School/Department Human Resources & Development
Based at Cranfield Campus, Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Hours of work 24 hours per week, normally worked Monday to Friday. Flexible working will be considered.
Contract type Permanent
Salary Full time starting salary is normally in the range of £44,001 to £49,048 per annum, per rota, with potential progression up to £61,309 per annum per rota (24 hours per week)
Apply by 08/08/2022

Role Description

We are a University with ambitious and distinctive characteristics and welcome applications from passionate HR professionals to join our community.

About the Role

At this exciting point in our journey, as we embark on the delivery of a new Corporate Plan which is designed to raise our ambition and enhance the distinctiveness of our University through our people, we are seeking a new Senior HR Business Partner for our prestigious School of Management.  This ’embedded partner’ role will have the unique ability to influence the achievement of our people strategy and make a real impact on our staff and student experience through becoming a member of the Leadership Team in the School of Management. 

About You

You do not need to have university sector experience, and we welcome applications from individuals who are able to influence and partner successfully with a range of stakeholders. You will be a senior HR generalist who is MCIPD qualified, or equivalent experience, with demonstrable experience of making an impact at a senior level. You will have successfully influenced leadership teams and have managed change initiatives via an intellectually astute and commercially aware approach. You will enjoy the challenge of aligning your work with the strategic goals of a key business unit. This role is hands on and will have a component of operational delivery too.  Reporting to the Head of HR Operations & Resourcing, you will be supported by a HR Business Partner and a range of centralised university services.

About Us

As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here. You can find out more about the School of Management here.

This embedded SHRBP role forms part of the HR and Development professional service.  We are about to embark on a refreshed people strategy in line with our new corporate plan and the successful Senior HR Business  Partner will play an instrumental role in this.

Our Values and Commitments

We recognise and value the different perspectives that diversity and equitable practice can bring to our working, learning and research community. We therefore positively encourage expressions of interest from those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, disability and other protected characteristics who are currently underrepresented at Cranfield.

Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.

We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. Find out about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme.

Working Arrangements

Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.