Junior People Team Business Partner - 12 Month FTC

Junior People Team Business Partner | London | 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

We’re Hutch, a mobile games developer & publisher with studios in central London, Dundee and Canada. Our mission is to build the most diverse and engaged automotive gaming community on mobile. Our games have been played by over 300 million people, with new titles in development.

We believe in putting our people first. Here you can make games without sacrificing quality time with family and friends. We strive to ensure our people are happy and healthy.  

Our teams are small and empowered, they have the independence to take on creative and technical challenges together, to work collaboratively, to make great games and have fun along the way. 

We believe in; Looking after our people, small empowered teams, complete transparency, test, learn repeat, community at the core and the freedom to focus on what truly makes a difference to our players.

We’re driven by our players! Come and Join the mission!

Junior People Team Business Partner | London

We’re looking for a Junior People Team (HR) Business Partner to join our London-based People Team on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract. This role is ideal for someone who is an established PT Advisor/Manager looking for their first step into a Business Partner role or someone who is already early into their Business Partner journey and looking for a change. 

As a Junior People Team Business Partner, you’ll work closely with leaders and teams across the studio to support people, deliver initiatives, strengthen employee experience, and help drive high performance. You’ll act as a trusted partner on day-to-day people matters, while learning how to influence and support broader organisational strategy.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to the full employee lifecycle within a fast-paced, creative, and data-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with managers to provide guidance on employee relations, performance management, engagement, wellbeing and development conversations
• Support the delivery of People Team initiatives across performance, engagement, talent development, and culture
• Benefit Management - Pensions, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Perkbox etc
• EDI - Support and implementation of initiatives, member of EDI/Social Responsibility Team
• Support employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, probation, pay reviews, promotions, and exits
• Learning and Development - Appraisal Process, Training, Fuel Lunch and Learn Sessions etc
• Competence at handling maternity/paternity leave
• Contribute to engagement survey analysis and action planning
• Use people data and insights to support decision-making and identify trends
• Support change initiatives and help embed new processes across teams
• Maintain accurate HR documentation and ensure compliance with UK employment legislation
• Data reporting - including turnover, sickness, absence and diversity stats
• Payroll - Collation of information, checking prior to sharing with external provider 
• Administration - issuing contracts, letters, other People related admin