the Museum as a trusted source of practical, thoughtful and solution-focused advice. From helping managers navigate employee relations issues to supporting organisational change, workforce planning and wider People projects, no two days are likely to be the same.

At the heart of this role is building great relationships and helping managers find the right way forward. You'll manage your own portfolio of complex employee relations casework, helping deliver fair, proportionate and people-focused outcomes. You'll know when to take ownership, when to challenge thinking and when an issue needs to be escalated. You'll be resourceful in working through ambiguity, exploring options and helping managers move forward even when there isn't an obvious answer.

Working alongside our People Business Partners, you'll also:
- Build trusted relationships with managers and leaders, providing clear, pragmatic and confident advice.
- Balance the needs of our people and the organisation, keeping fairness, inclusion and employee experience at the centre of your approach.
- Support organisational change, consultations, workforce planning and recruitment activity, helping managers and teams navigate uncertainty and embrace the unknown.
- Use People data and trends to spot emerging issues and identify opportunities to improve how we work.
- Contribute ideas, challenge existing ways of working and help us continuously improve our People practices.

This is a great opportunity to elevate your HR career, building on your proven advisory and employee relations experience while developing into a true People Partner. You'll have the opportunity to take greater ownership, broaden your experience and develop your coaching and influencing skills, while working alongside a supportive team of experienced People Business Partners and colleagues across the wider People & Culture team who share ideas, learn from each other and work together to find the best way forward.

Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference: helping managers become better people leaders, supporting colleagues through important moments in their working lives and contributing to a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture. If you're curious, collaborative, comfortable with challenge and motivated by finding practical solutions that put people first, we'd love to hear from you.

Experience
Proven advisory and employee relations experience, with the ability to manage complex casework and provide practical, solution-focused advice.

About you
Confident in taking ownership, anticipating issues, identifying options and managing risk.
Empathetic and fair, able to have honest conversations and make sound decisions.
Skilled at establishing credibility quickly and developing positive working relationships with a wide range of people.
Comfortable advising, coaching and appropriately challenging managers and senior stakeholders.
Organised, resilient and able to remain calm when juggling competing priorities.

Qualifications
Relevant HR qualifications or equivalent experience are desirable to support your development as a People Partner.