People & Culture Business Partner (Data and Project Management)

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama – People & Culture

Full time, 1 FTE, Fixed-term 1 year

Salary Grade 6 is £46,474 - £51,459 per annum including London Weighting.

Hybrid work available

Central is seeking a People & Culture Business Partner (Data & Project Management) to play a pivotal role in shaping our data landscape, strengthening our HRIS capability, and supporting high‑quality P&C services across the School.

Working within a small, collaborative P&C team, you will lead on the development, integrity and optimisation of our people data, ensuring our HRIS delivers accurate, timely and meaningful insights. You will lead on statutory reporting (including HESA, UCEA, Gender Pay Gap and Ethnicity Pay Gap), workforce dashboards, data governance, and project management for HRIS implementation and enhancement.

Alongside your data and systems expertise, you will act as a trusted partner to departments across the School with the area Business Partners, supporting complex employee relations cases and contributing to policy development. This is a role for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys problem‑solving, and brings both analytical strength and people‑centred leadership.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Significant experience managing complex employee relations cases
• Strong HRIS, data governance and analytics capability
• Experience producing statutory returns (HESA, UCEA, Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap etc)
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills
• Excellent employment law knowledge
• The ability to translate complex data into accessible insights
• Confidence working collaboratively across academic and professional services teams

HOW TO APPLY

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Please note that this role is not eligible for sponsorship of a Skilled Worker Visa. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for us to consider your application.

Please ensure your application reaches us by midday on Monday 27th April 2026.

It is anticipated that interviews and assessments will take place in person on 7th or 8th May 2026.

Please note that we currently do not reimburse travel expenses.

We aim to shortlist all applications within 2 weeks of the advert closing date.

If you do not hear from us within this time, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

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