Interim People Partner

Department:

HR Business PartneringEmployment Type:

Fixed Term - Full TimeLocation:

Head Office, LondonDescription

As a People Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in enabling the business to thrive by delivering people-focused solutions that align with ELEMIS’ mission, values, and commercial strategy.Acting as a trusted advisor to the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and business leaders, you’ll influence decision-making with strategic insight, supporting cultural development, engagement, and performance transformation. You’ll build strong partnerships to shape initiatives and deliver joined-up and impactful solutions across the full colleague lifecycle.Your Day-to-Day

Strategic People PartnershipOperate as a high-impact partner to SLT and Heads of Department, guiding leadership teams to align talent strategies with business growth, transformation, and performance goals.Partner with Finance to lead workforce planning, organisational design, and strategic headcount decisions, balancing agility with financial acumen.Use people insights and market intelligence to anticipate business needs, drive organisational change, and influence senior stakeholders with data-led recommendations.Lead strategic conversations on future capability, succession, and readiness, ensuring a pipeline of talent aligned to evolving business priorities.Cross-Team CollaborationWork closely with internal specialists across the People function, including:LandD and Education: Align development priorities with business capability gaps and team growth plans.Reward and Recognition: Shape compensation strategies that support equitable, motivating, and competitive reward practices.Co-lead business-wide people programs (e.g. performance cycles, pay reviews, leadership development, engagement surveys), ensuring consistency and strategic alignment.Leadership Development and Team EnablementCoach and challenge senior leaders to embed a culture of accountability, high performance, and continuous development through an always-on approach to feedback.Provide inspirational line management and development support to junior people team members, fostering a learning culture within the People function.Role-model progressive people leadership, wellbeing advocacy, and inclusion best practices.Workforce Planning and Talent StrategyFacilitate strategic workforce discussions with business leaders, ensuring talent structures support future business readiness.Support the creation and refinement of role profiles and team design to reflect organisational agility and inclusivity.Drive a strategic approach to internal mobility, succession planning, and skills-based hiring.Colleague Experience and CultureShape an end-to-end colleague experience strategy—from immersion to offboarding, reflecting our purpose, culture and values.Create and champion the use of feedback tools (engagement surveys, exit interviews, etc) to develop data led action plans for improved retention and culture, via our listening strategies.Partner with leaders to embed inclusive practices and foster a culture of belonging and trust.Employee RelationsAct as an escalation point on employee relations matters, balancing business risk with fairness and legal compliance.Partner with external counsel where required, ensuring best-in-class case management and policy application.Build leader capability in effective, values-based people management.People Data and InsightPartner with the People Operations team to ensure high-quality people data supports strategic decision-making.Produce and interpret people metrics and dashboards to inform strategic planning, monitor trends, and improve decision-making.Continuously improve our use of data and systems to predict future workforce needs and opportunities.Leveraging people data and functional insights to inform, educate, and partner with departmental leaders—enabling them to drive tailored people strategies that support their team’s unique goals and challenges.Policy, Compliance and GovernanceMaintain a strong understanding of UK employment law and best practice to ensure compliant, forward-thinking policy design.Champion a culture of governance and ethical practice, ensuring People Policies are modern, inclusive, and regularly reviewed.Uphold the highest standards in data protection (GDPR) and confidentiality.About You

Proven experience as a strategic People Business Partner in a complex, fast-paced environment.Strong commercial acumen with a deep understanding of how people strategies drive business results.Adept at influencing senior stakeholders with credibility, empathy, and evidence-based insight.Comfortable navigating ambiguity, leading through change, and driving cross-functional collaboration.Expert knowledge of UK employment law, best practices, and cultural change.What We Offer You!*

Generous Staff Discount on all your favourite ELEMIS products and spa treatments, as well as discounts on L''OCCITANE Group products (including L''Occitane, Erborian and more)Excellent well-being policies including enhanced Maternity and Paternity policies, Income Protection, Life Assurance and moreGenerous Holiday Allowance, increasing with length of serviceCompany Pension SchemeBonus/Commission SchemeHealthcare Cash Plan (with Dental)Employee Assistance Programme for all Associates and their familiesCycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Length of Service AwardsMuch, much more!*Some benefit eligibility is based on length of service or contract type#J-18808-Ljbffr