Job Description

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Contract type: Permanent

Hiring manager: Rachel Williams

Recruiter: Helen Stokes

Grade: B-3

Location: Alderley Park, Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

Closing date: 23rd October 2026

The People Partnering Consultant sits within Royal London’s People Function as part of the Business Partnering team. The team helps shape organisational effectiveness, support business performance and deliver a positive colleague experience through change, continuous improvement and strategic people initiatives.

Working closely with People Directors, Heads of People and senior leaders, you'll support people plan activity and change initiatives including talent and succession planning, workforce planning, organisation effectiveness, business transformation and culture.

You'll also play a part in helping to turn workforce data, talent insights and organisational information into practical actions that support business priorities and future capability needs.

About the role

• Support organisation structures, operating models and role design activity, using data and analysis to inform decisions.
• Coordinate people and organisational change programmes, ensuring risks, dependencies and colleague impacts are managed.
• Support key people cycles and initiatives including reward, engagement, performance and talent activity.
• Build strong relationships across Business Partnering, Centres of Expertise, People Services and business teams.
• Prepare insights, talent data, succession materials and briefing packs to support workforce planning and talent decisions.
• Analyse organisational data including headcount, spans, layers, costs and workforce trends to provide insight and recommendations.
• Champion the Spirit of Royal London values and improve people and organisational processes.

About you

• Experience in a People, HR or Business Partnering environment, ideally within a complex organisation.
• Practical knowledge of HR processes, the colleague lifecycle and the role of Business Partnering and Centres of Expertise.
• Experience supporting professional, regulatory, corporate or central functions would be beneficial but isn't essential.
• Experience supporting organisational change activity and helping leaders make informed decisions through data and insight.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience interpreting workforce data including spans, layers, headcount, structure, cost and talent information.
• An interest in organisation effectiveness and organisation design, with a desire to develop capability and experience in this area.
• The ability to prepare clear presentations, organisation charts, briefing materials and reports for senior audiences.
• Strong Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and confidence using approved digital and AI tools safely.
• An understanding of data protection, confidentiality, governance and change controls.

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About Royal London

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate and Achieve. We also offer a competitive benefits package including 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, up to 14% employer pension matching and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We're an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected, whatever their background.