Lead people partner

About the role

We’re looking for a Lead people partner to play a pivotal role within our People Team, supporting the Head of people partnering to deliver high-impact, strategic people partnerships across Sense.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a confident HR leader to influence organisational strategy, drive transformational change, and shape workforce capability. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing expert guidance on complex people matters, and leading our HR and ER Managers to deliver a consistently high-quality service.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver a proactive, high-quality strategic people partnering service to senior leaders.
• Act as a trusted advisor on complex people matters.
• Lead and coach HR and ER Managers, ensuring consistency and excellence across the team.
• Support organisational development and change initiatives, ensuring effective communication and engagement.
• Lead strategic workforce planning, talent management and succession planning.
• Champion equity, diversity and inclusion across all partnered areas.
• Use people data and insights to shape decisions and influence strategy.

About you

You’ll be an experienced, people-focused HR professional who can confidently balance strategic influence with operational leadership.

Essential requirements:

• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Substantial experience in a senior HR business partner or people partnering role within a complex organisation.
• Proven ability to operate as a trusted strategic advisor to senior and executive leaders.
• Strong track record in leading organisational change, workforce planning, and talent initiatives.
• Expert knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice, with sound judgement and a pragmatic approach.

Desirable:

• Experience in the charity, not-for-profit or social care sector.
• Experience leading organisation-wide people projects or acting as a subject-matter expert in a specialist HR area.

About Sense

We believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Sense is proud to be a disability confident leader .

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

If you share these values and want to lead a function that helps a truly meaningful organisation deliver more impact, we’d love to hear from you.

To apply

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your application to shortlist candidates for interview, in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the job description and person specification before applying.

Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.

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• Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
• For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented Global Majority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
  
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Interested?

If you share our passion for inclusion and want to use your HR expertise to help shape the future of Sense, we’d love to hear from you.