Human Resources Business Partner

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group publishes high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Our People Business Partners play a crucial role in supporting both the business and its people. With an eye toward enabling their stakeholder groups to achieve their objectives, their primary focus is on assisting line managers and front-line colleagues by making sure they have the guidance and resources to succeed. In addition to providing this direct support, they also lead business area-specific HR initiatives, such as maintaining organizational charts, overseeing workforce planning exercises, and execution of changes programs. 

Our People Business Partners are dedicated to serving as trusted advisors, helping to execute plans and activate talent frameworks/initiatives tailored to the unique needs of the business areas they support. 

You will be expected to work in a hands-on way to drive and deliver key people initiatives into the business in support of the strategic people plan, and acting in close collaboration and partnership with people colleagues from our 4 Pillars - Transformation, Culture, Professional Learning & OD, and People and Policy Relations.

The People Business Partner will focus on the following key areas:

• Org Effectiveness & Change Management  
• Talent & Workforce Planning  
• Performance Management, Development & Rewards  
• Employee Engagement  
• Capability Management  

Key Accountabilities 

• Acting as a Trusted Advisor to build and maintain strong relationships with  Managers and their teams and gain in depth knowledge of the division, key employees and business processes.  
• Build strong relationships with colleagues and business leaders by in-depth and active listening to understand objectives and challenges, problem-solve and agree plans for an effective way forward. 
• Partner closely with colleagues in the POE (Shared Service) team and across the 4 Pillar teams to support the delivery of the Global People Strategy and Plan to the highest standard across own area of the business. 
• Work with the Regional Strategic Partner to provide support for ad-hoc People Team projects as required bringing a solution focused mind-set to bear on any initiative. 
• Bring a strong commercial and customer focus to all People related initiatives.