HR Business Partner

Package Description

In return for your commitment and hard work, you will be rewarded with an attractive salary, plus access to our extensive benefits package, which includes:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Car Allowance
• Company Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday (FTE) – including bank holidays – rising to 28 days after 3 years
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 3 days (FTE)
• Volunteering days via our charity partner STOP HUNGER
• Numerous voluntary benefits, including dental care, gym discounts, retail / hospitality, and many more

We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

Job Introduction

The HRBP role is a key player in the web of influence and will hold relationships with the Sodexo leadership team, clients and their HR teams. Great processes are expected as the norm and the role adds value by bringing thought leadership to the client around HR best practice and current thinking.

You will partner with the senior management team to deliver HR solutions, maximising people performance, strategizing and workforce planning to significantly contribute towards strengthening business performance.

You will be forward thinking, curious and able to influence at a senior level. We'd like you to be CIPD qualified or qualified by experience, have experience in managing and supporting with change management and employee relations issues and have excellent client relationship management skills.

When you join Sodexo you truly belong, you will have the opportunity to thrive with career and learning opportunities available across the organisation - we cant wait for you to join us!

Main Responsibilities

• Engage, influence and challenge business managers in the development and implementation of business strategy and ensure business perspective informs the shaping of HR Strategy and policy development
• Provide HR thought leadership and due diligence for bids in order to strengthen the business and project manage the people transition element of mobilisations and demobilisations
• Work with the  HRD and Central HR Advisory  to ensure the effective facilitation and delivery of HR calendar events throughout the business, including application of Talent frameworks, Performance management cycles, Reward frameworks, Pay and Bonus Review, Star Awards, Employee Engagement surveys, Sodexo Long Service Awards
• Provide local support on complex ER matters escalated from People Centre and develop appropriate commercial solutions. Build strong working relationships with People Centre, regularly updating on segment activity to ensure a joined up HR service is delivered to the business
• Work with Resourcing to understand the local labour market (workforce availability, reward, attraction and retention drivers) to improve delivery of resourcing solutions
• Provide proactive solutions and promote performance management to enhance business capability

The Ideal Candidate

• CIPD qualified (or equivalent)
• HR generalist experience and detailed understanding of all aspects of HR Management including resourcing, talent management/succession planning, change management and employee relations (Union experience)
• Experience of leading projects in a multisite business
• Strong analytical skills, professional and commercial acumen, with strong senior level influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing ,communications and presentation skills
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills
• Well organised, responsive and able to work under pressure
• Prepared to travel by car across UK as required and to spend time away from home to meet business needs

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process