HR People Partner

HR People Partner

Forest House | Circa £50,000 - £60,000 depending on experience plus 12% bonus scheme | Free Parking onsite

Welcome to Center Parcs, the number one choice for short break holidays, employing a team of over 10,000 across Forest House and 6 separate villages located in the UK and Ireland.

We're looking for an experienced People Partner who can make a real impact across our business. Partnering with senior leaders, you'll translate business priorities into practical people solutions, lead organisational change and drive initiatives that improve performance and the employee experience. Based at Forest House, this is a varied, influential role where you'll move confidently between strategic partnership and hands-on delivery, while providing expert guidance and supporting a high-quality People service.

What you'll be doing

• Strategic Business Partnering: Partner with senior leaders to turn business priorities into impactful people solutions. You'll bring insight, challenge and expertise across workforce planning, organisational change, talent and people data, helping shape decisions and drive the wider People strategy.
• Change Management & People Projects: Lead organisational change and key people initiatives, from transformation and restructures to talent, performance and engagement. You'll turn plans into action, improve people processes and ensure change delivers positive outcomes for both our colleagues and the business.
• Employee Relations & Employment Law: Lead on complex employee relations, giving leaders the confidence and expert guidance to make sound people decisions. You'll proactively manage risk and ensure our policies and practices remain legally compliant and effective.
• Operational Excellence: Drive consistent, commercially focused people practices across the business, delivering core People processes and continually improving policies and ways of working. You'll support key talent and retention initiatives while ensuring strong governance and compliance.

About you

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or People Partner, partnering and influencing at senior leadership level, with the confidence to challenge thinking and shape business decisions
• Experience leading complex employee relations cases and organisational change, bringing sound judgement, commercial thinking and a practical approach to managing risk.
• Experience turning people strategy into action through effective processes, frameworks and initiatives, alongside the ability to lead, coach and develop others.

What's in it for you

• Bonus Scheme – up to 12%
• Access to our enhanced pension plan, with 8% from you and 7% contributed by Center Parcs
• Free parking onsite
• Discounted Center Parcs breaks
• Free use of our leisure facilities
• 20% discount in our restaurant and retail outlets
• Colleague Recognition and Reward Scheme - offering a choice of Center Parcs and High Street vouchers
• Access to Perks at Work Portal - offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program - providing support on financial, health and legal matters
• Excellent opportunities for career development and progression with the opportunity to gain externally recognised qualifications

Our values

Each colleague at Center Parcs is involved in building better worlds for our guests, colleagues, communities and our environment. Contributing to our purpose means living out our values: We care, we're brave, we're determined and we're naturally us.

Sound like your kind of job?

Apply online today - interviews are ongoing

Closing date: 1st November 2026 #INPLOIv2