Junior People Partner (12 month fixed term contract)

Reiss Limited; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Retail Junior People Partner to enhance the employee experience within their retail team. This dynamic role involves providing essential HR support, managing employee relations, and ensuring compliance with employment laws. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to drive improvements across all lifecycle stages of the employee experience. The company offers a competitive salary, a generous employee discount, and a bonus scheme, making this an exciting opportunity for those passionate about HR in a retail environment. If you're ready to make an impact and grow your career, this role is for you!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company pension

Generous employee discount

Company bonus scheme

Health & Wellbeing perks

Qualifications

• Experience in HR advisory roles, preferably in fashion or retail.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for People queries.
• Manage Employee Relations cases and improve manager skills.
• Support lifecycle operational processes and compliance.

Skills

HR Advisor experience

Employee Relations experience

Strong organization skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong IT skills

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

What’s the role about?

As our Retail Junior People Partner, you will be responsible for providing generalist people support to the retail team, working with a wide range of stakeholders and supporting with the delivery of the People Plan.

This role will be reporting into our People Partner and would work collaboratively with the wider People Team to ensure we deliver ‘best in class’ operational excellence in our People processes and practices. As a trusted partner, this role is crucial to the evolution and elevation of our employee experience; unearthing opportunities and driving improvements across all lifecycle stages.

This role is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Who you are

• Previous HR Advisor and Employee Relations experience, within a fashion or retail environment is preferable.
• Experience applying HR policies and procedures.
• CIPD qualification is desirable, but not essential.
• Strong organisation skills and a continuous improvement mindset.
• A curious and credible nature with an eye for detail.
• Confident, adaptable, and proactive in your approach.
• A real ‘doer’ with the energy and drive to make an impact.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Strong IT skills - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the initial point of contact with Area, Store and Concession Managers within your assigned geographies regarding all People queries.
• Partnering with stakeholders, managing your own ER cases of varying complexity, including formal meetings, investigations and disciplinaries.
• Upskilling our managers, improving their skills and confidence to manage low risk ER issues.
• Developing policies and procedures.
• Supporting the effective management of lifecycle operational processes such as new starters, changes and leavers.
• Supporting the People Partner with management of Retail reward and benefits.
• Supporting the delivery and review of cyclical people processes such as our engagement survey and annual pay review.
• Ensuring Reiss is compliant with all UK and European employment law and proactively seeking updates.

What we’ll do for you

• Provide you with a competitive salary.
• Company pension.
• Generous employee discount.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing perks.
• Plus more.

If you want to start your story at Reiss as our Junior People Partner, don’t miss out - apply now!