Serco Plc
Senior People Partner
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Senior People Partner (Health South)
12-Month Internal Secondment
Competitive salary with bonus, private medical insurance, car/car allowance and pension up to 6%
Location: South England covering the following hospitals
- Southampton University Hospital
- Harplands Hospital
- Great Western Hospital
- Norfolk & Norwich Hospital
- Darent Valley Hospital
- University Hospital South Buckinghamshire
Develop Your Strategic Partnering Career
Are you ready to take the next step in your People & Culture career?
We are seeking an ambitious and highly capable Senior People Partner to join our Health Business Unit on a 12-month secondment, supporting contracts across the South.
This is an outstanding development opportunity for an experienced People Partner looking to broaden their strategic impact, deepen commercial understanding and work directly with senior operational leaders on some of our most important people priorities.
As part of the Health leadership team, you'll help build organisational capability, strengthen leadership, deliver workforce productivity improvements and ensure we have the talent needed to meet future business demands.
What you'll be doing
- Acting as a strategic People & Culture partner to operational leaders across South Health contracts.
- Supporting the successful delivery of workforce productivity and workforce planning initiatives.
- Driving talent reviews, succession planning and development activity to build future capability.
- Helping leaders embed the People & Culture operating model and improve self-sufficiency in people management.
- Working across specialist People & Culture teams to deliver integrated solutions that address business challenges.
- Supporting employee and industrial relations activity, ensuring a proactive and commercially balanced approach.
- Using people data, insight and analytics to identify trends and drive targeted interventions.
- Leading or supporting transformation, change and organisational development initiatives.
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What we're looking for
- Proven Senior People Partner experience with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of employee relations and organisational capability building.
- Experience supporting talent, leadership and succession discussions.
- A collaborative approach and ability to work across multiple stakeholders and specialist teams.
- Commercial awareness and a strong focus on delivering business outcomes through people.
- Ambition to develop strategic partnering capability and operate at a senior level.
What you'll gain
This secondment provides a unique opportunity to expand your strategic partnering experience, increase your exposure to senior leadership and play a key role in shaping the People and Culture agenda across a broad portfolio of Health contracts.
You'll gain hands-on experience across workforce productivity, industrial relations strategy, talent and succession, organisation effectiveness and leadership capability, making it an excellent development opportunity.
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A little bit about us
At Serco, everyone plays a vital part in delivering essential public services that make a real difference. As a global team of 50,000 people across Defence, Transport, Justice, Immigration, Healthcare, Leisure and Citizen Services, we’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the services that communities rely on. Guided by our values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride, our people make meaningful impact, every single day.
Our inclusive recruitment commitment
We prioritise your skills and potential. As a Disability Confident Leader, the Top Great British Employer of Veterans 2026, and a Gold Inclusive Employer Standard holder, we champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
Ban The Box
We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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