Contract: Full-time, Permanent (38.75 hours per week).
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + Annual Car Allowance.
Location: Hybrid / regional ways of working.
Dignity Funerals is a leading provider of funeral services across the UK, committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and engaging workplace.
The Role
People Partner delivering strategic and operational HR support across the South of the UK, including London, South West and East, reporting to the Head of People Partnering.
Responsibilities
- Support delivery of the Group People Strategy in line with the Company’s vision and values.
- Act as a Business Partner for the business, ensuring pragmatic, commercial and people-centric solutions to people-related problems, managing risk and working within applicable regulatory and legal frameworks.
- Support and coach managers in dealing with complex people-related problems.
- Partner with leaders to lead large change programmes, helping the business scale, understand and support opportunities and challenges.
- Deliver key People Initiatives across the People Spectrum, including workforce planning, restructuring, resourcing, talent management, pay and review, employee engagement and performance management.
- Support implementation of performance management processes, including setting objectives, conducting reviews, and providing feedback.
- Lead and support organisational change initiatives, helping employees adapt to changes and ensuring smooth transitions.
- Drive data-led questioning, solutions and decision-making through the utilisation of People reporting capability.
Qualifications & Needed Experience
- Evidenced experience within a People partner role or similar position.
- Policy development, process review/design, continuous improvement methods.
- Proven capability to lead, develop and motivate individuals.
- Understanding and appreciation of TUPE, restructuring, and redundancy.
- Proven ability to define, scope and deliver complex people change.
- Previous experience in delivering programmes designed and developed by People Centres of Excellence.
- An understanding of FCA and CMA regulations is desirable.
- Experience of working collaboratively.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary depending on experience.
- £4,500 Annual Car Allowance.
- 25 days Holiday + Bank Holidays.
- Up to 10% Yearly Company Bonus Scheme.
- BUPA Private Healthcare (Self).
- Life Assurance X2 Salary.
- Pension Scheme.
- Free On-Site Parking.
- Access to full range of employee development schemes.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
We know that diverse teams make better decisions, build better products, and create a better place to work. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your life looks like, we’d love to hear from you. And if there’s anything you need to make the process more accessible, please let us know.
FCA Statement
We’re regulated by the FCA, so some roles may be subject to background checks.
