St Margaret’s Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for an HR Business Partner to join our team.

• Location: Taunton or Yeovil
• Salary:  £31,877.75 (based on an FTE of (£39,315.89)
• Contract: Permanent, Part time
• Hours: 30 per week
• Working pattern: As a people-centred organisation, we recognise the value of flexibility. We support hybrid and flexible working arrangements wherever possible, while maintaining the visible presence and accessibility needed to support our managers, colleagues and services.

The HR Business Partner plays a pivotal role in ensuring our people are supported, valued and empowered to deliver exceptional outcomes. Working closely with managers, you will help create a compassionate, inclusive and high-performing workplace that enables the hospice to provide the very best support for patients, families and the wider community.

What can you expect to be doing? 
As an HR Business Partner, you will be a trusted advisor to managers and leaders across designated teams. You will provide expert guidance on employee relations, workforce planning, organisational change and people management, helping to ensure our practices are fair, consistent and aligned with our values.

Working with colleagues at all levels, you will support managers to build strong teams, promote wellbeing and create a positive and inclusive working environment. Through coaching, guidance and practical support, you will help managers deal with people matters confidently, fairly and with empathy, ensuring colleagues feel valued, respected and able to thrive.

You will also play an active role in workforce and organisational development initiatives, contributing to projects and programmes that enhance employee engagement, wellbeing and organisational culture, helping to ensure the hospice remains a great place to work and can continue delivering outstanding care.

Your day to day work will include:

• Managing and supporting a broad range of employee relations matters underpinned by a Just and compassionate approach.
• Support leadership growth and confidence.
• Work collaboratively with managers
• Support projects and initiatives aimed at enhancing employee experience and embedding this with each interaction you have.

What will you be good at?

• Building trusted, credible relationships with managers and colleagues, providing support, guidance and constructive challenge when needed.
• Managing a varied and complex HR workload, balancing competing priorities and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Handling a wide range of employee relations cases with confidence, professionalism and compassion.
• Influencing and coaching managers to develop their people management capability and confidence.
• Promoting a positive, inclusive and values-led culture where colleagues feel supported, engaged and able to do their best work

Our Values

At St Margaret’s Hospice, our values guide everything we do. We are:

• Compassionate: Kindness and care for everyone, every day
• Collaborative: One team, working together for one goal
• Ambitious: Striving for better, now and into the future.

If these values resonate with you, we’d love to hear from you.

Inclusive recruitment
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. If your experience broadly matches the role and you’re motivated to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.

If you need adjustments during recruitment, please contact recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk.

Why join St Margaret’s Hospice?

You won’t just be joining a fantastic team — you’ll become part of a welcoming, community-minded charity making a real difference every day.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment alongside a range of benefits including:

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days including bank holidays, rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS pension continuation where applicable*
• 6% employer / 5% employee contribution for non-NHS staff

Additional Benefits

• Life assurance cover (2x salary)
• Health Cash Plans
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 GP access, counselling, wellbeing support, and legal/financial advice
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Opportunities to volunteer and support fundraising initiatives

*Eligibility criteria applies

Want to Apply or Find Out More?

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we’d love to hear from you. Just reach out to Wendy Jones at wendy.jones@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

Interviews will take place at the Hospice in Taunton on Wednesday 19th August. We will use a competency-based interview approach, giving you the opportunity to share your experience and showcase how your skills and values align with this rewarding role.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can’t wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 11th August 2026
Interview date: 19th August 2026

Safer Recruitment

St Margaret's Hospice are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of those who use our services.

As part of our safer recruitment processes, all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks relevant to the role. These may include verification of identity, right to work, references, qualifications, and other regulatory, fraud prevention, and compliance checks. 

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.