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Senior People & Culture Business Partner

WWF-UK • Full-time • Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom • max £62k / year • 7h ago

About the job

**PLEASE NOTE THE CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 06/05/2026**

Location: Living Planet Centre, Woking, Surrey

Contract: Permanent, fulltime (35 hours)

Hybrid working: Minimum 40% in person collaboration per month

Salary: £62,000 + excellent benefits

Safeguarding level: Level Two

We’re excited to be recruiting a Senior People and Culture Business Partner to lead WWF-UK’s Business Partnering and Advisory team and provide senior, trusted People and Culture partnership across the organisation.

Reporting to the Director of People and Culture, this role plays a key part in shaping and delivering people strategy, workforce planning, organisation design and employee relations, ensuring these align to organisational priorities, values and culture. You’ll work closely with senior leaders to translate strategy into practical people solutions, supporting confident and inclusive decision-making during a period of organisational transition.

Combining strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, you will lead a high-performing team while supporting complex people priorities across directorates. The role operates at pace across both planned initiatives and responsive activity, helping strengthen colleague experience, organisational capability and a values-led culture.

Skills and experience

You’ll bring the following skills and experience to succeed in this role:

Essential

Significant experience providing senior strategic and operational People or HR partnering within a complex organisation
Proven leadership experience, including developing and motivating People and Culture or HR teams
Strong experience advising and challenging senior leaders on workforce planning, organisation design, cultural change and complex employee relations matters
Demonstrable experience embedding equity, diversity and inclusion into people practices and organisational decision-making
Up-to-date knowledge of employment law and best practice, applied with sound professional judgement
Strong influencing, coaching and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience
Experience supporting large-scale organisational change or transformation
Experience using people data and insight to inform strategic decision-making and improve colleague experience

What we offer

We believe in rewarding our team with more than just a salary. Here’s what you can expect:

Annual leave starting at 26 days a year, rising one day each year to 31 days plus bank holidays
Flexible working options, to support your work life balance
7.5% employer contribution to pension, rising to 10% with employee contribution
Learning and development opportunities to help you grow
Regular wellbeing initiatives to support your health and happiness.

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

This role is hybrid with a minimum 40% of your contracted hours spent at our beautiful UK head office, the Living Planet Centre in Woking, Surrey, where you’ll hot desk among trees and gardens.

About WWF-UK

We’re a global conservation charity with millions of supporters and hundreds of projects around the world.

At WWF-UK, we’re bringing our world back to life. Protecting what’s left isn’t enough. We’re racing to restore nature and prevent catastrophic climate change. And it’s a race we can win with everyone’s help.

We’re courageous, passionate, and driven by science. For more than 60 years we’ve been at the forefront of global efforts to protect wildlife and the natural world. We work with integrity, collaboration and deep respect for those we partner with.

How to apply

Click the link to apply via our website. You’ll be asked to complete an application form and upload your CV and a supporting statement that tells us why you’ll be a great addition to WWF-UK.

Our Diversity Promise to You

At the heart of our mission is a simple truth: the planet needs everyone. That means you - in all your uniqueness, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or how you choose to express yourself.

We don’t do stereotypes. We work together with purpose, driven by passion and enhanced by respect, courage, and integrity. We pull together from all walks of life to fight for a better future, and we want you to feel supported every step of the way.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities.

So, if there’s anything we can do to make your application or interview experience more comfortable or accessible, just give our Talent Acquisition Team a shout at recruitment@wwf.org.uk.

Safeguarding Commitment

Just as we celebrate diversity in all its forms, we are equally dedicated to creating a safe environment for every person we work with or encounter.

Our commitment extends to children, adults at risk, and individuals experiencing any form of vulnerability, whether temporary or permanent.

We proudly stand behind CAPSEAH (Common Approach to Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment) and put this commitment into action through clear policies, thorough training, and recruitment checks tailored to each role, which may include external vetting.

If you ever have a concern, however big or small, know that there are confidential channels ready to support you at WWF-UK. We promise to respond promptly and with care, because protecting every individual is at the heart of everything we do.

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