About Us 

At Splend, we're on a mission to fundamentally change the way people own and operate a vehicle. With a strategic focus on rideshare, we provide our customers with straightforward, no-strings-attached access to vehicle ownership. But we aren't just about vehicle ownership. We're also fast-tracking the transition to green mobility, leading the way globally in reducing the carbon footprint of the transportation sector by transitioning our fleet to electric vehicles.

You'll be excited to work in this role if...

You love being a true generalist - coaching a manager through a tough conversation in the morning and running a hiring process in the afternoon.
You enjoy business partnering, advising and rolling up your sleeves all in one day
You want to be the go to people partner for a growing London office, with real autonomy to shape how things are done.
You’re curious about how better systems and practical AI tools can strip out admin and make people’s processes work better.

About the role

As the Senior People Business Partner, you’ll be the senior People & Culture presence in our London office. Reporting to our Chief People Officer in AU and partnering closely with the UK General Manager, you’ll own the full breadth of the UK people agenda: employee relations, engagement, performance, culture and end-to-end recruitment. You’ll have the autonomy to lead the UK people plan, while staying closely connected to our global People & Culture team in Australia and contributing to global projects. You’ll also provide dotted-line leadership to our UK Talent Coordinator, setting the standard for quality hiring across London.

What you'll be doing

Partner with the UK General Manager and London leadership team across the full employee lifecycle, linking the people plan to business outcomes and owning workforce planning for the London hub

Coach and guide people leaders on leadership, performance management and difficult conversations

Lead employee relations cases independently end to end - disciplinary, grievance, performance, redundancy and restructures, making sure every process is fair and legally sound

Keep UK policies, contracts and handbooks current with legislative change, working with external employment lawyers where specialist support is needed

Own UK recruitment from briefing to offer, working day to day with the UK Talent Coordinator and alongside our global Talent Acquisition team to deliver a consistent, high quality hiring experience

Run and improve our UK HR systems and processes, and act as UK lead for our upcoming HRIS migration

Design and run UK engagement activity - surveys, events and recognition and act on feedback with visible follow through

Find and trial practical improvements, including AI tools, that cut manual admin and improve the quality of UK people data and reporting

Partner with the AU team on projects and advise on UK developments in legislation and talent market

What you'll bring to Splend

7+ years’ generalist HR experience, including time as an HR or People Business Partner, ideally in a scale-up or fast paced commercial environment

A track record of partnering with and influencing senior commercial leaders at GM level

Strong, current knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations, including disciplinary, grievance, redundancy and TUPE

Hands on, end to end recruitment experience, plus confidence using an ATS (Lever or similar) and an HRIS

A curious, adaptable and collaborative approach, with high ownership and the confidence to work autonomously

Able to travel occasionally within the UK

Benefits & Support

💰 Bonus scheme: opportunity to earn based on your performance

🎂 Your birthday off, because the day should be about you

🏡 Hybrid working for Group Support Office roles

💭 Free, confidential counselling through our Employee Assistance Program

💳 Monthly Flexi-cash on your ThanksBen card to spend on wellbeing

❤️‍🩹 A monthly Health & Wellbeing Allowance or Bupa healthcare

🏖️ Five extra days of annual leave and five extra days of paid sick leave

🤝 A £1,000 cash reward when you successfully refer great people to Splend

🎉 Social activities to have fun and connect with your colleagues

Coming soon: new benefits arriving January 2027!

👶 Family support: a top-up to parental leave pay for primary and secondary carers

🔋 Recharge Days: dedicated time off for our Hub teams

📚 Time to grow: paid study leave for courses that help you grow at Splend

🏆 Milestone moments: celebrating your years of service with us

🚲 Getting you on the move: salary sacrifice for our Cycle to Work scheme

🚗 Only at Splend: use of a Splend car from our fleet through in-house rental

Our Process

Intro with our Talent team to understand your background, aspirations, and answer your questions.

Interview with the hiring manager to discuss your experience and how it aligns with this role.

Where it applies, we’ll ask you to complete a practical case study.

Final interview to discuss Splend’s long-term vision and to check any remaining questions.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Splend, we value diversity and inclusion and consider it key to our success. We’re dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone is respected and supported. We celebrate differences in race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, and ability, seeking diverse perspectives to drive us forward.

If this role sounds like you, but you're not quite sure if you meet every requirement, apply anyway. We're interested in the whole person - your attitude, your potential, and what you'd bring to the team - not just a checklist of credentials. We'd rather hear from you than have you talk yourself out of it.

When you apply, let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to accommodate you during the interview process.

Splend

Senior People Business Partner

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