St Margaret's Hospice Care
HR Business Partner
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St Margaret’s Hospice Care
Opportunity for an HR Business Partner
Location: Taunton or Yeovil
Salary: £31,877.75 (based on an FTE of £39,315.89)
Contract: Permanent, Part time
Hours: 30 per week
Working pattern: Flexible and hybrid working arrangements supported
About the Role
The HR Business Partner plays a pivotal role in ensuring our people are supported, valued, and empowered to deliver exceptional outcomes. Working closely with managers, you will help create a compassionate, inclusive, and high-performing workplace that enables the hospice to provide the very best support for patients, families, and the wider community.
Key Responsibilities
As an HR Business Partner, you will:
- Be a trusted advisor to managers and leaders across designated teams.
- Provide expert guidance on employee relations, workforce planning, organisational change, and people management.
- Support managers to build strong teams, promote wellbeing, and create a positive and inclusive working environment.
- Play an active role in workforce and organisational development initiatives.
Daily Activities
- Managing and supporting a broad range of employee relations matters.
- Supporting leadership growth and confidence.
- Working collaboratively with managers.
- Supporting projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing employee experience.
Requirements
- Building trusted, credible relationships with managers and colleagues.
- Managing a varied and complex HR workload.
- Handling a wide range of employee relations cases with confidence and compassion.
- Influencing and coaching managers to develop their people management capability and confidence.
- Promoting a positive, inclusive, and values-led culture.
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Our Values
At St Margaret’s Hospice, our values guide everything we do. We are:
- Compassionate: Kindness and care for everyone, every day
- Collaborative: One team, working together for one goal
- Ambitious: Striving for better, now and into the future
Inclusive Recruitment
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. If your experience broadly matches the role and you’re motivated to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.
If you need adjustments during recruitment, please contact recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.
Why Join St Margaret’s Hospice?
You won’t just be joining a fantastic team — you’ll become part of a welcoming, community-minded charity making a real difference every day.
Benefits
- Holiday entitlement: 33 days including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time).
- Ability to buy and sell annual leave.
- Pension scheme: NHS pension continuation where applicable, 6% employer / 5% employee contribution for non-NHS staff.
- Additional Benefits:
- Life assurance cover (2x salary)
- Health Cash Plans
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access, counselling, wellbeing support, and legal/financial advice
- Blue Light Discount Card
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Excellent learning and development opportunities
- Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
- Opportunities to volunteer and support fundraising initiatives
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Application Process
Want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying? We’d love to hear from you. Just reach out to Wendy Jones at wendy.jones@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.
Interviews will take place at the Hospice in Taunton on Wednesday 19th August. We will use a competency-based interview approach, giving you the opportunity to share your experience and showcase how your skills and values align with this rewarding role.
If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Important Dates
- Closing date: 11th August 2026
- Interview date: 19th August 2026
Safer Recruitment
St Margaret's Hospice are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of those who use our services.
As part of our safer recruitment processes, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks relevant to the role. These may include verification of identity, right to work, references, qualifications, and other regulatory, fraud prevention, and compliance checks.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.
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