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People Partner (6-month Fixed Term Contract)

Supporting Our Teams to Deliver Exceptional Care

Closing date:  23 March 2026

Interview date: 31 March 2026

Location: Hybrid working with multi-site working
across both sites, Selly Park and Erdington

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £37,629-£45,908

DBS: Basic

 

At Birmingham Hospice, our teams are united by a shared purpose: to improve the quality of life for people living with life-limiting conditions, and to support their families and loved ones during some of the most challenging times they will ever face.

We’re now looking for an experienced and enthusiastic People Partner to help strengthen and shape the way we support our people.

If you’re passionate about using your HR expertise to deliver people-focused solutions, drive forward effective people strategies, and collaborate across teams to create positive change, we’d love to hear from you.

In this generalist role, you’ll take the lead on:

  • Providing high-quality, pragmatic employee relations advice
  • Coaching managers through a wide range of people issues
  • Using people analytics to inform decision-making
  • Designing and delivering effective learning and development interventions
  • Getting involved in a variety of meaningful and exciting people projects

You’ll partner with dedicated areas of the hospice, building strong relationships quickly and becoming a trusted advisor. You’ll bring confidence, credibility, excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence at all levels.

If this sounds like you, we’d be delighted to receive your application.

What We’re Looking For:

Educated to CIPD Level 5 or equivalent, or specialist underpinning theoretical knowledge supported by considerable relevant practical experience and evidence of continuous professional development

  • Significant experience of delivering a high-quality People customer service within a complex and diverse organisation
  • Up to date knowledge of employment legislation, case law, HR best practice and it’s practical application, including learning and development

What we offer in return:

 The opportunity to be part of an amazing growing charity

  • Competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement
  • Wellbeing programmes, Reward Gateway retail discounts & financial tools
  • The opportunity to develop and grow your HR career within the charity sector

For further information or an informal chat, please email: sally.morton@birminghamhospice.org.uk

For more information, please read the job description.

"The team and colleagues are all very supportive and we really see the difference we can make."

SallySally, People Team Manager at Birmingham Hospice, has worked here for seven years.

“I love my job as it’s very varied – one day I can be meeting our new starters at our induction day, another day I can be supporting a wellbeing event and then on another day I can be testing our HR and Payroll system as part of an upgrade. There are lots of opportunities to get involved.

“The team and colleagues are all very supportive and we really see the difference we can make in the People Team to our colleagues, volunteers and the patients we support.”

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.

We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.

Our Values

Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.

Kindness
Togetherness
Positivity
Openness
Respect
Innovation