People Business Partner - Remote

Knovia is a group of best‑in‑class education businesses united by a passion for building professional capability and creating meaningful social impact. Through our specialist brands across Care, Education, Professional Services, and Dental, we help people gain the skills, confidence, and opportunities to progress in their careers and transform their futures. We are now looking for an experienced People Business Partner to join our award‑winning People Team on a permanent basis. This role will provide high‑quality people partnership across the Knovia group, with dedicated support to our dental training specialists Tempdent. Position: Salary: £45,000 (DOE) Location: Remote Hours: 36.5 hours (Monday to Friday) As a trusted advisor to leaders and managers, you’ll deliver expert guidance across all areas of the colleague lifecycle in your area of the group. You’ll play a key role in strengthening our people culture, supporting business growth, and driving workforce effectiveness, in our specialist and award winning dental training company, Tempdent. Experience / specialist within people analytics, policy and colleague handbook creation, Equality and inclusion and reward & recognition would be of benefit, ensuring our people strategy remains modern, compliant, different and impactful. This is an exciting opportunity to influence, coach, and bring meaningful change across a group of purpose‑driven businesses as a People Team Shared Service. Our award winning People Team and Stragegy impacts, is measured and is proudly awarded as a Sunday Times Top Ten great place to work, Gold Investors in People, Gold Investors in Young People and Gold Leaders in Safeguarding. Exciting elements of this role include...

• Acting as a trusted People Partner to leaders with Tempdent along with wider Knovia group, providing expert advice across all colleague matters.
• Supporting workforce planning, succession development, and performance management to drive a high‑performing culture.
• Using people analytics along with data driven decisions and trends to inform decisions and continuous improvement.
• Creating, reviewing, and implementing People policies and colleague handbooks to ensure compliance and best practice.
• Supporting reward processes and strategy and initiatives to help maintain fair and competitive frameworks and us being an employer of choice.
• Championing colleague wellbeing, engagement, and cultural initiatives.
• Supporting organisational change and growth by coaching leaders through transitions and transformation.

Requirements:

• CIPD Level 5 in Human Resources (or equivalent).
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a People/HR Manager or Business Partner role.
• Proven experience in people analytics / data insights
• Proven experience in policy creation and implementation
• Proven experience in Reward and recognition and colleague benefits
• Partnering with senior leaders
• Experience in a fast‑paced, growing environment.
• Strong influencing, relationship‑building, and coaching skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise effectively, and meet deadlines.
• Sound knowledge of employment law, legislation, and HR best practice.
• Confident IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
• Flexibility to travel nationally

This role will close on the 15th March and we will be conducting second stage interviews on the 30th March 2026 via MS Teams. Other information: We are proud to offer a suite of optional benefits that are handpicked for you including life assurance and income protection and core benefits below;

• Generous Annual Leave: Starting with 25 days increasing with length of service and also includes having your birthday off on us each year - and the 8 Public Bank Holidays and a holiday purchase scheme
• Paid Volunteering Leave: Up to 3 days of paid leave for volunteering opportunities and corporate conscience initiatives
• Perkbox: Access to a wide range of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools
• Recognition and Long Service Awards: Celebrating the milestones and contributions of our colleagues
• Bupa Private Medical Insurance
• Further range of health and lifestyle benefits

Knovia is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.