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Head of people services - role is 12 to 18 months fixed term contract with potential to become permanent

Edinburgh
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Tesco Bank
Head of people
Posted: 7 August
Offer description

Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Salary - Up to £, + annual bonus & benefits

Role - is to months Fixed Term Contract with potential to become permanent

Location - Edinburgh or Glasgow

Office Attendance - Our roles are hybrid, however you should be able to travel to our Edinburgh office,2-3 days per week for this position.

Closing Date – Applications close th August at 5pm

A career that works for you

Working for Lynne Rennie- Smith, People Director, we are looking for a Head of People Services to join our People Team, transferring to Barclays later this year. This is a critical role in the People Team and has a pivotal part to play in our transition into, and colleague experience at Barclays.

What you’ll be doing

1. Lead the development and implementation of a strategy to deliver People Services.Anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities, working with both Tesco Group and Barclays on transition and integration.
2. Identifying and implementing change that improves the type and quality of interactions colleagues and managers have with the People team. Deliver projects or workstreams using appropriate and effective change management.
3. Manage a significant operational and diverse area for the organisation including payroll and administration, Colleague Help, People data and MI, Service Management, Reward, People Conduct & Controls and ER & Advisory.
4. Monitoring, reviewing and highlighting any gaps in the performance ofsuppliers to recommend and ensure delivery of improvements by suppliers.
5. Ensuring that the team’s activities comply with relevant external regulatory and/or voluntary codes and with internal policies to minimise risk and protect the reputation of the organisation

We need you to have

6. Previous experience of leading a service delivery/operational team.
7. Previous experience of managing significant/complex change programmes.

And if you have any of these, even better

8. Previous experience in one or more of the following areas:ER, Payroll, Reward, People data & MI, People Operations and People Conduct & Controls.
9. Previous experience of migrating to new systems.
10. Previous experience of managing with Transitional Services Agreements (TSAs).

We don’t expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it’s worth exploring to further develop your career here with us.

What’s in it for you

11. Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
12. Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service you and your family days a year.
13. Performance related annual bonus.
14. Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
15. Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard, enjoy a % discount that increase to % every payday (worth up to 2K). As an added perk, we’ll give you a second card to share with someone else.
16. Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave.
17. A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
18. Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.

Everyone’s welcome

We want all our colleagues to always feel welcome and be themselves. We’re committed to building a more inclusive workplace and celebrating everything that makes colleagues unique, and value the richness and diversity this brings to our business. A more diverse business helps us deliver on our purpose to serve our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.

Additional Information

Role Alignment

Following the announcement regarding Tesco's' with Barclays, this role will support our banking business and will transfer to Barclay's UK towards the end of 4, subject to regulatory approval. Please note, the transfer date may change.

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