People Business Partner

THE SOUTHERN CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED

People Business Partner

£49077

THE SOUTHERN CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED, Stamshaw, City of Portsmouth

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 22 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 7d11e7775e8e423983bd65522461594e

Full Job Description

We're looking for a People Business Partner to lead our people strategy, champion our culture & values and enable our colleagues to achieve their highest potential.

You'll be a strategic advisor, coach and change agent, providing data driven insights and expertise that supports our plans in a fast-paced growing business. In this role you'll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home, office and in the field which will include occasional overnight stays.

What you'll do

  • Develop a people plan, driving the achievement of the business objectives through a strong culture and values-based approach

  • Act as a performance coach to the Managing Director, Regional Manager, District Managers and Store Managers to improve individual performance, capability, and engagement

  • Lead, coach, and develop strong succession planning at all levels, creating a culture of development and organic growth that will support our future growth plans

  • Motivate, develop, and drive employee engagement and retention at all levels initiating cultural programmes to support. Celebrating and recognising personal and team achievements across internal and external network platforms

  • Provide expert and proactive case management of employee related issues that encourages and enables line managers to take accountability to resolve cases in line with employment legislation and business policy

  • Manage employee consultation, redeployment, or termination of employment through TUPE and redundancy exercises

  • Provide monthly data to the business, analysing MI to identify trends and actions required to improve performance, development, and employee engagement

  • Provide data and insight to enable the development of an appropriate pay, reward and recognition offering, and co-ordinate the implementation of the reward strategy

    CIPD qualified

  • Broad HR generalist experience & in-depth knowledge of current employment legislation and it's application

  • Experience of TUPE and acquisitions

  • Experience of working in a multi-site organisation

  • Confident communicator with coaching and influencing skills

  • Full UK driving licence

    34 days of annual leave (incl bank holidays) increasing over time to a maximum of 39 days after 5 years' service

  • Company car

  • 20% discount

  • Hybrid working

  • Healthcare cash plan

  • Share incentive plan

  • Private Medical cover

  • Critical illness Insurance

  • NEST pension

  • Cycle-to-work scheme

  • Opportunities to develop your skills through apprenticeships and our own in-house training & development programmes


  • You'll not only join the Starbucks family but the Cobra Coffee family. Cobra Coffee is proud to be a Starbucks UK franchised partner. We're a company that cares about how we do business, it is important to us that our colleagues have a great work life balance with opportunities to develop their skills and experience.

    Cobra coffee, owned by Southern Co-op is a Starbucks UK franchised business partner.