Senior HR Business Partner
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Contract type: Permanent
Brand: WHSmith Travel
Pay: Competitive

A JOURNEY
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Job Overview
Senior HR Business Partner – WHSmith Travel
Swindon (Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office)
Full-time
Car Allowance + Great Benefits
We’re looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our fast-paced WHSmith Travel division. You'll partner with senior leaders to drive our people strategy, lead on key transformation projects (including our 2025/26 office move), and support areas like IT, Finance, Logistics, and HR.
This is a strategic, hands-on role perfect for a commercially minded HR generalist with a background in organisational design, change management, and employee relations.
What you’ll do:
- Deliver HR strategies aligned to business goals
- Lead cultural change and engagement initiatives
- Manage complex ER cases and coach leaders
- Drive succession planning and capability building
- Own people data and insights for Travel
- Lead key projects, including our major office move
What you’ll need:
- Strong generalist HR background (CIPD desirable)
- Experience in a fast-paced, complex organisation
- Strategic thinker with excellent stakeholder skills
- Resilient, pragmatic, and people-focused
What’s in it for you?
- Flexible hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 from home.
- Car allowance & private medical
- Staff discounts & paid holidays
- A key role in a FTSE-listed business

Our values
We strive to be outward-facing and customer-focused:
an organisation that keeps its promises. Living our four key values is an important part of achieving this aim.

Customer Focus
We keep the customer at the heart of all that we do.

Value Our People
Our people are respected and valued in an honest, open environment.

Drive for Results
We push ourselves to achieve ambitious and competitive results – delivered with pace.

Accountability
We take personal responsibility and deliver what we say we will.
Senior HR Business Partner
Location: Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Contract type: Permanent
Brand: WHSmith Travel
Pay: Competitive