Junior People Partner

Join Us as a Junior People Partner – Shape the Future of HR!

Are you ready to take the next step in your HR career? This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to progress within the field of Human Resources — moving from an HR advisory position into a role with increasing strategic focus and influence. As a Junior People Partner, you’ll play a key part in our evolving People function, with a strong emphasis on business partnering and driving positive change across the organisation.

You’ll be at the heart of our people strategy, working closely with senior stakeholders to support and influence decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who’s passionate about developing their strategic HR capabilities while continuing to make a hands-on impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Business Partnering: Collaborate with leaders across the business to understand their goals and challenges, providing proactive, strategic HR support.
• Advisor Development: Act as a guide and mentor to our HR Advisors, supporting their growth and helping to build a high-performing, confident team.
• Employee Experience: Champion initiatives that enhance engagement, wellbeing, and inclusion across the organisation.
• Change & Transformation: Support the delivery of people-related change projects, ensuring alignment with our values and business objectives.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Use people metrics and insights to inform strategy and drive continuous improvement.
• Policy & Practice: Ensure HR policies are applied consistently and fairly, offering expert advice on complex employee relations matters.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in an HR advisory role, with a strong foundation in employee relations and generalist HR practice.
• A passion for developing others and supporting team growth.
• Full or part CIPD qualified, or qualified by experience
• Willing to work towards qualifications to assist with their own personal development
• Confidence in building relationships with stakeholders and influencing at different levels.
• A proactive mindset, with the ability to balance operational delivery and strategic thinking.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach.

Our values

Our SMILE values are embedded into our Company and ensures our teams work strongly together. You and all of our colleagues will ensure that the Hays Travel values are demonstrated at all times.

• Supportive
• Motivational
• Innovative
• Loyal
• Excellent

What it’s like to work for us?

You’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking People team that values innovation, inclusion, and continuous development. We’re committed to helping you grow your career, offering opportunities to expand your strategic HR capabilities and make a real impact. Whichever location or department you work in, our people are always at the heart of everything we do. We offer a range of training programmes to help you progress personally and professionally, as we know the benefits of promoting and rewarding our hardworking colleagues are extremely important.

Of course, it's not all about work, we're very sociable and there are always lots of team nights-out and company parties. Plus, there are opportunities to travel abroad on educational trips, and you can also take advantage of our colleague discount when booking your own holidays.

Hays Travel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all colleagues. As an accredited employer provider of apprenticeships, we undertake basic checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to ensure the safety of our apprentices for relevant roles.