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Job Title: People Business Partner
Location: Nationwide travel (Manchester, Birmingham, Northampton) Hybrid
About the role
We're now seeking a dynamic People Business Partner to join our prestigious Central Government business unit, partnering with the UK Government's largest security guarding workforce at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This is a unique opportunity to influence and embed people strategy across a workforce of over 3, colleagues, while leveraging your expertise in trade union relations and strategic HR leadership.
Why This Role Matters
As People Business Partner, you'll be at the heart of shaping culture, driving transformation, and empowering leaders. You'll lead a team of trainers, champion talent development, and collaborate closely with operational leadership and recognised Trade Unions to ensure our people strategy delivers real impact.You'll work hand-in-hand with unions to achieve the best outcomes for colleagues and the business alike.
Key Responsibilities
1. Translate business priorities into strategic people plans aligned with Mitie's vision.
2. Shape organisation design to enable high performance and future growth.
3. Lead and inspire a team of L&D Training Managers to deliver impactful development programmes.
4. Partner with senior leaders, providing strategic insight and constructive challenge.
5. Act as a role model for Mitie's values, representing HR at leadership level.
6. Coach leaders on talent management, cultural change, and employee engagement.
7. Empower managers to take ownership of HR responsibilities at the frontline.
8. Coordinate expertise across the wider HR team to deliver tailored solutions.
9. Drive transformation by embedding high-performance ways of working.
What We're Looking For
10. Must have proven experience in a similar strategic HR role with strong union relations expertise.
11. A track record of partnering with senior leaders to deliver people initiatives.
12. Exceptional coaching and leadership skills to inspire and develop others.
13. Strong analytical ability to turn data into actionable insights.
14. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills at all levels.
15. Experience managing direct reports and leading teams.
16. Proactive, innovative, and committed to continuous improvement.
17. Flexibility to travel nationwide.
Why Join Us?
At Mitie, you'll be part of a forward-thinking organisation where people are at the centre of everything we do. We offer a market-leading benefits package designed to suit your lifestyle, alongside opportunities to grow, innovate, and make a lasting impact.
If you're a strategic HR professional with union expertise and a passion for driving organisational success, this is your chance to shape the future of one of the UK's most important workforces.
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Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .