Head of HR Business Partnering

Head of HR Business Partnering

Key Aviva locations: London, Norwich, York and Bristol

Salary: £100-120k

Are you an experienced and commercially focused senior HR leader with a passion for building a customer-centric and future ready workforce? Do you know your way around large and complex businesses and have the energy and resilience to get things done?  

 If “yes”, and if you have demonstrated that you can partner with C-suite Executives to enable them to build brilliant leaders, learning and careers for their teams, and a more sustainable, diverse and inclusive organisation, then a Head of People role at Aviva would be perfect for you. 

A bit about the job: 

The successful candidate will report into the People Director of our UK&Ireland General Insurance Business and will partner one of the Manging Director’s and their senior leadership team driving great customer and people outcomes, business performance, and sustainability, by defining and implementing an end-to-end people strategy. 

The role also involves:

• People Strategy: Design and implement effective People strategies that align with business objectives and drive desired customer outcomes 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate positive relationships with senior stakeholders and oversee organisational development and change. 

• Transformation Leadership: Oversee people transformation delivery and organisational development projects, ensuring smooth execution during periods of change. 

• Talent and Growth: Focus on developing our future workforce, building future skills/capability, talent management and robust succession planning. 

• Diversity and Inclusion: Champion our dedication to crafting a diverse and inclusive organisation where talent can thrive. 

Skills and Experience 

• Senior HR Expertise: Proven experience in senior HR business partnering roles within large, complex consumer-led organisations (i.e. 5,000 employees or above). Financial Services experience is highly desirable!  

• Competence in Strategy: Demonstrate ability to devise, deliver, and drive strategic people agendas to deliver on our business plans. 

• Relationship Building: Outstanding relationship building skills, with confidence in dealing with Director and C-suite level employees. 

• Change Management: Comfortable navigating change with a proven track record in leading transformation and organisational development projects. 

• Delivery; proven record of delivery of people strategy and plans, delivering commercial and customer outcomes. 

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.  And one of the ways we live up to that promise is by investing in you.  We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.  

• Salary £100,000 - £120,000 (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications) 

• Bonus opportunity – 25% of annual salary Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s. 

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in. 

• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days 

• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts 

• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme 

• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave  

• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work  

• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others 

• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools 

Take a look to learn more.  Put a salary into this calculator to see what your total Aviva Reward could be. 

Aviva is for everyone: 

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares. 

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues. 

To find out more about working at Aviva take a look here 

We interview every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. Once you’ve applied, please send us an email stating that you have a disclosed disability, and we’ll interview you. 

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please give Alice Neal a call on +44 7393469953 or send an email to alice.neal@aviva.com