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Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Associate HR Business Partner

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsUpdated on Nov 11
Full-timeSlough, UK£48k - £52k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Previous experience in an HR Advisor, Senior HR Advisor, HR Project Specialist, or HR Business Partner role, with significant involvement in HR projects and change initiatives.
  • Demonstrable experience delivering HR projects, organisational change, or business improvement initiatives.
  • Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation, particularly TUPE and organisational change.
  • Experience working with multiple stakeholders and influencing managers and senior leaders.
  • Strong organisational and project coordination skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
  • A proactive, solutions-focused, and commercially aware approach.
  • Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret HR data and identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with confidence engaging colleagues at all levels.
  • A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly between sites.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support HR projects, ensuring initiatives are delivered effectively, on time, and aligned with business objectives.
  • Support business transformation programmes, restructures, and organisational change initiatives through effective planning, communication, and implementation.
  • Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, policies, and ways of working to create greater efficiency and consistency across sites.
  • Work with HR leadership to translate business priorities into practical people initiatives that support operational performance.
  • Build relationships with operational managers and senior leaders, providing guidance and influencing successful delivery of people-related projects.
  • Develop and support initiatives to improve employee experience, engagement, retention, and workplace culture.
  • Contribute to projects focused on workforce planning, organisational structures, talent development, and succession planning.
  • Use people data, workforce trends, and HR metrics to identify opportunities, measure project success, and support informed decision-making.
  • Collaborate with teams across Slough, Corby, and Birmingham to ensure consistent and effective implementation of HR initiatives.

Desired Qualifications

  • Ideally hold a CIPD Level 5 qualification or have equivalent relevant experience.
  • Experience delivering HR projects within logistics, warehousing, manufacturing, or another operational environment.
  • Experience supporting business transformation, mobilisation, or integration projects.
  • Experience working across multiple sites or within a complex organisational structure.

About the Company

Bertelsmann

Global media, services, and education conglomerate

Bertelsmann is a global media, services, and education group made up of eight autonomous divisions, including RTL Group, Penguin Random House, BMG, and Arvato. It operates across B2B and B2C markets, with activities in broadcasting, book publishing, music rights management, and business process outsourcing. Its products range from streaming subscriptions and printed books to logistics, CRM services, and AI-powered content and rights-management tools. The company differentiates itself through a decentralized, entrepreneur-led structure that reinvests profits into content and digital infrastructure via its Boost program, backed by private foundations and the Mohn family. It aims to grow organically and through selective acquisitions while leveraging large-scale data and cross-divisional synergies to deliver personalized content and service experiences at a global scale.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$1.4B
Headquarters
Gütersloh, Germany
Founded
1835

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