People Business Partner

Connells Group; Castlethorpe; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Connells Group seeks a People Business Partner to act as a trusted advisor to the Business Unit Senior Leadership team, providing coaching and guidance on People challenges and opportunities. You will collaborate with BU leaders to align the People plan with business strategy, support change initiatives, optimise processes, and lead the people workstream of Group projects.

The role requires diverse people expertise across multi-location teams, and a strong ability to influence and coach others

Qualifications

• Diverse industry experience with people generalist/partner background.
• Ability to influence and lead significant change.
• Strong coaching and advisory capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor to BU Senior Leadership, guiding People challenges.
• Align People plan with business strategy and embed it across the unit.
• Lead the People workstream of Group projects, manage delivery and risks.
• Support People activity tied to business change and projects.
• Provide insights from MI trends and analysis to inform decisions.
• Model and promote company values through behaviours.

Skills

Trusted advisor

Coaching

People strategy alignment

Change management

Data analysis

Influencing stakeholders

Job description

We're looking for a people first, customer focused professional to join our people team as a People Business Partner. As a People Business Partner you will act as a key member of the People team and the Business Unit leadership team., Act as a `trusted advisor` to the Business Unit Senior Leadership team, providing valued and effective coaching and guidance in relation to all People challenges and opportunities

• Positively engage and work collaboratively with the Business Unit Senior Leadership team to ensure that the People plan is fully aligned to the business strategy: gaining true business ownership and understanding to enable successful implementation and embedding of the plan
• Supporting all People activity aligned to projects and Business Change within Business Unit
• Representing the People function on relevant BU Leadership meetings, change forums and committee's where appropriate
• Helping to optimise and automate the People and business processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the People function
• Lead the people stream of Group projects; management of delivery, ROI, scope and recognising and managing risks and issues, evaluating and reviewing outcomes to inform future projects
• Providing insights following ongoing review of Business Unit MI including trends and analysis
• Support for all People Cyclical activity dependent on business needs
• Acting as a visible advocate and role model, creating an environment where our values are consistently demonstrated through your own and colleague's behaviours.

Diverse industry and People expertise, with proven success in generalist, partnering roles in fast paced, multi-location and complex businesses

• Been a valued member of high performing leadership team within a highly customer centric service or property/retail industry environment
• Proven ability to influence, shape and lead significant change, creating truly customer centric environments.
• Ability to coach and guide others through complex and challenging people situations
• Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly to meet deadlines and to have the drive to deliver results
• Ability to develop relationships with colleagues, and the credibility to lead and influence management
• Self-motivated with passion, enthusiasm and tenacity
• Ability to analyse data and translate into customer focused and commercial HR solutions
• Understanding of relevant employment law and keep up to date with the latest insight from your industry.