People Partner
Full-time 37.5 hours per week
Circa £52,000 per annum (full-time equivalent salary)
Plus non contractual bonus
Based at our offices in Hessle with the flexibility to travel as required.
Due to internal movement within the People team we are looking for an experienced and commercially minded People Partner to join our team on a permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to support a diverse portfolio of businesses, partnering with leaders from various sectors to deliver people solutions that drive compliance, performance and increase engagement.
Normal working hours are 7.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday to be worked between the hours of 9.00am-5.30pm.
The ‘Good’ things you can get:
· 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
· Birthday day off work
· Free onsite parking
· Contributory Pension Scheme
· Life Assurance
· Health cash plan
· YuLife, with virtual GP and EAP
· Gym membership discount
· Free Eye Test
· Referral Scheme
· Long service awards including gifts and increase in annual holiday entitlement
· Employee Volunteering and matched charitable donations
· Social events
· Personal & professional development
Who are we?
The John Good Group is a sixth-generation, family business. Winners of the Yorkshire & Humberside Family Awards 2022 for Family Business of the Year and Best Social Impact. Founded on family values, we put our people, planet, and communities at the heart of everything we do.
The role
As a People Partner working across a diverse range of businesses and central services, you will be responsible for acting as a trusted advisor across a small portfolio of employees (<100) from our central services teams and businesses, including the Services, Transport & Logistics and Maritime divisions including a Charitable Foundation. Playing a key role in shaping people plans, developing management and leadership capability and ensuring our people practices support business objectives, compliance and an outstanding employee experience.
The role will include:
· Partnering with leaders to deliver people strategies that support business performance, compliant practices and engagement.
· Providing expert guidance on employee relations, organisational change and people management.
· Coaching managers and develop leadership capability across your business areas.
· Representing the People Team at Health & Safety Committee meetings and employee forums, supporting effective workforce consultation, engagement and communication while ensuring compliance with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements.
· Leading recruitment, succession planning and workforce development initiatives.
· Developing and use people data and insights to identify trends, inform decisions and drive improvement.
· Supporting employee engagement initiatives and help create high-performing, inclusive workplaces.
· Ensuring compliance with employment legislation, company policies and best practice.
· Contributing to the broader People projects, change programmes and business integrations as required.
About you:
You'll be a confident, credible HR professional with the experience and ability to converse and influence at all levels and adapt approach accordingly.
We're looking for someone with a broad HR background who has partnered with both operational and central service functions. Ideally, you'll have experience within warehousing, logistics or similar operational environments, alongside exposure to corporate functions such as Finance, IT, Marketing, Governance and Administration Support.
You'll bring:
· Proven experience in a People Partner, HR Business Partner or similar role.
· Strong employee relations knowledge and employment law expertise.
· Excellent coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills across all levels of the business.
· A commercial mindset with the ability to balance people, operational and business priorities.
· A proven ability to build relationships, influence and engage people at all levels, bringing people on the journey, building buy-in and creating momentum for change and continuous improvement.
· Experience of managing change and leading people initiatives.
· Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn data into meaningful actions.
· CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) desirable.
Our people are fundamental to our success with a drive deliver quality services to our customers. So, if you have the above qualities please apply attaching your CV with a supporting statement detailing how you meet the above criteria and what attracted you to this position.
Diversity
We respect and value difference and seek to create an inclusive workplace which promotes and values the diversity of our employees. We believe in promoting an environment where everyone, from any background has access to the opportunities to grow and succeed.
Recruitment Agencies
Whilst we make every effort to directly source candidates for our live roles, we do have a very small, preferred supplier list on the occasion we may require additional support. We therefore do not accept speculative CVs and/or cold calls to our People Team or Hiring Managers.
GDPR
John Good Group care about your privacy and we are committed to processing your personal information in accordance with the GDPR Data Privacy Laws. By submitting your CV you are agreeing to your personal data being retained in a secure location for up to 6 months to enable us to match and notify you of suitable opportunities. After this period your information will be confidentially destroyed.
Pay: £52,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
