Contractual hours
36
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Human Resources
Date posted
31/07/2025
Job reference
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Location: Boston Spa
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (36 hours)
Grade: SB4
Salary: £48,668 per annum
We're delighted to share a fantastic opportunity to join our People Team at the British Library
We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner with a passion for people and a drive to make a real difference. This is your chance to shape culture, support leaders, and help build a high-performing, inclusive organisation.
You'll bring strong HR generalist experience, excellent knowledge of employment law and casework management, and experience in strategic workforce planning and organisational design. You'll thrive on driving change, challenging the status quo, and supporting initiatives that advance diversity, inclusion and employee engagement.
About the role
As an HR Business Partner, you will work closely with managers and senior leaders to deliver proactive, professional HR support across a wide range of people matters. You will provide strategic input while also supporting day-to-day HR operations. You will also play a key role in driving culture change, supporting organisational development, and helping to shape the future of the organisation.
Key responsibilities include:
* Partnering with leaders to develop and deliver workforce plans
* Leading on organisational design and change management initiatives
* Providing expert advice on employment law, employee relations, and casework management
* Supporting talent management, succession planning, and leadership development
* Championing diversity, inclusion, and employee engagement
* Contributing to the development of HR policies and best practice
* Managing a small team of Senior HR and HR Advisors.
About you
We're looking for someone who:
* Thrives on driving change in culture and behaviour
* Has strong HR generalist experience and a proven track record in business partnering
* Brings excellent knowledge of employment law and casework management
* Has experience of leading organisational change and cultural transformation
* Demonstrates strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
* Is committed to diversity and inclusion
* Has the confidence to challenge existing ways of working and shape how we do things in the future
For more information, please refer to the Job Profile.
About us
We are the national library of the UK and we are here for everyone. Our shelves hold over 170 million items in a living collection that gets bigger every day. Although our roots extend back centuries, we aim to collect everything published in the UK today, tomorrow and far into the future. Our trusted experts care for this collection and open it up for everyone to spark new discoveries, ideas and to help people do incredible things.
What we can offer you:
In return, you'll join a supportive and collaborative People Team where your expertise and ideas will help shape the future of the organisation. This role offers the opportunity to work on meaningful projects, build strong relationships, and make a real impact on our people and culture.
* A competitive salary.
* A fantastic pension scheme with minimum employer contributions of 28.97% (this may be higher dependent on grade).
* Flexible working hours, with the ability to take up to 5 days flexi leave in a 3-month period.
* 25 days holiday.
* Full details of employee benefits can be found on our Careers: Benefits
Closing date: 28 September 2025
We are unable to provide sponsorship under the UK Skilled Worker visa for this role.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse candidates and disabled candidates. We would like to increase the representation of these groups within The British Library to ensure our workforce is as diverse as the public that we serve. Creating an inclusive workplace is the core of our business and a way to engage the diversity of thought that is essential to achieve our aims.