People Partner

at  Compass Group

PAY: COMPETITIVE PLUS BENEFITS

Join Our Team as a People Partner in Healthcare!
Are you passionate about making a difference in the healthcare sector? Do you excel in strategic HR leadership and thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments? We are seeking an exceptional People Partner to join our team and help shape the future of our workforce. If you are a proactive HR professional with a strategic mindset, we want to hear from you!

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with leadership teams to understand business goals and develop People Strategies that support talent attraction, development, retention, colleague engagement, and business performance.
• Leadership Coaching: Advise, coach, and challenge leadership teams on strategic people matters, enhancing the capability of people managers to foster a positive and engaged workforce.
• Data-Driven Insights: Analyse People Metrics to provide actionable management information that influences interventions and drives performance and growth.
• HR Excellence: Support the Senior People Partner in ensuring HR products meet sector requirements, advocate for People Policies and Processes, and champion the HR team.
• Annual People Activities: Assist in the annual cycle of people activities, including Salary Review, Talent and Succession, Performance Management, and Employee Engagement.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Lead on People elements of bids, retenders, and presentations, and support the HR Operating Model across the business.
• Talent Development: Identify and nurture high-potential colleagues through succession planning and development opportunities.
• Regional Resourcing: Work with the Resourcing Partner to develop regional resourcing strategies to fill vacancies effectively.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements across HR processes and procedures.
• Employee Forum: Lead the creation and management of an Employee Forum, ensuring organizational feedback is heard and acted upon.
• EDI Champion: Support and champion Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives and strategies.
• Change Management: Provide oversight for transformational change, restructures, TUPE, and redundancy, ensuring a commercially focused approach.
• Strategic Projects: Support strategic HR projects to add value to the bottom line.
• Employee Relations: Lead on complex employee relations cases and Employment Tribunals as necessary.
• Additional Duties: Perform other duties commensurate with the role as required.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Proven experience in delivering a People Plan as a Strategic and Operational Business Partner in a comparable fast-paced, customer-facing environment with a large, dispersed workforce.
• HR generalist with expertise in Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Reward, Learning and Development, Employment Law (including TUPE), Employee Relations, Policy, and HR Shared Services.
• Financially astute, commercially and digitally literate, with intermediate-level Microsoft Office skills.
• Strong data analysis skills, providing valuable insights from management information.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Creative, forward-thinking, and human-centric approach to HR.
• Passionate about creating a fantastic employee experience and continuous professional development.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Working towards or holding Level 7 CIPD (MCIPD) or equivalent skills, knowledge, and behaviours.

We ensure you’re rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us
Part of Compass Group UK&I, Medirest is the specialist healthcare operating company of Compass Group UK & Ireland, providing a full range of hotel services, including staff, patient and visitor catering, domestics, portering, security and reception, at over 130 NHS Trusts and private hospitals.
Job Reference: compass/TP/1520416/165635
Compass Group UK&I wants everyone in our business to feel able to be themselves at work and to have an equal opportunity to progress their career. We want to create a culture where we respect and embrace everyone’s talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities. Where our colleagues feel valued, can reach their full potential, and thrive - Diversity is Our Strength!
Join us and play a vital role in shaping the future of our workforce in the healthcare sector. Apply now to become our next People Partner and make a meaningful impact on our organisation and the lives of our employees

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role will see you partnering with the Operational Team to provide a fantastic employee experience which results in engaged colleagues, enhanced customer experience, improved business results, and an inclusive culture with a diverse workforce where we create a great place to work for our people.
As the People Partner, you will collaborate closely with the regional team to develop, shape, and deliver the regional HR Strategy with appropriate operational solutions which enable the regional to achieve its goals.
You will act as a trusted partner, collaborating with your peers to develop deep business insight to effectively advise and coach leaders. Playing a pivotal role in making Healthcare at Compass a great place to work, with a strong focus on employee engagement, talent & succession, D&I and enhancing management capability. Experience with supporting complex casework an industrial relations activity will be essential.