People and Culture Business Partner
Raspberry Pi Foundation, United Kingdom
Job Description
People and Culture Business Partner
Location: Cambridge, UK
Salary: 47,000 52,000* p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Permanent; full-time, part-time, or flexible
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK
The role
We are looking to appoint a People and Culture Business Partner to join our People and Culture team within the Foundation to help us realise our ambitious plans for expanding our impact around the world over the next decade and to provide the best People and Culture offering to our organisation.
Working closely with the Director of People and Culture and the wider team, you will be an HR generalist and will be responsible for providing HR guidance and support to the organisation. The areas of focus are employee relations, talent development, performance management, retention, and well-being.
This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most exciting educational nonprofits at the forefront of the movement to democratise computing education and tackle educational disadvantage.
We strive to make the Foundation a place where talented people who care about our mission can do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you’re the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be working with an exceptional team.
Main responsibilities
- Provide HR guidance to Raspberry Pi Foundation employees and management team on a wide range of HR- and People-related areas that require sound HR advice
- Build strong relationships and coach managers on how to manage People-related issues effectively
- Manage the absence management processes (including sickness, holiday, and family leave) and the compensation and benefits cycle
- Manage well-being initiatives for employees to improve their working life
- Support managers to resolve complex employee relations issues (including grievances, disciplinary issues, and performance management issues)
- Operationally deliver HR programmes such as management development
- Ensure flexible working requests are managed consistently
- Manage the organisation’s HR platform, BambooHR, including managing the organisation, positions, and payroll interface
- Manage data and reporting of all HR KPIs each month
- Work with the People and Culture Coordinators to ensure onboarding is as smooth as possible and all new employees have induction plans and probationary review meetings
- Develop and implement a retention action plan for the organisation to reduce attrition
- Ensure that all aspects of your work support the Foundation's commitments to equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Working alongside the Director of People and Culture, drive and deliver HR and improvement projects, ensuring outcomes are aligned to the business strategy and legislation
Experience and personal attributes
We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth, and we welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here.
- A commitment to the mission and values of the Raspberry Pi Foundation
- Significant experience in operational HR matters including employee relations activities
- HR qualification CIPD Level 7 or CIPD Level 5 with experience in the sector
- A commitment to diversity and inclusion, with experience of helping organisations recruit diverse teams and creating inclusive working environments
- Experience of coaching managers on how to manage their teams effectively
- Articulate, with the ability to translate complex information for a range of audiences
- Natural collaboration skills, being able to work across teams, with a track record of working with colleagues to achieve results
About us
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based educational charity with a global mission to enable young people to realise their potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
Established in 2008 and first known for our product the Raspberry Pi computer the Foundation has developed education programmes, learning experiences, and products that are helping millions of young people learn vital new knowledge and skills.
We are an operating Foundation, meaning that we advance our mission through practical action rather than giving grants. Through Code Club and CoderDojo, we support the world’s largest networks of free computing clubs; we have trained tens of thousands of teachers; millions of young people use our free learning resources to learn how to code; and our research is helping to elevate t