HR Business Partner
Nearpod
About Us
Renaissance® is a global leader in education technology. We help schools and school groups in the UK and around the world with educational assessments, practice and intervention solutions, and data analytics. Renaissance now incorporates GL Assessment (known internationally as GL Education), too – a leading provider of educational assessments.
Together, our assessments offer the ideal starting point to help teachers understand their students’ strengths and pinpoint areas of need. Our teaching and learning tools then provide effective next steps, with online literacy and maths solutions that meet students exactly where we are.
Worldwide, we support over 18 million students, operating in over 100 countries.
Are you a strategic HR leader passionate about enabling high-performing, inclusive teams? We’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support our Commercial senior leaders within our UK and International markets. In this role, you’ll help shape and deliver people strategies that drive business success, foster employee engagement, and support talent development across our global footprint.
💼 What you’ll be doing:
- Partner with senior leaders as a trusted advisor on all things people and culture.
- Lead on organisational design and workforce planning to support international growth.
- Drive engagement and retention strategies, ensuring action plans from our Culture Amp survey are delivered.
- Support talent development by identifying capability gaps and creating targeted development plans.
- Collaborate with Centres of Excellence to deliver consistent, effective HR services.
- Mentor HR Advisors and support complex employee relations matters.
- Champion a positive, inclusive workplace culture and act as a mediator when needed.
- Provide data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions.
- Coach managers to build high-performing teams and challenge the status quo.
- Build strong relationships across the business and be recognised as a credible HR expert.
- Partner with UK and US HR teams to share best practices and deliver impactful HR initiatives globally.
🧠 What you’ll bring:
- Experience partnering with Commercial/GTM teams (Sales, Customer Experience, Customer Support) across EMEA/APAC.
- Background in global organisations, with experience collaborating across HR functions and geographies.
- Strong change management expertise and the ability to lead through transformation.
- CIPD Level 5 Minimum qualification (or equivalent) is preferred.
- Solid understanding of HR best practices, employment law, and compliance across relevant regions.
- Confidence using HRIS systems and Microsoft Office tools.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with a focus on practical, people-centred solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to align HR initiatives with business goals.
- A data-informed mindset, using metrics to support decision-making and demonstrate impact.
Additional information:
This is role is a Fixed term contract for 12 months with a predicted starting date 1st October. The role is hybrid from our West London office – ideally able to be in the office once a week. (Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this position)
Benefits:
Pension & Insurance – All employees can participate in our company pension scheme administrated by Aviva – where we will pay 8% of your annual salary if you pay just 3% pension contributions! All employees are entitled to Life and income protection insurance - We hope you don’t need this, but it’s there if you do!
Holiday and Bookable Leave - 22 Days bookable annual leave per annum, plus 3 complementary days to be used for our compulsory Christmas shutdown (Usually between Christmas & New Year). We also offer a day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style, to be used in the month of your birthday. We also offer up to 5 paid volunteering days per year with a cause of your choice.
Growth and development – extensive training opportunities for career progression across Renaissance Learning with Great Leaders looking to grow your career and allow you to flourish in your chosen career.
Shopping & Working for Renaissance Perks - Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal (provided by Reward Gateway) that’s right you’ll get instant access to a benefits and discount platform with access to 1000’s of discounts at retailers, leisure attractions and restaurants
Wellbeing & Health – We offer a generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 offering confidential support from counselling to legal and financial advice. We offer access to Company paid BUPA PMI and BUPA cash plan optional schemes for you
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We have an ongoing commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and have taken strides to become a more welcoming and inclusive workplace, including the introduction of our DEI Matters Network which is owned and driven by our staff.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups, as we believe and strive for community representation within our organisation.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply or attend any interview, please contact us and we will talk this through with you.
All your information will be kept confidential according to GDPR guidelines. Please note that we can only consider applicants who already hold a full work permit.
This role is subject to DBS and background checks.