Permanent, Full Time

37 hours per week (Monday – Friday, Flexibility Negotiable)

About Us: Join Thrive Homes , a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation, as we seek an experienced People Partner to join our vibrant People and Culture team. At Thrive Homes, we believe in creating a workplace where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth are at the forefront.

Your Role: As a People Partner, you will be at the heart of our business, working closely with leaders and managers to drive strategic initiatives and ensure the success of our teams. Your role will be diverse and impactful, including:

Strategic Influence: Manage a portfolio of business areas, supporting leaders in delivering their sub-strategic plans.

Recruitment Excellence: Lead recruitment efforts to find the perfect candidates while keeping budgetary considerations in mind.

Data-Driven Decisions: Analyse colleague data trends to inform strategic business decisions and enhance performance.

Development and Coaching: Co-create and facilitate development sessions, coach managers and the Executive Team, and support colleague life cycle matters.

Equality and Inclusion: Drive initiatives to eliminate bias, discrimination, and inequality, and support our Colleague & Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion strategy.

Business Transformation: Work on projects that support business transformation and change with a high colleague dependency.

Induction and On-boarding: Design and deliver our induction and on boarding framework to improve new starters' satisfaction.

Policy Innovation: Support the creation, implementation, and review of policies that align with our culture of trust and respect.

Learning and Development: Identify learning needs and deliver solutions to build capability.

Requirements:

A track record of working in a HR team at a Business Partner level.

A level 5 CIPD qualification would be highly beneficial.

Demonstrable experience of employee relations, restructures, TUPE & delivery of training.

An appropriate level of strong HR generalist experience and detailed understanding of all aspects of HR Management including reward, resourcing, talent management/succession planning, change management and employee relations.

Ability to communicate at all levels.

Specific roles within Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check, the successful applicant(s) will be contacted by our People Team if this applies to their role.

Closing date: 27th February 2025

1st Stage Interview – On-Site Head Office 6th and 7th March 2025

2nd Stage Interview - On-Site Head Office, To Be Confirmed

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We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.

The Company

Thrive Homes is an award-winning housing association with a strong track record in the housing sector and ambitious plans. Thrive exists to provide good quality affordable homes and services enabling the development of communities where people can Thrive. We manage over 5,000 properties and are continuing to build new homes each year.

Thrive is proud to deliver flexibility for employees to work in a manner that suits their wants/needs best. Our SMART working policy allows individuals to take full control of their productivity by offering a choice between working in-house or away from the office. This means that successful candidates have the freedom to work as little or as often as they like from Thrive's state of the art offices.

The Benefits

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The Values

Innovation

We are creative and fearless in our work.

Accountability

We take ownership of our work and lead from the front.

Teamwork

We collaborate widely and build supportive environments.

Generous family friendly provision

Pension
we will pay double your contribution (up to 10%).

Discretionary Bonus

Life assurance
a payment of 3x your salary

Virtual GP Service
(available 24/7)

Wellbeing reward scheme
(earn vouchers through a health app)

Free Financial Advisor service
(includes savings, mortgage, debt & pension advice)

A range of engagement activities aimed at building team morale, supporting both physical and mental health, and celebrating all things that make us different!

Flexible benefit scheme (up to £900 p/a) you have access to the following optional benefits:

Buy or Sell annual leave
You will receive basic 25 days annual leave p/a increasing by length of service (up to 30 days)

Cycle to work

Retail Vouchers & Discount Scheme

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Car Benefit scheme

Health Cash Plan
facility to claim cashback for dental, optical and physiotherapy costs, alongside wellness services.

Annual Health Screening
(BUPA)

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Thrive’s Approach

Thrive is an exciting place to work. We challenge ourselves and others to deliver results and think differently. We share positive experiences and messages, with trust and respect at the core of every relationship. Our leaders adopt a coaching and mentoring approach - enabling and empowering others to deliver. We embrace change and encourage a strong focus on positive outcomes. We value agile working arrangements from our offices in Apsley, Hertfordshire and we pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues by offering progressive careers and a full range of modern benefits.We continue to grow as an organisation and aim to attract the very best people.

Thrive homes are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This commitment is at the core of our understanding the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We actively encourage all applicants that are suitable for the role, from diverse career paths and backgrounds and from all sections of the community.

As committed members of Inclusive Employers and a Disability Confident Committed employer, we remain steadfast to a fair recruitment process. If you have any accessibility needs and require reasonable adjustment, please contact us.

Specific roles at Thrive are subject to a basic DBS check.

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