Junior HR Business Partner

London, England, United Kingdom

11/23/2024

• Are you torn between the excitement of start-ups and the stability of corporate life? 
• Are you curious, and do you want to keep learning whilst getting real business building experience? 
• Do you want to play a key role in managing risk and creating commercial opportunity for the BC portfolio as a Junior HR Business Partner?  
  
  

If so, we would love to hear from you!   

About Us 

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. Headquartered in London from our flagship White City Scale Space campus, we have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years. Blenheim Chalcot is responsible for building some of the most innovative GenAI enabled companies in the UK and increasingly around the world – with significant operations in India and the US, as well as emerging operations in Europe and Southeast Asia.  

Our ventures are at the forefront of a multitude of industries being disrupted by digital including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. Our portfolio has been conceived and launched by us and employ over 3,000 employees. Our assets under management stand at more than £1.8bn and total portfolio sales is over £500 million. 

IMPACT BEYOND PROFIT 

15% of our partnerships and ventures are charities. These include the British Asian Trust, BabyZone and Onside Youth Zones. In the same way that we support our ventures, our Partners provide direct hands-on support to these charities by being active board members and offering expert advice.    

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Junior HR Business Partner to provide support across all areas of HR. Working closely with our People Operations Manager and Director of People Acceleration, you’ll be an integral part of the Venture Builder Services team in BC, working closely in our ventures to provide a high-quality people operations service.

The HR team provides HR support to Venture Builder Services, as well as working with several of our ventures, and our emerging opportunities in the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio. This role will be embedded across businesses and get wide ranging exposure.

We are looking for a self-starter, who is excited by people processes and their impact on our businesses. This is an exciting opportunity to launch or further your career in HR in a role with exposure to a variety of projects across businesses.

Responsibilities

• Respond to internal and external HR-related inquiries or requests and provide assistance to employees where needed;
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding of employees;  
• Maintain our personnel data records
• Administer payroll and benefits  
• Liaise with other departments and suppliers (finance, benefits providers etc.) 
• Support the HR Business Partner with a variety of ad hoc HR projects
  
  

Administration 

• Manage payroll and benefits 
• Manage onboarding of new starters in our businesses including running induction sessions for new joiners.  
• Manage offboarding of employees, including exit interviews.
• Update and maintain the HR Information System data (hibob)
• Respond to internal and external HR-related inquiries or requests and provide assistance to employees and managers.
• Work closely with other departments and suppliers, working with CEOs to understand business priorities, Finance and Talent, alongside external suppliers (benefits etc)
  
  

Policies and practices 

• Monitor, review and update HR policies and ensuring these are in line with the current legislation, with support from the HR Business Partner 
• Provide advice and assistance on policies, procedures, and legislation 
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR systems and practices 
• Assist in organizing employer branding initiatives 
  
  

Employee relations 

• Support the wider portfolio HR Team with employee relations matters 
  
  

Employee engagement 

• Manage surveys and reporting, identify areas of improvement, and implementing feedback where possible.
  
  

About You  

• Interested in a career in HR and all things people-related  
• Great with people at various levels of seniority  
• Problem-solving ability  
• Excellent attention to detail  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills  
• Able to deal with changing priorities and work at a fast pace, across a number of high priority projects.
  
  

OUR BEHAVIOURS 

• Honesty and integrity – trustworthy. 
• Resilience - keeps going when the going gets tough, remains optimistic in the face of challenges, open to feedback and willingness to change and experiment. 
• Teamwork – is collaborative and supportive, elevating and developing others to deliver results. 
• Innovation - restless to improve, challenges how to make things better. 
• Deliver results - keeps promises, drives to achieve, commitment to high quality work. 
• Commercial awareness - looks for best value solutions for the business, understand costs / revenues, spends money wisely.
  
  

PROCESS 

We have a rigorous recruitment process, which we use for all our roles to ensure we attract the very best talent.    

Please note we are office based which requires our colleagues to be together in the office 5 days a week with flexibility around personal commitments, interests and obligations. This ensures we have the opportunity to continuously collaborate with the whole portfolio to stay connected and grow our community.  

Blenheim Chalcot is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity is one of our core values, thus making it core to our business. We strive to maximise the diversity of our workforce and welcome applications from everyone. We encourage diversity through perspective, background, identity, and thought whilst also fostering an environment where everyone can express themselves regardless of your race, religion, sex, gender, colour, national origin, disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic. We are committed to continuing to nurture an inclusive environment and building a diverse workforce. 

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