Position: HR Business Partner – IT

Location: London

Salary: Competitive, depending upon experience

About us:

Originally founded over 50 years ago, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities.

Are you a confident HR professional who thrives in fast-paced, technology-driven environments? We’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support our IT division — someone who understands the unique challenges and opportunities that come with working in tech.

As a trusted partner to senior leaders, you’ll shape and deliver people strategies that attract, retain, and develop top IT talent. You’ll provide expert advice across the full HR remit — from organisational design and employee engagement to talent management and succession planning — all while ensuring our people strategies align with business goals.

About the position:

Reporting to the Director of HR Operations, the HRBP will partner stakeholders within our expanding IT division, providing strategic and commercially viable advice. Ideally, you will have an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities within the IT sector, enabling you to shape and deliver the people strategy which attracts and retains top IT talent, while driving business performance by coaching and developing managers, and ensuring alignment with the wider HR strategy and business goals.

Principle Duties

Work with the Director of HR operations to implement and develop the HR strategy in key areas relating to people management and organisational development.

Partner with the IT management team in the delivery of key HR objectives, business relating growth projects, service realignments, promotion, local HR and Corporate initiatives.

Support the leadership team in promoting a culture of performance and clinical excellence.

Partner and support the facility teams on change programs including departmental reorganisations and restructures.

Coach and support the management team enabling them to anticipate and pre-empt organisational and people challenges.

Provide expert HR and employee relations advice and guidance to the facility on a variety of cases ranging in complexity; working closely with Legal to mitigate risk where necessary.

Report and analyse HR metric data and monthly reports as required to ensure the management team acts on key people KPIs.

Skills and experience

CIPD Qualified ideally to a level 5, ideally level 7 or working toward

Considerable experience at HR Advisor level, advising all staffing levels, up to including board level, in a large commercial business environment.

Prior experience of working with the IT/Tech industry is highly desirable.

Ability to act at an operational and strategic thinking level, presenting to senior management teams.

Demonstrable experience of supporting HR projects and of business partnering senior teams in a fast paced environment.

Strong knowledge and experience of advising and coaching senior managers on a range of ER issues.