HR Business Partner

Salary: £50,000–£53,000 FTE
Contract: Full-time, Permanent (part-time considered)
Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional travel
Closing date: Friday 30 January 
Benefits: 25 days annual leave bank holidays, life insurance (5× salary), income protection, Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 online GP, flexible working, and generous total pension contribution.

We are delighted to be supporting Cruse Bereavement Support, the UK’s leading bereavement charity, in the search for a skilled HR Business Partner. With a new organisational strategy launched in 2025 and a commitment to innovation, this is an exciting moment to join the team!

This is a crucial role for an experienced HR professional who wants to blend hands-on delivery with strategic influence. You will be the primary point of contact for operational HR matters, ensuring an inclusive, people-centred service aligned to Cruse’s values: kindness, inclusivity, ambition, and genuineness.

You will support managers and staff across the full employee lifecycle—from recruitment to wellbeing to employee relations—while driving improvements in HR processes, systems, and organisational culture. This role offers significant scope to lead projects, shape policies, strengthen HR capability across the charity.

To be successful as the HR Business Partner you will need:

• CIPD Level 5 or higher, with significant broad HR experience.
• Proven expertise in employee relations, including advising managers on employment law, policies and best practice.
• Hands on experience with HR systems, data management and payroll processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance (including GDPR).
• Strong communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to influence, support managers, and handle sensitive issues with empathy and professionalism.

If you would like to have an informal discussion, please get in touch and ask for Heather, quoting the reference 2820HB

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable charity jobs. We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment in the charity sector and partner with you as the leading charity recruitment agency.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.