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Who We Are

Join the Southern Region where your work truly matters.

Covering Wessex, Sussex, and Kent, the Southern Region is one of the busiest and most dynamic parts of the railway. Our teams keep some of the UK's most vital passenger and freight routes moving every single day.

This is a place where collaboration, innovation, and resilience are key and where your contribution will directly impact millions of journeys. We are entering an exciting new chapter as we integrate with train operating companies under one national leadership, creating even greater opportunities to shape the future of rail.

From supporting major modernisation programmes to improving performance for local communities and enhancing safety across complex operational environments, Southern offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment to grow your career and make a real difference.

About the role

Are you passionate about people and keen to make a real impact?

We're looking for a proactive and organised HR Business Partner Support to join our team, working alongside our HR Business Partners to help deliver meaningful, value-adding HR support and bring people plans to life across the business.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build your HR career in a role where no two days are the same - supporting everything from talent planning to organisational change.

What you'll be doing

You'll play a key role in enabling the delivery of the people plan by providing professional, dependable HR support to both the HR team and the wider business.

You'll:

• Provide proactive, professional HR support to HR Business Partner teams, helping deliver people plans and value-added HR support
• Support talent management, workforce and succession planning, ensuring data is accurate and up to date
• Contribute to organisation change programmes, supporting both design and implementation
• Provide project management support, tracking progress and keeping stakeholders informed
• Support research, analysis and reporting to drive HR initiatives forward
• Identify opportunities to improve how HR supports the business and help implement solutions
• Maintain up-to-date HR knowledge and contribute to both operational and strategic initiatives
• Take ownership of your work within HR programmes and projects
• Provide flexible support across a range of HR activities, including ad hoc administrative tasks

Your experience and skills

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Demonstrates strong customer service skills.
• Experience of working within a large, complex and fast moving organisation.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong time management, organisation and prioritisation skills and the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Resilient, Adaptable and Flexible.
• IT literate, strong excel, word and PowerPoint knowledge.
• Experience of event coordination and facilitation.
• Research and analytical skills.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of HR initiatives and projects.

Desirable

• CIPD Qualified or relevant HR Support experience.

• Graduate calibre

  
  

How to Apply

Band & Salary: £30,000 - £35,000

Vacancy type: Perm

Location: Clapham

Closing date: 10 th July 2026

We're an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.

We offer excellent benefits, including:

• Generous annual leave with the option to buy/sell days.
• Defined benefit pension scheme.
• 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
• Up to 75% off leisure travel.
• Carer's leave to support those who matter.
• Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
• We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments

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