People Business Partner

We're looking for a People Business Partner to join us and help deliver the people strategy and objectives at our head office through supporting, coaching and challenging our team managers.

This role is critical to our head office function within the business, and will help manage our office environment, including the leadership of reception, visitors and office standards.

What will your role look like?

You will be responsible for:

• Employee Relations

+ First line support in ER cases, incidents, occupational health and counselling services
+ Monitor and improve absence (including long term sickness) as well as reducing labour turnover
+ Supporting with grievances and disciplinaries, ACAS and employment tribunal cases

• Training and development

+ Coordination, delivery and evaluation of head office training courses and employee development programmes

• Resourcing and Succession

+ Work with the Resourcing Business Partner for authorisation and planning of recruitment
+ Support the Head of Talent and Development in succession planning
+ Completing exit interviews

• Reporting & Insights


• Culture and Engagement


• Office Management

+ Organise and lead the head office forum
+ Managing head office budget and supplies
+ Ensure reception cover with the office EA team

Ideally we are looking for someone who has:

• Level 5 CIPD qualified with the motivation to work towards level 7


• Operational experience as an HR generalist, with knowledge of employment law


• Experience implementing people projects, change programmes, performance improvement plans and people policies


• Experience in training delivery and workshop functions


• Previous experience working within a hospitality and/or retail environment would be beneficial
  
  Pulled from the full job description


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Free parking


• On-site parking


• Private medical insurance, Bonus Scheme


• Private Healthcare scheme provided by Vitality


• 33 days Holiday (inc. BH) - entitlement increases with service


• Pension Scheme. 4% employer, 5% employee contribution.


• Employee discounts (50% off onsite KFC, Burger King, Starbucks and Pizza Express to name a few)


• My Welcome Break discounts - savings at hundreds of high street retailers including fashion stores, electrical retailers, supermarkets and travel companies


• Career progression and brilliant training programmes


• Cycle to work scheme - salary sacrifice scheme allows you to save money on bikes - including e-bikes


• Free onsite parking at all Welcome Break sites


About Welcome Break

Welcome Break is one of the UK's leading motorway service operators, running 59 service areas and 31 hotels across the UK.

When you come into one of our sites you will recognise your favourite brands such as Starbucks, Subway, WHSmith, KFC, Pizza Express and Burger King, as well hotels under the Ramada and Days Inn brands. But what might come as a surprise is that we are all one team and that even with different uniforms, everyone works for Welcome Break.