People Experience Partner
Help shape how it feels to work at SettleParadigm. This is not a transactional HR role. This is influence, culture and experience in action.
People Experience Partner
Salary: £42,394 + Excellent Benefits.
Location: High Wycombe / Letchworth Garden City (Hybrid: 2 days in the office, 3 from home once established in role).
Are you looking to join a growing, values-led organisation with a clear social purpose?
At SettleParadigm, we’re proud to be the largest housing group in the region, managing over 30,000 homes across Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Hertfordshire.
Everything we do is about delivering excellent services, high quality homes, neighbourhoods we can be proud of and maximising number of new affordable homes we build. Through our merger we’ve brought together shared values, skills and ambition, so we can build more affordable homes and make an even bigger difference in the communities we serve
If you're ready to grow your career in a supportive, inclusive environment while helping to shape stronger communities, we’d love to welcome you on our journey. Together, we’re building a better future.
Help shape how it feels to work at SettleParadigm.
Not just policies or programmes, but the lived, everyday experience of more than 1,000 colleagues across a newly merged, ambitious organisation serving over 30,000 homes.
This is not a transactional HR role.
This is influence, culture and experience in action.
As our People Experience Partner, you will work directly with the Head of People Experience to shape and embed what great looks and feels like at SettleParadigm. You will help turn strategy into reality and values into behaviours. You will ensure professionalism and standards are not just talked about but consistently experienced.
If you are motivated by culture, energised by people and excited by the opportunity to build something meaningful in a growing organisation, this is your moment.
Why this role exists
Following our merger, we are intentionally building a new People Experience that reflects the organisation we want to become not simply combining legacy approaches but elevating them.
We have strong foundations. Committed colleagues. Clear ambition.
Now we are strengthening how it all connects.
This role exists to:
Translate our People Strategy into tangible, visible experiences
Ensure consistency and quality across the colleague journey
Strengthen engagement, belonging and professionalism
Turn listening into measurable action
Support leaders to create environments where colleagues thrive
You will sit at the centre of this work partnering across directorates, influencing leaders and working collaboratively with Recruitment, Talent & Development and People Partners to ensure the end-to-end experience feels aligned and intentional.
What you will shape
You will not simply “support initiatives”
you will elevate and influence how we design them.
Your focus will include:
Designing and continuously improving the end-to-end colleague journey from attraction and onboarding through development, recognition and progression
Embedding our behavioural standards and values so they are felt consistently across teams
Leading colleague listening activity (including engagement surveys and forums) and translating insight into clear, visible action
Strengthening colleague voice and belonging through networks and engagement spaces
Partnering with leaders to improve team experience, engagement and performance
Championing professionalism, conduct and competency standards in practical, everyday ways
Using insight and data to identify themes, influence decisions and demonstrate impact
What success looks like in 6–12 months
Engagement insight is translated into clear, visible improvements
Leaders feel supported and confident in creating positive team experiences
Colleagues can clearly articulate what our behavioural standards mean in practice
The colleague journey feels more consistent and intentional
Professional standards are embedded, understood and valued
People Experience is recognised as a trusted, credible partner across the organisation
You will thrive here if you bring
Experience in people experience, culture, organisational development, engagement or learning
Confidence influencing and partnering with leaders at different levels
Strong listening and insight skills, with the ability to translate feedback into action
A proactive, solutions-focused mindset
Comfort working in a growing and evolving organisation
A belief that professionalism, inclusion and standards genuinely matter
Added brilliance
Experience shaping behavioural or cultural change
Experience leading listening forums or colleague networks
A passion for continuous improvement
Curiosity about modern and innovative approaches to people experience
Who you are
You notice the details that others miss.
You care about how people feel, and you understand how that links to performance.
You are comfortable challenging respectfully and influencing positively.
You build trust quickly and act with integrity.
You are not here to maintain the status quo.
You are here to elevate it.
Benefits
At SettleParadigm, we believe in creating an environment where our people feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. Our comprehensive benefits and rewards package reflects this commitment.
annual salary: £42,394per annum + Excellent Benefits
25 days holiday, increasing with service, plus Christmas closure and buy options
Generous pension scheme – up to 9.5% employer contribution via salary sacrifice
Family-friendly leave: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Health cash plan – claim up to £1,800 for everyday health costs (plus free kids’ cover)
Life cover and income protection
Flexible working – hybrid options, modern offices, free parking & EV charging
And that’s just the beginning! We’re also thrilled to provide:
Mental Health First Aiders available to support
Car leasing via salary sacrifice (for permanent colleagues subject to conditions)
Funded training, qualifications & apprenticeships
3 paid volunteering days in the local communities
Peer-recognition rewards platform
Paid professional subscription (one per year)
Our Commitment
We are committed to creating an inclusive workforce, by reflecting and representing the diversity of the communities we serve. We would like to encourage applications from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds; people who identify as disabled, neurodiverse, members of the LGBTQ+ community and people from underrepresented groups.
Accessibility and Adjustments
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. Please let us know in advance of any suitable arrangements required.
Due to the nature of some of our roles involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post may be subject to a basic or enhanced Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made.
Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form.
Closing Date: 30/03/2026
We reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than the closing date should we find a suitable candidate.
- Department
- People, Strategy and Corporate Services
- Locations
- Letchworth Garden City
- Yearly salary
- £42,394
About SettleParadigm
We are a growing, values-driven organisation with a clear social purpose.
Our commitment is long-term: to our colleagues, residents, and communities. We want to be a place where people love to work, where everyone can belong, and where professionalism and passion shine through in everything we do. If you’d like to make a real difference to people’s lives while developing your career in a supportive and inclusive environment, we’d love to hear from you!