About the Role
This is a hands-on, people-first role where you’ll partner closely with our rapidly growing Patient Experience function, supporting managers and teams through a period of significant growth and transformation. You’ll play a key role in shaping the employee experience, building management capability, and helping teams perform at their best in a fast-paced operational environment. This role is for a subject matter expert specializing in employee relations, performance, coaching managers through complex situations, and driving people initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Partner closely with Team Leads and Managers across the Patient Experience team to provide day-to-day HR support and guidance on employee relations, performance management & development, and people coaching.
- Act as a trusted advisor on people matters including performance management, wellbeing, absence, conduct, and employee relations.
- Support the full employee lifecycle from induction and probation through to progression and offboarding.
- Coach and support managers to lead confidently, effectively, and in line with company culture and values.
- Work closely with recruitment and onboarding teams to ensure a smooth and positive experience for all new starters.
- Support and lead on employee relations matters including investigations, performance concerns, welfare discussions, and probation reviews.
- Collaborate with the Head of People & Talent on key people initiatives, process improvements, and wider People projects.
- Help embed and improve key people processes such as engagement surveys, performance check-ins, recognition initiatives, and manager development.
- Use data, trends, and employee feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and proactively solve problems.
- Support policy implementation and provide practical HR guidance in line with UK employment law and best practice.
- Build strong relationships across operational teams and become a trusted and visible People partner within the business.
- Support change, growth, and organisational development as the business continues to scale rapidly.
Requirements
- Strong HRBP experience within a fast-paced, high-growth or operational environment supporting managers with complex people management, performance, and development challenges.
- Experience supporting large frontline or customer-focused teams is highly desirable.
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and adapting quickly as priorities evolve.
- Confidence handling employee relations matters with a calm, fair, and pragmatic approach.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and support managers at different levels.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple priorities and competing demands.
- A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in.
- Self-sufficient and comfortable working remotely whilst collaborating closely with UK-based teams.
- Working knowledge of UK employment law is beneficial but not essential.
- Experience using HR systems such as HiBob is advantageous but not required.
Skills
- Employee Relations
- Performance Management
- Coaching
- People Initiatives
- HRBP
- Communication
- Relationship-building
- Influencing
- Organisation
- Problem-solving
- UK Employment Law
Location
- London (Kings Cross)
- Winnersh (Reading)
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- HRBP experience
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (rising to 27 after year one and 30 after year three)
- Usual bank holidays
- Up to 5% employer matching contributions to pension
- Work-from-home options
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Private healthcare
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
About the Company
- Montu UK is a leading digital health company specialising in cannabis-based medicines (CBPM), dedicated to improving patient access to safe and effective treatments.
- Our mission is to transform lives by combining innovative technology with high-quality clinical care, ensuring patients receive the support they need at every step of their journey.
- As a fast-growing organisation, we offer a collaborative and supportive environment where talented people can develop their careers while contributing to meaningful change in healthcare.
- At Montu UK, your work has a direct impact on improving patients’ lives and expanding access to modern medical treatments.
