Responsibilities
Strategic Partnering & Stakeholder Support
* Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and provide commercially focused people partnering support aligned to business priorities.
* Support leaders to drive performance, engagement, capability, and team effectiveness.
Leadership Coaching & Capability
* Coach and support leaders to build high-performing and inclusive teams.
* Support a consistent and performance-led leadership culture across business areas.
Talent & Succession Planning
* Support talent identification, succession planning, and development activity across allocated business areas.
* Contribute to building sustainable leadership and talent pipelines.
Organisational Change & People Initiatives
* Support delivery of organisational change initiatives and people priorities within business areas.
* Ensure change activity is delivered consistently and with appropriate employee support and engagement.
People Insights & Data
* Use people data and insights to identify risks, trends, and opportunities.
* Support evidence-based people interventions and decision making.
Employee Relations & Cross-Functional Collaboration
* Work collaboratively with Employee Relations and Centres of Expertise to deliver joined-up people solutions.
* Contribute to People Team initiatives while promoting inclusion, wellbeing, and positive employee experience.
Qualifications
* Strong commercial acumen and focus on business performance.
* Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building capability
* Strong coaching and influencing skills.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
* Good diagnostic and problem-solving capability.
* Ability to balance operational delivery with strategic thinking.
* Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
* Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast-paced environments.
* Strong analytical capability with attention to detail.
* Collaborative and solutions-focused approach.
* Resilient and calm under pressure.
* Passion for employee experience, inclusion, and leadership development.
* Strong integrity and sound judgement.
* Experience supporting employee relations, organisational change, performance management, talent, and engagement activity.
* Experience coaching and influencing leaders.
* Ability to analyse people data and translate insights into practical actions.
* Strong commercial awareness and understanding of operational business environments.
* Previous experience within a People Partner, HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or equivalent people-focused role.
* CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent experience
Benefits
* Generous 50% staff discount.
* Discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions through the Retail Trust.
* Free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café.
* Various social events throughout the year.
* Support for different family setups including enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment.
* Flexible working, on top of payday and summer early finish Fridays.
* Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and matched funding.
* Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications and succession plan.
* A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan.
* Option to opt in for healthcare through provider AXA.
* 25 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays with option to purchase additional holiday twice a year.
Equality & Diversity
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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