Royal Horticultural Society
Human Resources Business Partner
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Overview of the Role:
To act as a strategic partner to senior leaders, shaping and delivering people strategies that enhance organisational performance, employee relations, culture, workforce capability, and the overall employee and volunteer experience. The role provides People Business Partner support to allocated areas and leads the partnering team approach to organisational change support, consultation planning, volume employee relations, and employee experience themes.
This role operates in a complex, multisite environment with a diverse workforce including employees and volunteers. It requires the ability to navigate ambiguity, support organisational change, manage volume employee relations activity, and bring an employee experience lens to the partnering offer. This role is based at Wisley, Surrey, with travel to the London office and offers hybrid working.
About the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS):
To work for the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is to join a thriving charity, whose mission is to inspire everyone to grow. Everything we do is built on the transformational power of gardening – and the benefits it brings to people, places, and our planet.
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Known globally for our inspirational Shows and five spectacular Gardens, our work extends to leading ground-breaking climate research, running community outreach programs, and setting the standards in horticultural education.
And we could not do this without our people. We are proud of the knowledge, enthusiasm, and ideas that each one of our team members brings. From working across our social media channels, to volunteering in the RHS Gardens, from serving customers in our garden centres to running national marketing campaigns, we believe that every member of the RHS team should have the opportunity to make a difference.
Details of our great benefits can be found here.
This position also offers hybrid working.
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How to Apply:
To apply for this position, please contact our Recruitment Partner:
- Karen Gilbert - HR Specialist on 01483 456465
- You can send your CV directly to her at Karen@therecruitmentconsultancy.com
Safeguarding and Inclusion:
The RHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk and expects all personnel to share in this commitment. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Please note: We may review applications as soon as we receive them, so if you see a vacancy that you are interested in, please apply straight away as the vacancy will be closed as soon as we hire the right candidate. Should you require any additional support with making your application, please email Sharon Ellis at sharonellis@rhs.org.uk detailing the position and REQ number reference (found at the top of the advert) that you are applying for.
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