HR Business Partner

Location: Peterborough
Salary: £49,000 - £58,000 Annual
Job Type: Contract
Sector: Human Resources
Date Posted: 27 August 2026
Reference: 55890

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Jacquelyn Mahoney

Jacquelyn Mahoney

HR Partnerships Manager

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About The Role

  • Contract
  • Peterborough
  • £49,000 - £58,000 GBP / Year

The One Group

As an experienced HR Business Partner you’ll enjoy working closely with leaders, influencing people decisions and balancing strategic priorities with hands-on HR delivery. You’ll thrive in fast paced environments and have the ability to support and influence others

This 18 month, fixed term maternity cover contract, will see you operating within a complex, fast-paced environment; you’ll work closely with business leaders to translate organisational objectives into effective people plans. From workforce planning and organisational design to employee relations, talent development and change, this is a varied role offering genuine scope to influence.

What you’ll be doing

  • Partnering with business leaders to develop and deliver people strategies aligned with organisational objectives

  • Advising on workforce planning, organisational design, succession planning and talent management

  • Acting as a trusted advisor on employee relations matters, ensuring a consistent and commercially considered approach

  • Coaching and supporting managers to strengthen leadership capability, engagement and team effectiveness

  • Supporting performance management, talent reviews, development planning and performance improvement

  • Using workforce data and HR metrics to identify trends and inform decision-making

  • Leading and supporting organisational change initiatives

  • Working alongside Talent Acquisition to support recruitment and workforce requirements

  • Developing employee engagement initiatives and associated action plans

  • Collaborating with specialist HR teams across reward, benefits, learning and development, and inclusion

  • Supporting annual HR activities, including salary reviews, succession planning and talent assessments

  • Identifying opportunities to improve HR processes and the overall employee experience

  • Ensuring compliance with employment legislation, internal policies and HR governance requirements

What we’re looking for

You’ll be an established HR professional with experience partnering with leaders in a sizeable or complex organisation. You’ll be comfortable moving between strategic conversations and operational delivery, building credibility quickly and providing practical, commercially focused advice.

You’ll also bring:

  • Strong HR Business Partnering or generalist HR experience

  • Sound knowledge of UK employment legislation and employee relations

  • Experience coaching and influencing managers and senior stakeholders

  • The ability to interpret people data and turn insights into practical recommendations

  • Strong judgement, critical thinking and decision-making skills

  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

  • Experience supporting organisational change and people initiatives

  • A collaborative, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach

 

Salary and benefits

  • Salary of £49,000 – £58,000

  • Bonus

  • 25 days’ annual leave plus eight bank holidays

  • Contributory pension scheme, with employer contributions of up to 10%

  • Contributory share scheme

  • Optional flexible benefits, including health and dental plans

  • Electric vehicle leasing scheme

  • Holiday purchase options

 

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established, internationally operating organisation and take on a broad, influential HR Business Partner role with strong benefits and exposure across a varied business area.

If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with The ONE Group for a confidential conversation.

To apply for this job email your details to jmahoney@theonegroup.co.uk

About The ONE Group

The ONE Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy with offices in Cambridge, Peterborough, Northampton, and Hertfordshire.

We recruit across Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing, Scientific, Sales, and Marketing, with consultants who specialise in their sector rather than trying to cover everything. This focused approach allows us to provide deeper market knowledge, stronger networks, and better hiring outcomes for both clients and candidates.

Our expertise spans permanent, contract, and senior-level appointments. Most importantly, the majority of our business comes from repeat clients and referrals, reflecting the long-term relationships we build and the trust we earn through consistently delivering results.

What Happens Next

1

One of our consultants will review your application within one working day.

2

If your experience looks like a fit, we'll be in touch for a quick conversation to understand what you're looking for.

3

From there, we'll talk you through the role properly, prepare you for interview, and stay alongside you through to your start date.

4

Whatever happens with this role, we'll keep your details on file, with your permission, so we can flag other opportunities that suit you.

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

Hire with TOG → Looking for a role →
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