Senior HR Business Partner

Location: Worthing, Hove and Arundel

Vacancy Type: Full Time / Permanent

Pay Range: Grade 7 - £48,751

Contract Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Pro rata for part time roles)

Application Deadline: Sunday, May 31, 2026

Job Summary

About the role

The People Team are the first point of contact for employees and managers, providing a proactive, professional service, and advice across the organisation.

This is a great opportunity to develop and embed business partnering across the Group, leading and developing a great team of experienced HR professionals and working collaboratively across the People Services team to deliver Group business and people plans.

The role will be advisor to senior leaders as well as delivering an HR service supporting our employees in key work including health and wellbeing, talent management, change and talent acquisition.

You'll be

• An experienced HR Business Partner with a proactive and business focused approach.
• Analytical in approach identifying areas for development in talent management, talent acquisition and performance management, and develop solutions in response.
• Knowledgeable of employment legislation and able to oversee and support in employee relations, organisational change and skills development.
• Able to create visible team presence in the Group and engaging with employees to understand our culture, establishing key working relationships.
• Confident using systems and people metrics to inform decision making, identifying trends, and working as a team to develop proactive solutions.
• Able to demonstrate excellence in your own practice to lead a high performing team providing an agile, expert and professional HR Service.

About us

Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.

St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.

Chestnut Tree House is the children's hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life limiting conditions.

Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
• Up to 35 days' annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• On-site education support and study leave opportunities
• Option to access Medicash and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
• Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
• Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Death in Service

We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people centric organisation like ours.