People and Culture Partner

People and Culture Partner  

Bedford (Hybrid) 

From £40,000 per annum  

Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months 

Full Time (37 Hours per week) 

As a People & Culture Partner you'll be at the forefront of shaping our colleagues’ experience. You will help drive a culture that’s driven by our values: We Are Ambitious, We Take Responsibility, We Show Empathy and We Are Better Together. 

Reporting to the Director of Communications & Engagement, you will partner with managers and work with colleagues to make bpha a great place to work 

What you will be doing:  

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  Health & Wellbeing - Lead initiatives to improve colleagues physical, financial, social, and mental wellbeing, aligned with bpha’s Well@Work strategic plan. 

  
  


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  Lead the Ourbpha forum consisting of colleague engagement leads to help engage colleague and help bpha become a great place to work 

  
  


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  Colleague Experience - Help to deliver our people strategy actions, fostering a positive colleague experience and inclusive culture for all. 

  
  


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  Be the conscience of colleagues and challenge where colleague experience could be better 

  
  


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  Colleague Journey - Improve the colleague journey, starting with onboarding, to improve attraction and retention rates. 

  
  


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  Reward and Benefits - Lead the Reward and Benefits working group to review our suite of benefits and make them right for bpha 

  
  


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  Recognition - Lead the Recognition working group to make sure colleagues feel valued and are recognised for their contribution 

  
  


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  Colleague voice - Lead the annual colleague engagement survey, including helping turn feedback into team and organisation-wide improvement plans. You will work with leaders and colleagues/stakeholders across the organisation to analyse data and implement positive change initiatives. 

  
  


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  Communication and Partnerships - You will work closely with the communications team, the People team and the EDI lead in developing an excellent customer experience, including wellbeing. 

  
  

We’d love to meet someone who is:  

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  Proactive, influential and visible across the business 

  
  


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  Enthusiastic and passionate about colleague experience 

  
  


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  A strong and engaging communicator 

  
  


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  Effective networker 

  
  


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  Good at analysing and using data effectively 

  
  


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  Excellent at prioritising, to deliver what’s most important 

  
  


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  Experience improving processes 

  
  


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  Passionate about championing purpose and values 

  
  


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  Strong organisational, prioritisation and time management skills 

  
  


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  High degree of IT literacy including with Word, Excel and Outlook 

  
  


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  Able to work well independently and in a team 

  
  

Amongst what we offer you is:  

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  A competitive salary from £40,000 per annum 

  
  


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  28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays  

  
  


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  A generous contributory pension scheme  

  
  


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  Private health care  

  
  


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  Free life assurance  

  
  


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  Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym  

  
  


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  Opportunities for learning and development  

  
  


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  Discounted gym membership  

  
  


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  Retail discount scheme  

  
  

Please note the successful candidate will need to complete a Basic DBS application.  

Closing date: 12th April 2025 

Interview date: To be confirmed 

We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible