Junior HR Business Partner (Culture & Development)

Junior Hr Business Partner (Culture & Development)

• Application Deadline: 11 September 2025
• Department: Group HR
• Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
• Location: Crawley, West Sussex
• Compensation: £38,000 / year

Description

📍 Crawley, West Sussex | Hybrid (min. 2 days in office) | 4 or 5 days per weekSalary: up to £38k full time dependent on skills and experience
Are you passionate about shaping workplace culture, driving engagement, and helping people thrive in their careers? At Vines, we’re seeking a proactive and people-focused Junior HR Business Partner with a specialism in culture and development. In this role, you’ll play a key part in creating an environment where our people feel supported, inspired, and proud to work.

If you’re looking for more than just a job, somewhere with the opportunity to influence how our people feel, develop your skills, and help shape the future of the industry, Vines could be the place for you.

Key Responsibilities

•  Acting as a generalist advisor across the entire employee lifecycle, you’ll be involved in everything from recruitment and onboarding to employee relations, engagement, and talent development. 
• Partnering with managers to build capability, coach leaders, and support performance.
• Leading employee engagement across the business — from running surveys to turning feedback into meaningful action.
• Putting Learning & Development at the heart of our people agenda — designing and delivering career pathways, mentoring opportunities, and learning programmes that help our people thrive.
• Coordinating employee communications and social media to keep our people connected and engaged.
• Leading wellbeing, DEI and engagement projects that make a real difference to the employee experience.

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in HR, whether as a Generalist Advisor, or Learning & Development specialist, with exposure to culture, development, or engagement and readiness to take the next step into an HR Business Partner-type role . 
• Strong knowledge of employment law and employee relations.
• A natural ability to coach and influence, with excellent organisational skills.
• A genuine passion for people, culture, development, and creating positive change.
• Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, maintaining focus and delivering high-quality results. 
• CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent experience).
• A full UK driving licence.

Why join us?
At Vines, our mission is simple: to inspire each other to delight our customers. We know that starts with creating an environment where our people feel valued, supported, and inspired. You’ll be joining a small collaborative HR team where your ideas matter, your expertise is valued, and your work will have a direct impact on how our people experience life at Vines. We offer the flexibility of working 4 or 5 days a week, with at least 2 days in our Crawley office to stay connected with the team.

Benefits

• Awesome Team: Work with friendly, passionate people who love what they do.
• Great Perks: Competitive pay, cool benefits, and plenty of room to grow.
• Training Provided: Don’t worry if you’re new to this; we’ll give you all the training you need to succeed!
• 24 Days Holiday: Plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days with service.
• Birthday Off: Celebrate your special day!
• Staff Purchase Scheme: Discounts on cars and motorbikes.
• Health Plan: Medical health cash plan.
• Enhanced Parental Benefits
• Flexible Holidays: Buy and sell holiday days.
• Growth Opportunities: Job shadowing scheme and career planning/ pathways.
• Extra Perks: High street discount vouchers, sabbatical leave, long service awards, and much more!

                                                 For more details, check out our staff benefits.