HR&OD Business Partner

University of Staffordshire - Human Resources & Organisational Development

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for a role where you can truly influence culture, drive positive change, and shape the future of our workforce? At University of Staffordshire, we’re looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking HR and OD Business Partner to join our dynamic HR & OD team.

About the Role
As an HR and OD Business Partner, you’ll deliver a customer-focused, high-quality HR service across the University. Working closely with leaders, managers, and colleagues, you will provide expert professional HR advice on terms and conditions, policies, and procedures across the full employee lifecycle, enabling us to create an inclusive, innovative, and high-performing environment.

You will play a key role in supporting transformational change, helping teams align with the University’s People Strategy while embedding best practice HR processes and digital approaches to service improvement.

What We’re Looking For
Qualifications:

• Degree-level education or significant equivalent experience.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent experience).

Experience:

• Strong working knowledge of HR policies, employment law, and best practice.
• Experience managing employee relations cases (disciplinary, grievance, performance, organisational change).
• Understanding of key compliance requirements, including UKVI and DBS processes.
• A track record of implementing service improvements within HR.

Our Core Behaviours
As part of our Technical Expert job family, you’ll thrive in this role if you are:

• Self-aware and committed to continuous learning.
• Customer focused, delivering service excellence.
• Credible and professional, with strong personal integrity.
• A positive leader, inspiring confidence in others.
• Digitally confident, embracing new technologies to improve processes.

At University of Staffordshire, we’re ambitious, innovative, and people-centred. You’ll be part of a welcoming HR & OD team who share a passion for delivering exceptional service and driving meaningful organisational development.

For an informal discussion, please contact Hannah Gibbard (Senior HR&OD Business Partner) - Hannah.Gibbard@staffs.ac.uk.