Associate HR Business Partner (Maternity Cover)
Join our HR team as Associate HRBP (Maternity Cover): partner with managers to deliver practical, people‑centred HR support across UK Residential.
Role Overview
To work in partnership with the HR Business Partner and Divisional HR Director to deliver a comprehensive operational HR advisory service to the Residential business unit across the UK. This role sits within our vibrant HR team.
This is a broad generalist role, providing day‑to‑day HR support and advice to managers and employees, alongside involvement in ad‑hoc projects and wider HR initiatives as required.
The role requires the ability to build strong, credible relationships with stakeholders at all levels across the business unit. The successful candidate will be expected to travel in line with business needs.
Key Responsibilities
Support delivery of HR strategy alongside the Divisional HR Director and HRBP
Provide monthly analysis and insights to highlight trends and risks
Support HR and business projects, contributing ideas and driving delivery
Support promotion, salary review and bonus processes
Manage day to day employee relations matters
Support and develop managers
Key Skills
Experience in a HR generalist or employee relations role
Strong working knowledge of UK employment law
Ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels
Strong organisation, communication and attention to detail
Confident using Microsoft Office and HR systems
Proactive, self-motivated and comfortable managing competing priorities
CIPD qualified (or working towards)
Team Overview
This team sits within the HR operations team, the business area it will partner with is our Residential team. For the full job description please click here
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- Business area
- Business Operations
- Role
- Human Resources
- Locations
- Margaret Street, London, Richmond
- Contract Type
- Fixed term contract
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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