Location
3 days a week will be field based out in the clinics across the North East and North West covering Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull, Nottingham, Stoke, Peterborough, Birmingham and Liverpool.
2 days based from home or Support Centre.
This is a strategic, field-based role where you'll partner with leaders across the business to influence every stage of the employee lifecycle – from recruitment and development to engagement and retention – ensuring our strategy is aligned, impactful, and consistent.
What you'll be doing
* Lead and support teams across clinics, laboratories, and referral centres, championing the colleague experience every day.
* Shape and enable retention strategies, proactively addressing risks and driving meaningful action through data and insight.
* Partner with managers and leaders to coach, guide, and strengthen engagement, recruitment, and retention activity.
* Embed Medivet's annual people cycle (performance management, talent management, engagement) to ensure consistency and impact.
* Optimise workforce planning and support talent pipelines, including early careers and development programmes.
* Influence pay and reward decisions through market data and benchmarking, ensuring fairness and commercial alignment.
* Shape the Learning & Development agenda by identifying skill gaps and guiding targeted solutions.
* Provide guidance on employee relations, empowering managers with tools and confidence to resolve issues locally.
* Build trusted relationships with divisional leadership teams, preparing them to lead change and transformation effectively.
* Use people data and insights to inform strategy, drive improvement, and embed evidence-based decision making.
What we're looking for
* Proven multi-site, field-based HR/People experience in complex organisations.
* CIPD qualified (or equivalent professional experience).
* Strong operational and commercial acumen, with evidence-based decision-making skills.
* Experience in strategic workforce planning and capability development.
* Skilled in using people data to identify trends and guide organisational priorities.
* Exceptional stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
* Highly effective communicator, able to influence and collaborate at all levels.
* Strong organisational skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
* Experience building compelling business cases for people initiatives.
Desirable:
* Experience in evolving People functions and managing ambiguity.
* Proven ability to shape and deliver people strategies aligned to business objectives.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office for reporting and analysis.
* Experience influencing organisational culture across multiple sites.
Why Medivet
Joining Medivet means becoming part of a nationwide community that puts care at the heart of everything we do. You'll work with a collaborative, people-first team where your expertise will be valued and your work will make a genuine impact on the lives of our colleagues and the animals they care for.