HR Partner - Maternity Cover

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A maternity cover opportunity has arisen for a senior HR Partner to join our forward-thinking team at a time of exciting change and transformation. An influential and strategic role, the postholder will have responsibility for leading the delivery of a dedicated HR service to our Scientific Operations Programme. As a senior member of the HR Team, you will also play a proactive role in leading and implementing our ambitious change agenda and driving best practice in our approach to people management and development.

You will have proven experience of working at a senior level in a busy HR Team, preferably in a research or science based organisation. This is a very hands-on role and successful candidates will be highly motivated, tenacious individuals able to operate and perform in change-orientated and complex, ambiguous environments.

In particular we are looking for applicants who can demonstrate:

• Experience of leading and directing the delivery of a comprehensive HR service.
• A partnership approach; working with and coaching senior stakeholders and managers to effect change.
• Experience of developing and executing long-term, strategic plans particularly in relation to policy development, workforce planning, talent management and succession planning.
• A thorough knowledge of UK employment law and first-hand experience of resolving a broad spectrum of ER issues and leading on the implementation of complex change projects and TUPE transfers

This post is to be offered as a 12 month Fixed Term Contract to cover maternity leave.

If you think you have the attributes, skills and experience that we are looking for, please read on to find out more about being an HR Partner at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Essential Skills

• Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development [CIPD] or equivalent experience
• Significant experience of, and demonstrable success in, providing strategic and operational HR advice and guidance at a senior level
• Excellent working knowledge of legal framework/best practice surrounding employment
• Clear appreciation of the strategic context in which HR operates
• Skilled and confident communicator who can clearly present ideas and solutions across all mediums - face to face, presenting to an audience, in writing
• Ability to listen, analyse and respond effectively/mediate in complex and difficult situations
• Demonstrable ability to influence and persuade others to take appropriate actions

Other information

The Sanger Institute is a charitably funded research centre focused on understanding the role of genetics in health and disease. We use state of the art large-scale genomic approaches to drive world-leading projects to uncover the basis of genetic and infectious disease. Our goal is to provide results that can be translated into diagnostics, treatments or therapies that reduce global health burdens.

The Institute is located near Cambridge, UK on the stunning Wellcome Genome Campus. This growing and dynamic site is the British hub of genomic science. It hosts the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), Open Targets, a Biodata Innovation Centre and will soon host Genomics England Limited's 100,000 Genomes Sequencing Centre.

Please include a covering letter and CV with your application.