People Partner / HR Advisor (12 month FTC) in Leeds

Location: Either Leeds (LS15 8GB) Hybrid 2/3 days a week, with monthly travel required to London Office (Bond Street). Alternatively London (W1U 2AU) Hybrid 2/3 days a week, with monthly travel required to Leeds Office. Travel expenses covered to your non place of work location.

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum DOE, plus extensive benefits.

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract - 12 months. Employment type: Full time. Working hours: Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week. We work on a core hours principle. Our core hours are 09:30 - 16:00; you can work around these to suit you!

Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.8 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day, and as a certified B Corp we also meet high standards of social and environmental responsibility. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.

This is an amazing opportunity to build a career in a values-led business alongside a strong people team within a fast-paced business with huge growth ambition. We celebrate diversity and welcome unique ways of thinking, but something we all have in common is our values.

This is a true generalist People role which will primarily support some of our Support Centre/Head Office teams along with our Medical Services Division, who in the most part work at either our Leeds or London offices.

What you’ll be doing?

• Building strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders, mentoring and advising them on People matters.
• Owning core People processes including Employee Relations, Performance & Pay Review, Engagement Initiatives, Benefits Administration and Communication updates.
• Provide insights from stakeholders to support the Senior People Partner and Head of People in shaping the wider People Strategy and contributing to the People Roadmap.
• Coaching and supporting managers on people issues, ranging from career development to managing difficult conversations, probationary reviews, absence management, performance management, investigations, disciplinaries and grievance cases, including complex cases.
• Provide expert guidance on People policies, employment law, and best practices; develop, review, and update policies to align with legislation; and ensure effective communication and consistent implementation in partnership with managers and stakeholders.
• Designing, organising and delivering learning/training workshops where relevant in collaboration with the Development & Wellbeing team.
• Co-ordinate talent needs including embedding succession planning and talent mapping, ensuring we encompass our D&I strategy.
• Monitor our engagement scores/metrics and support the rollout of engagement activities.
• Supporting People Projects as required.

Who are we looking for?

• Strong experience in a similar HR Advisor/People Partner role, preferably in a high growth business environment, CIPD qualification is desirable.
• A strong awareness and knowledge of Employee Relations and employment law.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills.
• Results focussed and constantly aims to deliver within agreed KPIs.
• An interest and eye for spotting opportunities to improve processes and the initiative to implement change.
• The ability to develop effective working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the business.
• Puts the patient at the heart of everything we do.
• IT literate with good working knowledge of MS Office suite and HRIS systems.

What happens next?

Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview. Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK. All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check. Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.