HR Business Partner - Strategic Delivery

HR Business Partner - Strategic Delivery

Place of Work: London

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Omni are recruiting on behalf of USS for the following role.

When you join USS, the size and scale of our pension scheme means you will have numerous opportunities to learn and develop your career. Given our size you'll have real autonomy and influence as you collaborate closely with a wide-ranging team of experts.

Our office is a vibrant place to work, and we offer flexibility of office/homeworking due to our hybrid model.

About the role

In your role as HR Business Partner - Strategic Delivery, you will make a meaningful and valued contribution from the outset. This role will provide a great opportunity to drive the delivery of the People Strategy across USS. It leads key initiatives from design through to embedding, working closely with HR Business Partners and leaders to ensure they are aligned to business priorities and delivered in a way that is practical, consistent, and sustainable.

The role operates flexibly across the HR function, bringing additional capacity and expertise where needed, including stepping into business partnering activity to support the business directly. It also plays a key role in bringing external insight and a focus on continuous improvement, ensuring that people practices evolve and deliver meaningful outcomes for colleagues and the organisation.

What you will be doing

As a trusted part of the HR team you will be responsible for:

People Strategy Delivery

• Act as delivery lead, or SME depending on the initiative, bringing expertise and insight to shape approach and outcomes
• Maintain focus on progress, pace, and impact, ensuring initiatives stay on track and deliver meaningful results
• Work closely with HR Business Partners to understand business priorities, challenges and context, ensuring initiatives are relevant, aligned and practical to implement

EDI, Culture and Engagement

• Lead and programme manage the EDI governance framework, strategy and action plan
• Support reporting on inclusion and diversity metrics, including benchmarking against external market data, and provide updates to Boards and committees
• Build and maintain external networks with peer organisations and industry groups to bring insight and inform approach
• Own the end-to-end engagement survey process
• Work closely with HR Business Partners to embed local engagement insights and support effective action planning.

HRBP Support

• Coach and support managers and leaders through organisational change, reward, resource planning, employee relations and people strategy execution
• Act as a trusted advisor, combining strategic thinking with delivery focus.

People Strategy Oversight

• Partner with the HR Leadership Team (HRLT) to monitor delivery of the People Strategy, ensuring clear visibility of progress across key priorities
• Maintain a clear view of delivery against plan, including key milestones, risks, and dependencies

Continuous Improvement & External Insight

• Proactively identify and lead opportunities to improve people processes, frameworks and colleague experience
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of the People Strategy, ensuring it reflects both internal insight and external best practice.

About you

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box, if you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, then please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the requirements outlined in this profile.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Strong HRBP experience with the ability to operate strategically and operationally
• Experience within a regulated financial services environment
• Proven experience in project/programme delivery within HR
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
• Analytical mindset, using data to inform decisions and prioritisation
• The ability to operate in a flexible, non-aligned, enterprise-wide role

Why join us?

At USS, every individual contributes to building a secure financial future for our members and their families. We strive to create a work environment where everyone can thrive professionally while making a meaningful impact on the lives of others. We're also committed to helping you build your career by providing opportunities for development. We put a focus on recognising and supporting each individual's unique career path, driving this forward with the support of an engaged and proactive management team. Here at USS, we want you to thrive in and out of work with a friendly team, flexible culture and excellent range of benefits!

How we will reward you

• Great starting salary
• Generous annual leave package
• Access to a high quality pension scheme provided through Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Supportive people policies (including enhanced occupational sickness pay and family friendly pay)
• Financial contributions towards your personal development to help you maintain your physical and mental wellbeing
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing services i.e., private healthcare, discounted gym membership
• Learning and development opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and talent
• Employee Volunteer Day’s to support the communities where you work and live
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Our culture and values

Our people are what makes us different. We work together to create a diverse and inclusive culture that embraces individuality, where people are welcomed and feel comfortable in the knowledge that they can be themselves. Our purpose firmly states the importance of members, putting them ‘front and centre’ of what we do. This is embedded through our values:

• Integrity
• Collaboration
• Excellence

About us

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) was established in 1974 as the principal pension scheme for universities and other higher education institutions in the UK. We work with around 330 employers to help build a secure financial future for almost 577,000 members and their families. We are one of the largest private defined benefit pension schemes in the UK, with total assets of around £76.8bn (at 31 March 2025). 

USSL is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strive to ensure our recruitment process is as flexible and inclusive as possible so we can attract diverse candidates and recruit the best talent. We want all candidates to perform at their best during the recruitment process, so if you need any reasonable adjustments or if there is anything we can do to help support you through your recruitment journey please let us know.