HR Business Partner
Do you have significant HR experience, with an ability to build strong partner relationships, and a track record of resolving key people issues through advice to managers? Can you manage your own workload, taking personal responsibility for progressing people activities?
We are recruiting for an experienced HR Business Partner to partner with managers and heads of department on all people matters in specific areas of the charity.
What does this job do?
Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, the successful candidate will:
- build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders in specific areas within the charity, acting as a trusted partner for HR related advice.
- develop a thorough understanding of partnered areas including departmental objectives, role and team structures, and key people issues.
- provide tailored HR advice and guidance, using metrics and data to spot trends and identify risks and areas of opportunity.
- manage informal and formal employee relations cases to successful resolution
- work closely with specialist teams in HR to improve people practices.
Could this be you?
Ideally qualified to CIPD level 7 (or with equivalent experience), you will have previously worked in a similar role and will have a proven track record of resolving key people issues through a thorough understanding of departmental activities, and tailoring advice to managers. You will have significant experience in successfully resolving a wide variety of complex ER issues with the ability to build and maintain strong partner relationships, as well as also the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to diverse audiences.
This is a hybrid role with 2 days per week in a Dogs Trust centre in the North, or in the London office.
Interviews will take place on 10th and 11th December 2025.
Interviews will take place on 10th and 11th December 2025.
About the team
The People team is a growing team of over 40 friendly, hardworking colleagues delivering a first-class service to the organisation and its 1,600+ employees in more than 70 workplaces. We work across all HR activities including recruitment, pay and benefits, payroll, learning and development and employee engagement, as well as providing pragmatic and principled guidance on people issues.
About Dogs Trust
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
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