HR Partner (Employee Relations)

TL;DR

HR Partner (Employee Relations): Supporting managers and frontline Patient Experience teams through rapid growth and transformation with an accent on employee relations, performance management, and people development. Focus on coaching managers through complex situations, improving people processes, and using employee data to strengthen organisational performance.

Location: Hybrid, with weekly presence at the London (Kings Cross) and Winnersh (Reading) offices; collaboration with UK-based teams.

Company

hirify.global UK is a fast-growing digital health company specialising in cannabis-based medicines and combining technology with clinical care to improve patient access to treatment.

What you will do

• Partner with Team Leads and Managers across Patient Experience on employee relations, performance, development, and people coaching.
• Advise on performance, wellbeing, absence, conduct, investigations, probation, and other employee relations matters.
• Support the full employee lifecycle from induction and probation through progression and offboarding.
• Coach managers to lead confidently and consistently with company values and culture.
• Improve engagement surveys, performance check-ins, recognition initiatives, and manager development processes.
• Use people data and employee feedback to identify improvements and support organisational growth.

Requirements

• Strong HRBP experience in a fast-paced, high-growth, or operational environment.
• Expertise in employee relations, performance management, manager coaching, and people development.
• Experience supporting large frontline or customer-focused teams is highly desirable.
• Confidence handling complex employee relations matters with a calm, fair, and pragmatic approach.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, organisation, and prioritisation skills.
• Working knowledge of UK employment law is beneficial; experience with HR systems such as HiBob is advantageous.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative startup environment with opportunities to contribute to meaningful healthcare change.
• 25 days of holiday, increasing to 27 days after one year and 30 days after three years, plus bank holidays.
• Up to 5% employer pension matching contributions.
• Work-from-home flexibility, cycle-to-work scheme, and private healthcare.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Cross-team collaboration, event representation, and support for professional growth.