Job profile

Are you an experienced and proactive HR professional?

Join our high-performing HR Partnering team!

About the role:

As HR Partner, you will:

• work in partnership across a portfolio of departments, providing strategic insight, managing people-related risks, and developing effective workforce solutions.
• be responsible for delivering expert, professional HR advice and will work closely with managers to support all aspects of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment and selection, performance management, and employee relations.
• lead on wider activities across HR such as policy and process development in line with employment legislation and best practice, job evaluation and taking an active role in upskilling managers across the University.

For this role, you will need to be on site 3 days a week. Although we can accommodate working from home for this role, flexibility to be on-site will be expected due to business needs.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Kate Murray: by email at kate.murray@plymouth.ac.uk

What we’re looking for:

You should have:

• excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to quickly build relationships, persuade, influence and articulate complex information in an accessible way, and present to a range of audiences.
• a proven track-record of working in HR at a professional, partnering level, demonstrable experience of successfully supporting managers through complex employee relations issues and strong applied knowledge of up-to-date employment legislation.
• CIPD level 5 (or demonstrable equivalent experience) is essential for this role and CIPD Level 7 (or demonstrable equivalent experience) is desirable.

For more information about the job and the person specification, please refer to the job description.

About us:

For more information on HR Partnering please visit our dedicated webpage at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools

Application Process:

Please apply online, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training, skills and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Following the closing date of the vacancy, you will be notified on the outcome of your application in due course.

Our Offer:

We have a wide range of staff benefits available to employees, depending on eligibility:

• Generous annual leave: 35 Days Annual Leave (pro rata if part-time) plus Bank Holidays* & Closure Days*
• Generous pension scheme
• Cycle to Work & Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Development opportunities
• Enhanced family leave
• Flexible working
• Retailer discounts
• On-site nursery

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

Additional Information:

The University of Plymouth is building an inclusive and equitable university where everyone feels represented, supported, and empowered to thrive. Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion is guided by the Inclusive Institutions Framework, a strategic and externally validated approach that embeds these principles across the entire institution. To find out more please visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion webpages

Should you be a successful external candidate for this position, you would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.

Closing Date – Thursday 22^nd October 2026 at 12 o’clock midnight