Strategic HR Partner

Job Introduction

At BPP, part of the Lyceum Education Group, our dedicated HR team play a vital role in enabling colleagues to deliver exceptional experiences for our students and clients alike. We recognise that our people are fundamental to our success and are at the heart of everything we do.

As we continue to grow, transform and embrace new ways of working, we’re looking for two experienced and commercially minded Strategic HR Partners to join our team. Working closely with senior leaders across the organisation, you'll help shape and deliver people strategies that support ambitious business goals, organisational performance and long-term success.

These newly created roles will complement our existing HR team, operating at a strategic level, with a progressive and commercially focused remit. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing business performance through strategic workforce planning, organisational design, talent strategy, succession planning, and cultural transformation.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about helping businesses succeed through their people and thrives in a strategic partnering environment.

What you’ll be doing

In this role you will report directly to the UK HR Director and be responsible for:

• Partnering with senior leaders to align people strategy with business priorities, growth plans and organisational performance.
• Acting as a trusted adviser, coach and challenger, influencing decision-making through insight, data and commercial understanding.
• Developing workforce strategies that support business growth, productivity and evolving ways of working.
• Leading workforce planning activities, identifying future capability needs, critical roles and succession risks.
• Using workforce analytics, market intelligence and business insight to shape strategic people decisions.
• Leading organisational design and role design initiatives to ensure structures and capabilities support business objectives.
• Driving organisational effectiveness by improving workforce utilisation, management capability and decision-making.
• Supporting major transformation programmes, including AI adoption, operating model change and workforce redesign.
• Coaching leaders through change, helping maintain engagement, performance and organisational trust.
• Leading succession planning discussions and strengthen leadership pipelines for key and future-critical roles.
• Championing culture, engagement and inclusion initiatives that create high-performing teams and support long-term organisational success.

What we’re looking for

To be successful in this role you will need to have a proven track record in the following areas:

• Significant HR business partnering experience, ideally in a complex, matrixed, commercial, education, professional services or people-led organisation.
• Proven experience operating at a senior strategic level around workforce planning, organisation design, transformation, leadership capability or complex change activity.
• Ability to build strong and successful working relationships with senior and executive leaders, providing coaching, insight, constructive challenge and trusted advice.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to interpret business, financial, operational and workforce data.
• Good understanding of workforce trends, future skills, AI-enabled change, organisation effectiveness, leadership capability and employee engagement.
• Ability to balance commercial priorities, employee experience and organisational risk.
• Skilled at influencing across boundaries and connecting business leaders with HR Delivery, Organisational Development, Reward, Talent, Internal Communications and other specialist People teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues for senior stakeholders.
• Experience in working on integration of acquisitions would be advantageous.

Why work for BPP?

We know that work is just one part of your life. That is why we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your wellbeing, flexibility and personal priorities, alongside your career growth. Whether it is time to recharge, support for your health, or opportunities to develop, we want you to feel supported every step of the way.

Full details of our benefits can be found here: BPP Benefits 

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS Check

As a Disability Confident employer, BPP is committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process. Candidates are encouraged to share any adjustment requirements ahead of interview so these can be considered and accommodated.

BPP part of Lyceum Education Group actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates. BPP will select candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. Please note that for those posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check in addition to BPP undertaking any necessary online searches. This is deemed appropriate and necessary from a safeguarding perspective, and in line with BPP safer recruitment practices

BPP part of Lyceum Education Group reserves the right to amend or withdraw this advertisement at any time prior to the closing date, should we receive a high volume of applications or if business needs change.