Job Description
Our people are at the heart of our business, and we are looking for those that are just as passionate about that as we are. Join our People team, and come with us on a journey as we transform the way we do HR.
Our team is made up of business partners working with leaders to get the most out of their teams, specialist knowledge in our centres of expertise, and colleague-centric, efficient people services. Our work ranges from making sure that our 150,000+ colleagues are paid on time to attracting brilliant talent to drive our strategy, to unlocking the skills and capability of our colleagues.
This is a fast-moving business, and we make sure our policies and rewards keep up with that too. We know flexibility is important and helps you be more productive so there's more choice than ever about where and when you work. When it comes to your development, we'll support your growth in your own unique way. When you join us, you’ll be joining a team that knows just what it means to be happy and engaged, and who makes a real impact across our business.
Why join us
As our People Delivery Partner, you will ensure the successful delivery of our people plans. Putting our colleagues first, you will work with the Head of People Partnering and People Partners to help design, implement and embed a wide variety of people change initiatives and cyclical activity.
What you'll do
Your primary responsibility will be to ensure the successful delivery of people plans, including people development interventions, change / transformation projects, and cyclical people activity. Collaborating with stakeholders and the People Centres of Expertise, you will design, implement, and embed cyclical activity within the people plan, aiming to create a great colleague and line manager experience. Working on a portfolio basis, you will prioritise and deploy your expertise to deliver value-adding activities for the division, region, or function.
Additionally, you will drive business change initiatives, facilitate leadership development programmes whilst supporting talent reviews. With a data driven approach you will analyse functional people data to develop strategic people plans. In this role, your success will be measured by your ability to address people challenges, improve colleague engagement, implement business change initiatives effectively, deliver on people metrics, and contribute to a positive work environment.
Who you are
You are an experienced HR professional with a comprehensive understanding of the complexities of a fast-paced and commercial organisation. With a proven track record of successfully delivering people plans and driving positive change projects, you take full accountability for your work and always strive for continuous improvement. Your strong collaborative skills enable you to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels, finding innovative solutions to business challenges and ensuring the seamless execution of people activities. Your ability to analyse data and track progress, along with your agility to adapt and learn, allows you to make evidence-based decisions and drive positive outcomes for both colleagues and the business as a whole.
What you need to know and show
Essentials
- CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent combination of HR generalist knowledge skills and experience
- Own it, takes full accountability for issues through to resolution
- Make it better, identifies opportunities to make the way we work simpler or looks for ways of improving service in the team. Encourages others to deliver results by making decisions and trying new approaches
- Be human, strong team working and collaboration skills, working with others to solve business problems, and finding the most effective and efficient ways of delivering
- Proven track record of delivery in equivalent roles within a fast-paced, complex, commercial organisations
- Experience of collaboratively delivering people plans
- Experience tracking and monitoring project, programme or initiative progress, and flagging when things are behind schedule
- Ability to consume and analyse data
- Learning agility
- Experience supporting the delivery of people impacting change projects
Desirable
- Experience with project management methodology / governance / working in an agile environment
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).