Job Description
At DAC Beachcroft, our people are central to our success. As a People Business Partner, you'll work closely with senior leaders to shape and deliver people strategies that support business growth, performance and future capability.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and ambitious People team, partnering with stakeholders across the business to drive strategic initiatives, influence key decisions and create meaningful impact through our people.
We're looking for someone who is commercially minded, confident in building relationships at all levels and passionate about helping leaders navigate complex people challenges whilst delivering an exceptional colleague experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to understand business priorities and ensure people strategies and initiatives support wider business objectives.
- Act as a trusted adviser, providing constructive challenge and influencing key business decisions to drive effective people outcomes.
- Use people data, insight and workforce trends to identify opportunities, risks and areas for improvement, implementing practical solutions that enhance performance and engagement.
- Lead and support strategic people initiatives including talent planning, succession planning, organisational development and workforce planning.
- Identify and develop high-potential talent, ensuring future capability and leadership pipelines are in place to support business growth.
- Lead the people aspects of change programmes, business transformation initiatives and organisational projects, ensuring successful delivery and colleague engagement throughout.
- Coach, support and challenge leaders in the effective management of their teams, building leadership capability whilst ensuring a consistent and pragmatic approach to people matters.
- Provide expert guidance on complex people issues, balancing commercial objectives with organisational risk and best practice.
- Support the attraction, development and retention of talent, helping to create an environment where individuals and teams can thrive.
Firm Wide
- Understand and operate effectively within an international professional services environment, working collaboratively across offices, teams and functions.
- Act in the best interests of the firm, demonstrating sound judgement and a commercial mindset in all decision-making.
- Operate within a regulated environment, ensuring compliance with relevant policies, procedures and data security requirements.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across the business to identify, manage and mitigate organisational and commercial risks.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Previous experience operating at People Business Partner level, ideally within a professional services, legal, financial services or other complex commercial environment.
- A proven ability to influence, coach and challenge senior stakeholders, building trusted relationships whilst maintaining an independent and commercially focused perspective.
- Demonstrable experience leading strategic people initiatives, including talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, organisational development or change programmes.
- Strong commercial awareness, with an understanding of how people strategies contribute to business performance and growth.
- Sound employment law knowledge and experience applying this pragmatically to support business decision-making.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience using people data and insight to identify trends, inform decisions and drive action.
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to adapt style and approach to different audiences.
- A proactive and solutions-focused approach, balancing strategic thinking with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and deliver.
- Well organised, resilient and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- A collaborative team player who enjoys working as part of a supportive, high-performing People function.
Additional Information
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.
About DAC Beachcroft
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
What you'll earn (you won't find "competitive salary” written instead of a figure on our watch!)
~£60,000
What you'll receive in return (Benefits)
Annual Bonus
Private Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Life Assurance
DACB Flex-Forward Scheme
Plus many more benefits...
CIPD Requirement
Not required
Closing Date
19/07/2026
About DAC Beachcroft
We’re a broad-based commercial firm serving a wide range of sectors with a strong heritage in insurance,
health and real estate. We combine excellent legal skills and cutting-edge delivery expertise to design
solutions that fit the needs of our clients – often involving clever uses of technology.