Summary

Welcome

Thank you for your interest in joining the People Directorate at Notting Hill Genesis.

Our HR function is evolving into a true partnership model - working alongside leaders as trusted advisers to shape confident, sustainable decisions. We are moving beyond transactional support towards insight‑led, proactive partnering.

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will work closely with senior leaders to shape the people agenda for a significant portfolio, ensuring people strategy, culture and capability support excellent services and outcomes for our residents.

What the role is all about

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will own and deliver the People Plan for a major portfolio within the organisation. Acting as the strategic interface between the business and HR, you will provide high‑quality advice, challenge and support across the full people agenda.

You will work closely with Executive Directors, Directors and Heads of Service, and lead, coach and develop HR Business Partners to ensure a consistently high standard of partnering across the organisation.

How you'll make a difference

You will enable organisational success by:

• Influencing senior decision‑making through credible, evidence‑based people advice.
• Creating and delivering People Plans that improve performance, capability and culture.
• Anticipating workforce and employee relations risks and shaping proactive solutions.
• Enabling and embedding change and transformation programmes.
• Strengthening leadership capability through coaching and challenge.

Your impact will be seen through stronger leadership, clearer structures and improved workforce outcomes.

How you'll do it

• Own and deliver the People Plan for your portfolio, aligned to the People Strategy and organisational priorities.
• Partner senior leaders on organisational effectiveness, leadership, culture and workforce decisions.
• Act as the strategic link between the business and HR Centres of Expertise.
• Lead, coach and develop HR Business Partners, setting clear expectations and standards.
• Lead workforce planning, talent and succession activity.
• Lead organisational design and change programmes.
• Manage complex ER and workforce risks as a senior escalation point.
• Ensure HR governance, standards and frameworks are applied consistently.
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Essential

• Significant senior‑level HR partnering experience in a complex environment.
• Strong experience of organisational design, workforce planning and change.
• Credible influencing and coaching skills at senior leadership level.
• Excellent judgement, consultancy and problem‑solving skills.
• Confident use of people insight and data.
• Experience leading and developing HR professionals.
• CIPD Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Experience in a regulated or public‑facing sector.
• Experience supporting large‑scale transformation.

What's in it for you?

You'll have the opportunity to influence organisational direction and shape how HR partners with the business, supported by strong professional standards and development opportunities.

Benefits include:

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/

We welcome applications from everyone.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/

If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 03 April 2026

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via .  

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.