We're looking for a creative and experienced Senior People Business Partner to join our People Leadership Team and lead our Employee Relations and Learning & Development functions. You'll join a highly capable, ambitious People team, help develop our award winning Ignite Academy, contribute to our Investors in People Gold ambition, and play a key role across ER and HR advisory.
At One YMCA, we believe Employee Relations and Learning & Development are most effective when they work together. Employee Relations provides valuable insight into the challenges, opportunities and trends facing managers and teams across the charity. Learning & Development provides the tools, knowledge and confidence to help colleagues and managers grow and succeed. By bringing these functions together, we can create a more joined up approach to supporting our people, ensuring that learning is informed by real experiences, workforce insight and organisational need.
This is an exciting role that provides huge scope to be part of and to help drive ongoing change, growth and continuous improvement.
Please review the Recruitment pack for more information.
* Please note that we will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply as early as possible and to include a supporting statement, as we may close the vacancy once a suitable candidate has been appointed. *
Due to the nature of the services provided, an enhanced DBS will be required, as will a full driving licence
Important Information: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role. This position will require a Basic DBS check. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
At One YMCA, we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
One YMCA and its subsidiaries, the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade, via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive, three-day Kickstarter Event.
By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually.
These include:
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Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
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Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
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Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
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Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
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Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
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Family support through a network of children’s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
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Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
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Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire
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Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
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Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
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A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.
