People Business Partner

The Role

The team..

ITV has a collaborative, flexible and fun company culture, full of warm, brilliant people. In HR, we’re here to support and encourage that culture - partnering with teams to add real value and helping everyone reach their full potential. From recruiting the best candidates from a diverse range of backgrounds to helping them grow and develop their career at ITV - and supporting them with a range of wellbeing tools - we’re here to make sure everyone can be their best at ITV.

The role..

We’re looking for a People Business Partner to join ITV on a permanent basis, supporting our Finance division and reporting directly to our Head of People.

In this role, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to leaders and managers, helping to develop and deliver strategic people plans that align with ITV’s ambitions. You’ll provide proactive, solutions-focused support across a broad range of people matters, championing inclusion, building line manager capability, and promoting a high-performance culture. You’ll also play a key role in implementing organisational change, handling employee relations issues, and driving continuous improvement across the People function.

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and is passionate about making ITV an excellent place to work.

Some of your key day-today responsibilities will include:

• Develop strong ties with Finance chiefs and overseers, offering mentorship and support
• Provide expert advice and challenge to support effective people management and decision-making.
• Support the delivery of ITV’s People and D&I strategies, embedding a culture of inclusion and high performance.
• Partner with the Head of People to build and implement strategic people plans aligned to ITV’s “More than TV” strategy.
• Lead and support organisational design initiatives, restructures, and change projects.
• Handle a range of employee relations matters, including sickness absence, performance, flexible working, and informal complaints.
• Identify and handle operational risks, supporting compliance with ITV People policies and legal obligations.
• Provide people data insights and reporting to influence business decisions.
• Support or lead on People-related projects, frameworks, and policy development.
• May line handle People Managers and contribute to the development of the wider People team.
• Drive continuous improvement by working with Centres of Expertise to deliver a high-quality, professional service.
• Stay up to date with employment law and HR standard processes.

Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)...

• Substantial experience in HR roles, ideally within a fast-paced, high-profile organisation
• Ideally you'll have experience in working within a HR operating model utilising Centres of Excellence
• Experience of providing a proactive HR service to senior leaders
• Proven expertise in UK employment regulations and HR guidelines
• Significant experience of delivering operational HR in a matrix environment
• Experience of working with Trade Unions and other colleague representatives
• Experience of organisational complexity and a matrix structure

Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)...

• Experience of leading others
• Ability to diagnose organisational challenges and spot opportunities
• Strong communication skills, adept at translating initiatives or sophisticated issues into clear communication, adjusting the communication style as needed for the audience
• Excellent collaborator management adept at building rapport and trust
• Confidence to persuade and optimally question those in leadership roles
• Flexible in style to accommodate a variety of personalities, with the ability to adjust approach accordingly;
• Committed, resilient, proactive and conscientious;
• Ability to multitask, working independently or in a team;
• Confident communicator adept at staying composed in challenging situations;
• Takes accountability for their decisions and actions.
• Excellent personal presence and impact
• Ability to handle relationships to deliver both organisational and operational impacts of case management
• Strong networking and interpersonal skills that enable rapid establishment of rapport and trust with all colleagues

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.