Human Resources Business Partner

BOOTS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking a People Partner to join their Nottingham Support Office. The role involves supporting senior leaders, delivering tailored HR solutions, and fostering collaboration. The ideal candidate should possess broad HR expertise, experience in complex environments, and strong problem-solving skills. Benefits include a retirement savings plan, generous discounts, and an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling and support

Qualifications

• Experience of influencing across a wide and varied stakeholder network.
• Ability to drive change in complex environments with senior leaders.
• Strong knowledge of HR lifecycle trends and innovations.

Responsibilities

• Steer and deliver the people plan for your function.
• Build collaborative relationships with People team members.
• Deliver tailored HR and People solutions for the function.
• Coach and support senior leaders on people lifecycle issues.

Skills

Partnering senior leaders

Supporting business teams

Generalist HR expertise

Trends in HR

Facilitation and coaching

Problem-solving mindset

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Contract: Perm & Full Time

Location: Nottingham Support Office

About the role - People Partner

We have an exciting opportunity to join our People Partnering Team within our Nottingham Support Office. You will report into the Head of People and sit at the heart of the people agenda for the respective function, where you will gain an understanding of the function you partner, collaborating with the leadership teams to deliver the exciting growth and BAU strategy. Reporting into People Director, your initial role will be with No7 BC which has an international lens but may move around business over time.

Key Responsibilities:

• By being an integral member of the relevant Leadership Team, you will steer, shape and deliver the people plan for your function, enabling it to achieve its in-year objectives through creative and strategic HR solutions.
• Gain an in-depth knowledge of the function to which you will add external insights and understanding of best practice and internal people metrics to identify, develop and deploy people interventions and solutions.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with People team members in other Partnering teams and the Centres of Excellence to ensure an integrated approach across the function, as well as bringing insight about wider organisational activities to the business area.
• Plan and deliver a range of HR and People solutions that are tailored and appropriate for the specific function e.g. the development of leader and team member capabilities, organisational development and design, team engagement, talent and succession planning, wellbeing and employee experience to name but a few. The scope is extensive and will provide a great variety of opportunities for the successful candidate to positively impact their business areas.
• Coach, support, and influence senior leaders on all people 'lifecycle' issues and the overall people agenda

What you'll need to have

• Experience of partnering senior leaders within a commercial and corporate environment, with the ability to influence across a wide and varied stakeholder network.
• Experience of supporting business teams to drive change in complex and often ambiguous environments, partnering leaders and inspiring teams
• Broad generalist HR expertise across the full HR 'lifecycle'
• Strong knowledge of trends, ideas, and innovation in HR and how to apply them appropriately to business context
• Experience of facilitation and coaching
• A problem-solving mindset, with a focus on root-cause analysis and creative solutions.

It would be great if you also have

• CIPD qualified (or equivalent experience)

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

What's next: If your application is successful, a member of the recruitment team will contact you. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.