King's College London

About us:

King’s College London is committed to world class education and research and is one of the top 5 UK universities and ranked 31st in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2026). Based in the heart of London, King's has over 34,000 on campus students (including more than 12,000 postgraduates) and a further 8000 studying programmes online, from some 150 countries, as well as employing over 10,000 staff.

This is an exciting time to join us at King's as we are preparing to launch the strategy framework for 2030. Through King's 2030 (K2030), we will build on our successes and strengths to deliver exceptional student value, broadening our educational impact, enhancing academic excellence, and securing financial sustainability.  HR at King’s will play a key role in enabling this strategy.

About the role:

Business Partners are the front face of HR, responsible for working with the Directorates and Faculties to align our vision and our people. Working with a dedicated client group they act as a trusted partner, providing strategic advice, support and guidance on a full range of people matters. The Associate HRBP will work to support the Senior HRBP, playing a key role in providing HR support to a range of stakeholders across their client group.

The role will be responsible for leading on employee relations casework for their client group, and providing advice and guidance to managers on a range of formal and informal ER matters. You will need a strong understanding of employment law and best practice as well as the ability to assess risk and act commercially in advising on these matters. The role will work alongside the Senior HRBPs to implement local and university-wide people initiatives, provide advice and guidance on HR matters to stakeholders and support on cross team initiatives and projects.

This is a full time role (35 hours per week) and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Demonstrable experience of managing a range of HR and employee relations issues within a large complex organisation
2. Up to date knowledge of employment law and employment practice, with a sound judgement in HR and ER matters
3. Experience of taking risk based / commercial approach to advice provided around HR matters
4. Experience of managing a variety of ER case work and advising managers on a full range of employee relations issues
5. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at a range of different levels
6. Well organised, with the ability to prioritise effectively and deal calmly with deadlines and competing priorities
7. Able to work on own initiative, with good attention to detail and a high level of accuracy

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working in a large, complex environment
2. Experience of working in a unionised environment

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information:

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.