Human Resources Business Partner (14 Months Maternity Cover)

GLL, the UK’s leading leisure provider, is currently recruiting a Human Resources Business Partner to join its people team based at our support office in the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. As a Human Resources Partner, you will be a key member of the Regional Leadership Team responsible for working with the Regional Director, central people function, and senior colleagues to deliver the people national plan locally; set the Region’s people agenda and manage work streams and projects to deliver these.

The Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for the line management of People Advisors within the south region. Operating across a diverse geographic region, the role requires a sound understanding of the political and socio-economic factors that exist within each unique partnership. In this role, you will be working in partnership with our key stakeholders to deliver GLL’s key objectives, ensuring our people are trained and enthused to deliver the key priorities within their areas.

What you need:

• Master’s degree in HR, or other relevant advanced degree.
• Coaching Qualification (Desirable).
• Understanding of balance sheets and other financial metrics.
• Comprehensive and current knowledge of employment law.
• An understanding of learning and organisational development.
• Relevant, proven experience in a stand-alone role as a senior HR professional in a commercially-driven organisation.
• Up-to-date and proven experience of managing disciplinary, grievance and absence management and other employee relations case work.
• Proven experience working in a complex organisation that requires detail orientation, sound judgment and strong analytical skills.
• Experience of leading the full range of ER change management programmes including: organisational restructures, TUPE transfers, employment tribunals and redeployment and redundancy exercises.
• Experience of coaching managers.
• Experience of delivering training courses.
• Ideally have previously operated in a multi-site HR role.

What you’ll do:

• Become familiar with the operation of the region and its key performance indicators, for example sales, income and expenditure, and staff utilisation.
• Use this information, and other insights, to create a prioritised people plan that supports the region’s business plan, aligns with the national people plan and manage the delivery of initiatives within these plans.
• Lead the continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of the regional organisational design and staffing structures.
• Use relevant people metrics and insight to assess the future workforce needs of the region and determine short, medium and long term plans, in conjunction with the Head of People and workforce information leads, to ensure that these are met.
• Assist in identifying and promoting internal career pathways for staff within the region, and wider organisation, to support talent development and improve retention.
• Support the Associate Director of Learning and Organisational Development in ensuring that appropriate local mechanisms are in place to support the delivery of the company’s annual training plans and ensure compliance with essential training requirements.
• Assess how these plans are supporting the business and workforce in terms of skills requirements and gaps with the Associate Director of Learning and Organisational Development.
• Manage change management initiatives within the Region including: TUPEs, reorganisations, centre openings and closures and changes to structures and roles.
• Foster constructive working relationships with trade unions and lead collective consultations and negotiations with the support of the Head of People.
• Coach, upskill and support managers with the aim of improving staff engagement and satisfaction and reducing the number of employee relations cases.
• Ensure that GLL’s HR policies, procedures and practices are followed fairly and consistently by managers and become fully embedded across the Region and organisation.

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

• This is a 14-month FTC position covering Maternity Leave.
• Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible.
• Working from home is not possible in this role.
• We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.
• We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.
• A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.
• GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.
• As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

• Access to a pension scheme.
• Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.
• Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
• Free annual eye tests.
• Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner.

This includes GLL Extras! GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

• The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.
• Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.
• Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people.