Network People Partner - London and South East

Location
3 days a week will be field based out in the clinics across London and the Southeast, covering Waltham Abbey, Harrow, Kensington, Morden, Reading, Colchester, Chelmsford, Southend, Faversham, Maidstone and Whitfield.    

2 days based from home or Support Centre.

This is a strategic, field-based role where you’ll partner with leaders across the business to influence every stage of the employee lifecycle – from recruitment and development to engagement and retention – ensuring our strategy is aligned, impactful, and consistent.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and support teams across clinics, laboratories, and referral centres, championing the colleague experience every day.

• Shape and enable retention strategies, proactively addressing risks and driving meaningful action through data and insight.

• Partner with managers and leaders to coach, guide, and strengthen engagement, recruitment, and retention activity.

• Embed Medivet’s annual people cycle (performance management, talent management, engagement) to ensure consistency and impact.

• Optimise workforce planning and support talent pipelines, including early careers and development programmes.

• Influence pay and reward decisions through market data and benchmarking, ensuring fairness and commercial alignment.

• Shape the Learning & Development agenda by identifying skill gaps and guiding targeted solutions.

• Provide guidance on employee relations, empowering managers with tools and confidence to resolve issues locally.

• Build trusted relationships with divisional leadership teams, preparing them to lead change and transformation effectively.

• Use people data and insights to inform strategy, drive improvement, and embed evidence-based decision making.

What we’re looking for

• Proven multi-site, field-based HR/People experience in complex organisations.

• CIPD qualified (or equivalent professional experience).

• Strong operational and commercial acumen, with evidence-based decision-making skills.

• Experience in strategic workforce planning and capability development.

• Skilled in using people data to identify trends and guide organisational priorities.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

• Highly effective communicator, able to influence and collaborate at all levels.

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities.

• Experience building compelling business cases for people initiatives.

Desirable:

• Experience in evolving People functions and managing ambiguity.

• Proven ability to shape and deliver people strategies aligned to business objectives.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office for reporting and analysis.

• Experience influencing organisational culture across multiple sites.

Why Medivet                                     

Joining Medivet means becoming part of a nationwide community that puts care at the heart of everything we do. You'll work with a collaborative, people-first team where your expertise will be valued and your work will make a genuine impact on the lives of our colleagues and the animals they care for.