IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution)

Part-Time People and Performance Partner – 9 Months FTC

IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution)

part-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Watford • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Provide guidance, coaching and advice to people leaders and their teams implementing best people practices and driving a culture of continuous improvement
  • End to end management of people relations cases, providing advice and solutions to people leaders on performance, disciplinary, grievance, sickness matters
  • Act as the primary contact for employee enquiries including people policies and procedures, and workplace matters
  • Partner with leaders and line managers to identify and address organisational development and workforce development needs
  • Assist in the embedding of our new performance management approach and processes
  • Play an active role contributing to the employee forum network, leading engagement survey activity and listening groups
  • Supporting the Head of People on our salary review and benchmarking processes for competitive and equitable compensation practices
  • Support our strategic people priorities, including embedding our behaviours into everything we do and bringing our wellbeing strategy to life across the organisation
  • Work with the People Administration Specialist to provide timely data and insights on key people metrics
  • Use this information to inform decisions and approaches
  • Maintain strong partnerships with external partners to maximize their effectiveness
  • Produce workforce reports and use people metrics to identify trends and key priorities
  • Collaborate with the People Administration Specialist to ensure payroll, benefits, and bonus payments are accurate
  • Embed compliance and governance across People processes such as IR35, GDPR, internal audits and ad hoc projects.

Requirements

  • CIPD Level & Qualified with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience
  • Extensive understanding of ER practices, policies, and procedures
  • In depth knowledge and experience applying current employment legislation and best practices
  • Proven ability to manage projects from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and quality outcomes
  • Ability to quickly establish trusting relationships with stakeholders
  • Collaborative approaches with managers and leaders to encourage independence and open dialogues, reducing dependence
  • Strong influencing and negotiating skills with stakeholders to achieve business outcomes
  • A team player who exemplifies our behaviours
  • Intermediate MS Excel skills
  • Experience with cloud-based HRIS systems such as BambooHR
  • Proactive in making positive changes to work processes and approaches
  • A growth mindset and a desire to help the team continually improve
  • Ability to evaluate data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights using data.
Benefits
  • market leading pension
  • bonus scheme
  • ability to buy and sell annual leave
  • generous medical insurance package
  • great work-life balance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
employee relationsperformance managementproject managementdata evaluationtrend analysiscompliancegovernanceemployment legislationHR policiesworkforce development
Soft Skills
coachingcollaborationinfluencingnegotiationrelationship buildingteam playerproactivegrowth mindsetcommunicationproblem solving
Certifications
CIPD Level 5CIPD Qualified