We have an excellent opportunity for a retail HR professional to join a luxury global retailer as an HR Business Partner. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive and positive team, you will support on all aspects of HR including Recruitment, Learning and Development and Employment Law, enabling and assisting the business to achieve their objectives and develop their employees.
This role is based in East London 5 days a week.
Main Responsibilities include:
- Support the business in formulating HR strategies, policies and plans in all areas of HR.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders to proactively address people focused requirements in the achievement of business objectives.
- Act as a single point of contact for employees and managers advising on Company policies and procedures.
- Actively identify gaps, propose and implement necessary changes to reduce risk by influencing managers to bring forward best solutions, for example challenge organisational structures.
- Provide a systematic recruitment and selection service in order to meet the Company's resourcing needs by managing the end-to-end recruitment process ensuring vacancies are filled with individuals who have the required skill-set and competence for the business area.
- Have a full oversight, whilst advising and supporting managers with employee relation issues (capability and performance, disciplinary issues, grievance, incapacity and long term sickness) in order to maintain a cooperative climate of employee relations in the Company. Ensure compliance with legislation.
- Remain up to date on employment legislation and ensure that any changes in legislation are updated or amended in the Company's policies and procedures and communicated as required.
- Act as the performance improvement driver and provoke positive changes in people management.
- Coach and where necessary carry out training sessions with line managers on HR related issues including appraisals, performance management, recruitment and selection.
- Manage HR projects cross functionally including complex and challenging initiatives.
Person Specification:
- CIPD Qualified or equivalent
- Experienced in premium / Luxury retail sector in an HR capacity
- Generalist HR professional
- Recruitment experience
- Solid ER / Employment law experience
- Excellent organisational skills to manage own workload
- Must have good communications skills both written and oral