People Business Partner

Role Overview

• You’ll lead on change programmes linked to the people strategy, spanning across Insurance & Functions.
• You’ll provide HR advice to stakeholders and work in partnership with the People function to ensure effective delivery of strategic and operational people services to the business line.
• You’ll lead the implementation of small change initiatives.
• Implements people activities, reorganisations and consultations aligned to the plan
• Understands relevant customer and regulatory people metrics and data
• Diagnoses root causes of underperformance and identify opportunities to accelerate performance
• Creates and implements plans in partnership with the line and other stakeholders
• Undertakes diagnostics and solves business issues with relevant people solutions and interventions.
• Considers costs and efficiencies when proposing projects solutions and interventions.
• Ensures outcomes achieve agreed customer and business benefits.
• Provides data and metrics on the progress of the projects, initiatives, interventions and any part of the people and culture plan and quantifies achievements.
• Assesses and mitigate risks and escalates any risks or concerns
• Ensures there is always a robust engagement plan and creates key communications messages and plan to work in collaboration with internal communications.
• Seeks continuous improvement after every project implementation and seeks support and expertise from MU Centre People resources to improve the outcomes of solutions and interventions.
• Provides input to the Heads of People across People and Functions

Requirements

• Ideally CIPD qualified or equivalent experience
• Proven experience of leading change programmes which span large numbers of employees to agreed benefits, in a regulated, matrix organisation, ideally Financial Services or Healthcare.
• Accomplished working with people managers and employees with significant change management experience.
• Demonstrable successful business partnering in large multisite organisations with diverse demographics
• Strong track record and extensive experience of leveraging all aspects of HR to improve business performance on a sustainable basis
• Credibility, confidence and gravitas to partner and influence senior leaders and people managers
• Experience working across other regions outside of the UK would be great

Benefits

• 25 days holiday pro rata, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Various other benefits and online discounts