Job Description

Overview

Join to apply for the Human Resources Partner role at McCarthy Stone.

Competitive Salary + Bonus Scheme + Company Car.

Your Responsibilities

• Deliver the People strategy with confidence, supporting leaders to embed policies, values, and a high-performing culture.
• Act as a trusted advisor, coaching and guiding managers on all people matters, from engagement and performance to ER cases.
• Lead and implement people initiatives across engagement, ED&I, succession planning, and talent management.
• Partner with stakeholders to plan and deliver change, ensuring smooth transitions and strong communication.
• Use people metrics to identify trends and shape effective, data-driven interventions.
• Champion employee engagement, supporting programmes such as monthly pulse surveys and Great Place to Work.

Your Attributes

• Relationship Builder – Builds trust and influences at all levels with clarity and confidence.
• Change Driver – Guides managers and teams through change with structure and resilience.
• Commercially Aware – Balances business goals with people needs, ensuring outcomes that work for all.
• Analytical Thinker – Interprets people data to shape impactful decisions and actions.
• Coaching Partner – Develops managers’ confidence and capability in people management.
• Resilient Operator – Thrives in a fast-paced environment, managing priorities with focus and energy.

About You

Are you a confident, people-focused professional who thrives on building trusted relationships, influencing leaders, and driving positive cultural change? Do you have a solid grounding in UK employment law and a talent for turning people data into meaningful action?

You will be someone who can juggle competing demands with ease, bring accuracy and attention to detail to everything you do, and act as a constructive challenger when better outcomes are possible. Coaching and influencing will come naturally to you, as will turning data into insight that drives smart people decisions. With proven change management skills, you’ll guide stakeholders confidently through transformation while keeping engagement high and disruption low.

You might be a People Partner, HR Business Partner, or an experienced HR Advisor ready to step up - what sets you apart is your ability to support, challenge, and inspire, helping colleagues thrive and leaders deliver with confidence.

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary + Discretionary Bonus
• Company Pension Scheme
• Choice of Company Car/Car Allowance
• Life Assurance
• Professional Subscriptions paid for
• 24 days holiday (rising to 28) plus Bank Holidays
• Flexible working pattern: two days on site, two days in the office, and one day working from home (Coventry Office)
• 2 fully paid volunteering days per year
• Health benefits such as Private Health Care (Employee Only); Remote GP, 24/7 EAP Services and eyecare voucher
• Colleagues Benefit Booklet with discounts
• Family Friendly Policies

About Us

As the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high quality homes to exacting specifications. As of September 2025, McCarthy Stone operates over 550 developments across the UK for more than 25,000 people.

We champion the role, wellbeing, and happiness of older people in society and launched the McCarthy Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain.

We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2025 and to be listed on the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list.

At McCarthy Stone, we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst our colleagues. We welcome applications from all, regardless of personal characteristics or background.

All applications will be reviewed as soon as they are received, and we hold the right to appoint before the closing date.