Junior People Partner - Marketing
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Group HR
Closing date: 19 January 2026
Requisition ID: 400044824
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. We’re the first to say we do HR differently here. For a start, we work as business partners and specialists. That’s whether we’re making sure that nearly 180,000 colleagues are paid on time, or that our strategy is helping us attract the right people, put them in the right place, and unlock their talent. This is a fast-moving business and our policies and rewards keep up too. That’s why we’re as flexible as we can be about where and when you work. We’re also flexible about your future. There’s always room to move up or across, if that’s what you want. We really value different perspectives so there’s no one opinion, no single path, and yours is important. What’s certain is that you’ll be joining one of the happiest, most engaged teams in the business.
Why join us
Joining Sainsbury's as a People Delivery Partner at the heart of our transformation journey, means becoming a key player in our commitment to putting our colleagues first and delivering successful people plans that drive business performance and enhance colleague engagement. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, leverage your expertise in people partnering, and drive positive momentum on critical people metrics. With a focus on continuous improvement, learning agility, and impactful decision-making, you will contribute to creating a work environment that fosters growth, development, and positive change initiatives.
What you'll do
As a People Delivery Partner for Sainsbury's, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of people plans, including people development interventions, change / transformation projects, and cyclical people activities. Working closely with the Heads of People and People Partners, you will help design, implement, and embed a variety of people change initiatives and cyclical activities, such as talent reviews, bonus and pay reviews, and peak recruitment, to create a great colleague and line manager experience. Your role will involve consistent delivery of people activities within agreed timescales, consulting with stakeholders, analysing data to support development of people plans, driving business change initiatives, facilitating Retail leadership development programmes, and supporting the delivery of the overarching workforce strategy and associated activities.
Who you are
As a People Delivery Partner at Sainsbury's, you are a seasoned professional with a proven track record of successfully delivering people plans and driving business performance in fast-paced, complex commercial environments. With a strong blend of people partner knowledge, skills, and experience, coupled with CIPD Level 5 certification, you take full accountability for resolving issues, constantly seek opportunities for improvement, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders to find innovative and efficient solutions. Your ability to analyse data, support change projects, and drive positive momentum on key people metrics demonstrates your commitment to delivering impactful interventions that enhance colleague engagement, drive performance, and ensure the sustainability of business change initiatives.
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrable experience delivering people plans and change initiatives within a fast-paced, complex, commercial environment, ideally within a large organisation, with evidence of successful and measurable outcomes.
- Relevant professional qualification or equivalent expertise, such as CIPD Level 5 or a proven combination of people partner knowledge, skills, and experience.
- Ability to analyse and interpret people data to inform strategic decisions and track progress against defined targets and measures.
- Proven capability in facilitating and implementing cyclical people activities, including talent reviews, performance management, and reward processes.
- Effective collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of influencing cross-functional teams to deliver joined-up people solutions.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new — whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to save 10% on your shopping online and instore at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat, and we regularly increase the discount to 15% at points during the year. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance and you can buy up to an additional week's holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
