HR Business Partner - Culture and Engagement

HR Business Partner – Culture and Engagement

Location: London Victoria (hybrid model, minimum 3 days in office).

Nord Anglia Education – the world’s leading private school’s organisation is recruiting a HR Business Partner, Culture and Engagement. You will be joining the HR team in our London HQ.

London is our global headquarters where 200 colleagues across Finance, Risk, Corporate Development, Legal, HR, MAC and Education drive the success of our 90+ schools in 35+ countries. By joining our fast paced and innovative organisation, you will be regularly liaising with our global team-mates from the Philippines to Peru, from Beijing to Boston and beyond.

If you have a global mindset, enjoy thinking outside the box and are prepared to go above and beyond to find solutions, then a career at Nord Anglia is for you.

In the role of HR Business Partner, you will be responsible for in shaping an exceptional employee experience and cultivating a values‑driven, high‑performance culture.

This role leads three major organisation‑wide workstreams: the Employee Engagement Survey, the Empower Us Competency Framework as well as developing the Employee Value Proposition (EVP). The role ensures these levers are embedded consistently and translated into meaningful actions that strengthen organisational effectiveness.

The role:

As HR Business Partner your focus will be:

• Leading the full lifecycle of the organisation’s engagement survey, including design, vendor management, communications, analysis, and reporting.
• In collaboration with external vendor, deliver leadership insights, dashboards, and organisational themes post the engagement survey
• Work with leaders and HRBPs to ensure effective action plans are built based on engagement results.
• Lead the roll out of pulse surveys and the cascade of results
• Design and deliver other initiatives to drive employee engagement
• Partner with TA, Performance, Learning, and Regional HR teams to integrate the framework into people processes.
• Develop toolkits, training, and guidance to support manager capability and employee understanding.
• Provide support to the annual talent review cycle, including succession planning and identification of critical roles and high‑potential talent.
• Provide reporting, insights, and recommendations on talent strengths, gaps and risks.
• Provide support to Regional HRD’s to embed talent practices within business teams.
• Develop, and track EVP campaigns and initiatives that strengthen employee retention, engagement and connection.
• Lead culture‑building initiatives that embed organisational values and behavioural expectations.

The Successful Candidate will possess:

• HR experience with a focus on culture, engagement, or organisational development.
• Experience managing engagement surveys or employee listening tools.
• Strong analytical and insight‑generation skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Skilled in producing toolkits, communications, and behavioural frameworks.
• Experience implementing competency frameworks.
• Experience shaping or activating EVP.
• Ability to create training content, toolkits, and communication materials.
• A genuine interest international education
• Solutions driven to think outside the box and drive engagement
• IT Literate – confident in MS Office

See full job description, here.

About Us

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading international schools organisation. Our 90+ international schools are located in the Americas, Europe, China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Together, they educate more than 90,000 students from kindergarten through to the end of secondary education.  We are driven by one unifying philosophy: we are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools.

Our exclusive collaborations with prestigious institutions such as UNICEF, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), IMG Academy and the world-leading performing arts school Juilliard mean we’re at the forefront of educational thinking, while creating life-changing experiences for students.

By joining Nord Anglia Education you will become part of a committed and innovative team.  As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people across the world.

We encourage individuals to join us with our “Create your Future” mindset – we will provide you with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance your skillset and you will be given the autonomy to grow your career. 

To Apply

On-line applications need to be directly through the Nord Anglia Education careers page and should include a CV.

At Nord Anglia Education, we are an equal opportunities employer dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. In our schools and offices around the world, we treat all colleagues fairly based on their skills and qualifications, without discrimination.

We value individuals from all backgrounds, including those with different abilities and neurodivergent conditions, as well as those who identify with protected characteristics.

Nord Anglia Education is committed to ensuring the highest possible safeguarding standards in our schools and we expect every employee to share this commitment.