People Partner

Co-Operative Energy Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discounts

Annual Leave

Wellbeing Programmes

Training & Development

Enhanced Family Leave

Job summary

Co-Operative Energy Ltd is seeking a maternity cover People Partner to support trading areas, acting as a trusted advisor to operational leadership and delivering the people strategy. You will coach leaders, use people MI to drive data-driven decisions, and partner with the central people team to deliver development initiatives.

The role involves home-working with nursery visits, and you will focus on building strong leadership, guiding employee relations, and driving inclusion across the

Qualifications

• Generalist people experience, CIPD Level 5 or above or equivalent.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation.
• Continuous improvement mindset with customer focus.
• Strong coaching and feedback ability.
• Ability to build relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Support the Senior People Partner with change programmes, developing business cases, project timelines and colleague consultation and communication plans.
• Educate Managers and Operational Leaders for ER skills and employment legislation, including internal case reviews and tribunal learning.
• Collaborate with the People Development Team to identify learning solutions and provide guidance on engagement in development.
• Coach individuals and teams to deliver WGLL, providing constructive feedback and adapting style to learners.
• Review data to track people trends and identify root causes to improve business performance.
• Support trading group Diversity & Inclusion activities and its key aims.
• Work with the central resourcing team to provide resource planning insight.

Skills

Coaching

ER skills

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

HRIS

Job description

Are you passionate about driving positive change and enhancing colleague experience within a dynamic trading environment?

We are excited to announce this maternity cover vacancy for a dedicated People Partner. Reporting to the Senior People Partner, you will support our trading areas at an operational level in delivering our people strategy. As a trusted advisor and coach to operational leadership, you will focus on developing great leaders, executing the central people team strategy, and utilising people MI to make data-driven recommendations and solutions.

As part of this role, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the Senior People Partner with change programmes, developing business cases, project timelines and colleague consultation and communication plans


• Educating Managers and Operational Leaders for ER skills and employment legislation, including internal case reviews, attending managers clubs as SME’s and example relevant tribunal cases to support learning


• Working in partnership with the People Development Team to identify appropriate learning solutions, provide business unit insight during the scoping of development initiatives and provide guidance and support on the best way to engage colleagues in development


• Coaching individuals and teams to deliver WGLL, constructively challenging by holding the mirror up, role modelling great feedback and adapting style to meet the needs of learners


• Reviewing and analysing data to track people trends, assessing the impacts of these trends on overall business performance, identifying root causes and recommending solutions


• Supporting trading group specific Diversity & Inclusion activities and the delivery of its key aims and objectives


• Working closely with the central resourcing team, providing insight on resource planning

For full details about the role, please check the attached Job Description.

This role involves a mix of working from home and visiting our nurseries.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in the role, you will need:

• Generalist people experience, CIPD qualified to Level 5 and above or equivalent experience


• Sound and up to date knowledge of employment legislation with experience of managing people change projects


• Continuous improvement mindset – strong customer focus and commitment to making a positive impact on colleague experience


• Ability to question and challenge others to get to the root of people and business issues


• Ability to coach and provide feedback to key stakeholders to help improve business efficiency


• Ability to build effective working relationships at all levels


• A strong communicator, both in writing and spoken communication at all levels


• Demonstrable high level IT levels

What can we offer you?

• Employee Discounts – Save up to 60% off Childcare, 20% off your Food Shop and 15% off your next Holiday


• 30 Days Annual Leave - Rising with service up to a maximum of 37 days


• Health and Wellbeing Programmes – Benefit from our Stream App and our partnership with Grocery Aid for financial and mental health support


• Full Training and Accredited Development Plans


• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Family leave and more!