People, Culture & Development Partner – HR Department
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Katharine House Business Centre, Stafford
Hours: 30 per week / 4 or 5 days Monday to Friday
Application deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 – however may close earlier if over subscribed
Interview: First stage Teams interview followed by face to face
Job reference: Please state title of role on application
We are Katharine House Hospice, and we’re dedicated to providing compassionate care to people in our community affected by progressive illnesses. Everyone here plays an integral role in making this possible.
We value people – so much so, it’s one of our three key values as a charity.
We believe that our people are the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every individual feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive. We are seeking passionate individuals who share our values of People, Innovation and Excellence. If this sounds like you, then please get in touch.
Purpose and impact
The People, Culture & Development Partner (PCODP) will play a pivotal role in supporting the development and delivery of the People Strategy that aligns with our organisational goals. This is a true people partnering role, with a broad remit covering all aspects of organisational development including learning and development.
This position is designed for someone with strong communication skills, a deep understanding of HR practices including learning and development or talent development and a passion for cultivating an inclusive and high-performance work culture.
The PCP will work closely with managers and teams to drive employee engagement, leadership development, talent management, and organisational effectiveness.
Part of the team
The role reports directly to the Director for People (DfP), working in close partnership with the People Shared Services Manager and the organisational management and leadership team.
This role will also have line management responsibility for 2 learning and development coordinators.
Core Responsibilities
Talent Management
* Support the talent acquisition process, by supporting managers to recruit top talent for their teams, developing tools and guidance to aid better recruitment.
* Lead the organisational learning strategy to develop internal workforce for the future, including all statutory and mandatory training, apprenticeships and manager development initiatives.
* Work with managers to identify top talent, creating individual development plans to aid career progression and organisational succession planning.
* Identify key trends in ‘leavers’ and develop strategies to aid retention.
* Building and developing competency frameworks to aid talent development and business succession.
* Aid the creation and development of the onboarding process to enable better candidate attraction and retention.
* In conjunction with the PSSM and DfP, design, develop and implement a volunteering strategy to enable better attraction and management of volunteers within the organisation.
* Reviewing and collating our current workforce skills base, devising strategies to develop these to meet future needs, whilst ensuring that skills are allocated in the right places.
Projects
* To lead on HR or People related projects with key stakeholders, including HRIS.
Organisational Design
* Understand and review existing structures and systems in order to recommend and implement change to organisational ways of working to ensure better alignment to organisational goals and our values.
* Supporting organisational leaders during organisation change initiatives, ensuring that change is managed effectively and in line with our culture.
Policy Development
* Proactively participate in the review and development of policies, ensuring that these align to organisational culture and goals, and are operationally effective.
Performance Management
* Devise new modern methods of ‘talking performance’ which are based around continuous, forward focused conversations.
* Develop a new process for proactive performance management, ensuring equal focus on individual performance and our values and behavioural framework.
Culture, Engagement & EDI
* Shape and promote a healthy working environment, organising and embedding health and wellbeing initiatives for the organisation.
* Drive a positive and proactive culture within the organisation, developing new strategies for continuous improvement and engagement, in line with our values and behaviours framework.
* Lead on our EDI strategy and implementation plan, working with key stakeholders to ensure that EDI becomes an integral part of everything that we do within the organisation.
* Embed and review our values and behavioural frameworks, ensuring these are threaded throughout all ‘people’ aspects.
Reporting & Analytics
* Build, use and develop data reporting to aid organisational decision making, working with stakeholders to develop their knowledge and use of the same.
* Prepare and analyse People reports, providing organisational insight into key trends and patterns, as well as People Strategy performance.
Compliance & Committee
* Prepare reports for organisational People committees and forums.
Other
* This list is not exhaustive as the role will continue to evolve with the organisational needs.
Skills and experience
What are we looking for?
Willingness to:
* Travel occasionally to our other local sites to support managers and employees, using own vehicle
Need to have:
* CIPD Level 7 or Equivalent or working towards
* Experience in a similar generalist business partner role
* Experience in talent management and organisational design
* Experience in designing and delivering strategies desirable
* Experience of delivering EDI initiatives
* Learning and development experience / LMS or similar
* Experience of working with senior leadership stakeholders
* Access to own vehicle for occasional travel
* Experience of operating all Microsoft packages confidently, including teams, forms and spreadsheets. HRIS essential.
Need to demonstrate:
* Effective communication
* Ability to influence
* Leadership and integrity
* Confident to challenge the status quo
* Continuous improvement & innovation
* Data proficient and data led
* Dealing with change
* Results focused
* Positivity in the face of adversity
* Flexibility & adaptability
* Ownership and accountability
* Project management
What we offer
* Flexible working
Flexibility on hours and days available
* Working from home
One day per week potential to work from home after initial period
* Annual leave
33 days per annum, which includes bank holidays (pro rata for part time), increasing after five and 10 years’ service.
* Pension scheme
We match contributions up to 7% to a NEST scheme. If you’re currently contributing to the NHS pension scheme you can continue to do so.
* Death in service benefit
Reassurance should the worst happen. 2 x salary to your family.
* Employee assistance programme
Providing support for your wellbeing.
* Training and development opportunities
Continuous learning and professional growth.
* Occupational sick pay
Support during times of illness.
* Healthcare cash benefit plan
Contributory plan to help cover health-related expenses.
* Free on-site parking
Join us and make a difference
If you’re passionate about people and want to contribute to a mission that matters, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and help us continue to provide exceptional care and support to those who need it most.
If you’d like to know more about this role, without commitment, please contact the HR department on 01785 218257 .
The closing date is Friday, 18 July 2025, however we may close this advert earlier subject to response rates.
If you require any reasonable adjustment to participate in this process, please do not hesitate to contact HR on the number above.
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