Reed HR are supporting a well-known retail company to recruit a People Business Partner for a 12-week temporary contract in Darlington. You will be expected to provide generalist HR support and give strategic direction in line with business objectives, projects & other site initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build appropriate relationships across the site to drive a culture of feedback and continuous improvement to aid employee engagement
- Provide professional support and advice on recruitment to line managers
- Ensure the PDR process is fully embedded across the site, coach managers through the process so they are fully bought in to the process to maximise output
- Ensure line managers are effectively briefed on any relevant changes to company policies and procedures
- Confidently advise on all ER issues and be actively involved in managing the processes from start to finish including performance improvement, disciplinary, grievance and absence for all high-level cases
- Work in partnership with the site management team to carry out TNA's (training needs analysis), coordinating and/or running relevant training and development workshops
- Work in partnership with the site management team to ensure the site structure meets business needs and supports business change or growth
- Coach and mentor the People Advisor and People Admin Team to be effective and efficient in their roles.
- Support the site H&S Advisor in driving effective H&S initiatives on site
Person Specification
- Depth of People experience with a strong track record in generalist HR
- Experience of partnering within the Distribution/Manufacturing environment
- Ability to build effective interpersonal relationships
- Credibility to influence and coach a variety of stakeholders at all levels of the business
- CIPD qualified
- Experience of working in a business partner role within a Unionised workforce environment