At StepStone Group, we help everyone get the job that best fits their life. Whether it is the next step in their career, or a job to pay the bills - we exist to match lifestyles with livelihoods.  

We play our part by giving people everything they need to find the right job for them in that moment; making jobs work for more people, whatever they do, and however they choose to do it. 

We also have a hybrid approach to working from home and in the office!

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at StepStone is critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent on the market. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of your background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application or interviewing, please let us know. 

The role:

The Human Resources Business Partner will be responsible for the delivery of a proactive and customer-focused HR service across Stepstone Atlantic. The successful candidate will play a critical role in delivering the Stepstone Atlantic HR strategy across multiple offices delivering towards a consistent operating model. The company is facing an exciting growth plan and trajectory and the right person will understand the linkage between people and commercial success. The Human Resources Business Partner role will partner with the Atlantic Leadership Team, Head of HRBPs, and the entire leadership team and play a crucial role in the transformation of culture, HR operating routines, change management, and leadership expectations in the market.  This role will be accountable for full employee experience within support groups.  This role will be supported by Centres of Excellence (COEs) to ensure consistent delivery of HR best practice: Talent Acquisition (TA), Compensation & Benefits, HR Operations, and Talent & Development (T&D).

Business Partner:

• Review and analyse business metrics including data on retention and employee engagement in order to recommend systemic improvements. 
• Partner with senior leaders and their leadership teams to develop the talent strategy needed to support our tremendous growth and build a work environment where employees can thrive and grow.
• Work closely with specialist central HR teams, as well as matrixed site and international HR colleagues, keep the right focus on assessing the HR needs in areas such as performance management, talent acquisition, career development, diversity, and compensation/rewards.
• Partner with the talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent.

Employee Relations:

• Advise and coach leaders on escalated employee issues and act as senior point of contact and subject matter expert on complex employment cases and projects and provide HR related advice across the generalist range of the role. 
• Provide advice and support to employees and managers in all aspects of the employee lifecycle including recruitment and selection, onboarding, induction, performance management, employee relations, engagement, and wellbeing.

Stakeholder Management:

• Build and develop excellent relationships across stakeholders, including the leadership team and frontline employees. 
• Coach and influence the senior leadership team to support development and learning.
• Provide in-depth advice and guidance to internal customers on HR policies and procedures to ensure they are supported in their decisions and roles as people managers.

Change Management:

• Lead in the design and implementation of HR programs and initiatives to deliver change.
• Partner and coach managers through change
• Lead organisational change programmes, including restructuring, redundancy consultation, and other Employee Relations (ER) issues

Must Have:

• Minimum of 5-7 years HR Business Partner experience, including experience working with an influencing senior management in a large, multinational organisation.
• HR strategic mindset, successfully lead, drive & deliver key projects.
• Demonstrate the ability to coach, support, challenge, motivate and influence others.
• Possess strong change management, negotiation and influencing skills, to achieve positive outcomes.
• Able to apply a commercial approach and business acumen to ensure service is aligned to business goals and that the HR agenda supports the business objectives.
• Passionate about HR, ability to continuously engage our employees and senior leadership.
• Experience of managing a cultural shift or transformational change
• Ideal candidate to have worked in a matrix organisation within a high growth/evolving EMEA or global team.

Benefits and Rewards - How we recognise our employees hard work and talent:

• Holiday - We feel work-life balance is important, so we offer every single one of our employees quality annual leave, plus public holidays.  Everyone also has the option to buy or sell up to three days each year in our Holiday Flex scheme (UK applicable only). 
• Family Leave - At StepStone we understand that laying the foundations for a smooth start to family leave will also make for an easier transition back to the workplace and subject to qualifying criteria, the benefits under the Company Family schemes are more generous than required under current legislation.
• Pension Scheme - To help our people plan for their future we offer a competitive pension scheme.
• Eye Tests - Every employee receives a voucher which entitles them for a free eye test every year. 
• Medical Insurance - All employees are eligible to apply for private medical insurance cover which also includes a digital GP service. 
• Charity - Each StepStone Group employee receives x2 additional days off every year to volunteer to charitable causes. We also give our employees the chance to 'give as they earn' meaning they can donate tax-free to a registered charity, and StepStone Group will match their contribution up to a value of £10 per month. 

For more information about StepStone Group benefits please look at the StepStone Group career site. 

When you apply for a role with us you will be asked to complete an equal opportunities questionnaire. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to reach out to one of the team.