Job Description

Employee Relations

• Protect the business by ensuring legal compliance that is culturally in line with our brand values
• Advise on employment policies and help align the businesses to new group policies
• Lead and support employee relations activities including TUPE, consultation, grievances, disciplinary, performance management and settlement agreements
• Working with the business to define and roll-out local guidelines and procedures, where required
• Develop policies, processes and guidance that supports new employment legislation changes and best practice

HR Operations

• Develop and rollout people policies and practices
• Help define and develop new ways of working
• Help lead the implementation of a common HR system across businesses
• Review contracts and benefits across businesses and make recommendations for harmonising
• Develop HR dashboard which can be applied across businesses and analyse and present trends
• Support new joiner process and ensure new joiners have high-quality onboarding experience
• Provide guidance to business leaders around organisation design, structure and titles and job descriptions
• Provide leadership and support for performance management and champion a culture of ongoing feedback
• Gather learning and development needs from the business and recommend learning solutions
• Design and deliver training sessions as required

Reward and Benefits

• Make recommendations on new employee benefits and help to put in place
• Conduct internal compensation analysis and review against external market.
• Create salary bands and job families across businesses and identify areas to address
• Provide input into the salary review process
• Make recommendations for employee retention and recognition initiatives

Culture/Change Management

• Contribute to the development of our culture
• Help bring the values to life through the employee lifecycle
• Act as a change leader and build credibility and influence throughout the business
• Implement employee engagement activities to help foster a positive working environment and also gather the voice of the employee
• Champion diversity and inclusion and look for ways to embed in each employee touchpoint
• Facilitate off-sites and team development workshops

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

CIPD qualified or equivalent HR qualification Strong HR generalist who has worked in HR teams without centres of expertise - experience with compensation and benefits would be a plus Highly experienced in employee relations - including hands-on experience with TUPE Previous experience in a fast-paced, demanding and complex organisations Previous experience with post-merger integration Experience with implementing HRIS Comfortable creating and embedding processes and systems from scratch Has gravitas and ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders Extremely comfortable in a very ambiguous environment Able to multi-task and juggle multiple priorities at the same time Well-organised and able to prioritise amongst multiple projects with limited supervision Strong analytics skills and comfortable with data Excellent communicator