Senior People Partner - Delivery & Construction
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Human resource managers and directors
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£52,900
(£27.13 per hour)
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Description
As Senior People Partner, Delivery, you'll lead the people plan for our Delivery and Construction teams. You'll partner closely with Heads of and Managers to create a plan that enables our business to grow, builds our capability for the future, and ensures a fair, safe and inclusive experience for our people.
This is both a strategic and hands‑on role. You'll work across the full employee lifecycle - from organisation design and workforce planning, through to onboarding, development, engagement and culture.
You'll report into our Head of People, Business Development. We're a friendly and focused People team who pride ourselves on being trusted partners at the heart of our business. We work with leaders and managers to provide strategic direction and true business partnership, helping to continue to develop our highly engaged teams and inclusive, high‑performing culture.
What You'll Be Doing
This role is ideal for an experienced people professional who thrives in a busy, operational environment, enjoys working across multiple locations and is passionate about building great teams and an inclusive employee experience in the field. it's a true generalist role:
Strategic People Partnership
This is both a strategic and hands‑on role. You'll work across the full employee lifecycle - from organisation design and workforce planning, through to onboarding, development, engagement and culture.
You'll report into our Head of People, Business Development. We're a friendly and focused People team who pride ourselves on being trusted partners at the heart of our business. We work with leaders and managers to provide strategic direction and true business partnership, helping to continue to develop our highly engaged teams and inclusive, high‑performing culture.
What You'll Be Doing
This role is ideal for an experienced people professional who thrives in a busy, operational environment, enjoys working across multiple locations and is passionate about building great teams and an inclusive employee experience in the field. it's a true generalist role:
Strategic People Partnership
- Partner Heads of and Managers and advise on people strategy, organisational effectiveness, and change, providing insight and challenge to support business growth
- Turn business strategy into practical people initiatives that improve engagement, retention, capability and performance across Delivery and Construction
- Develop, maintain and track a Delivery and Construction People Plan, covering capability, structure, engagement, workforce risks and future skills
- Use people data, insights and feedback to prioritise actions and measure impact, adjusting plans in line with business performance, market trends and organisational change
- Lead people initiatives across the full employee lifecycle for Delivery and Construction, ensuring a fair, safe and inclusive experience
- Design and oversee onboarding approaches - including "stay" conversations - that build early engagement, clarity of expectations and strong connection to our values
- Work with leaders and managers to identify opportunities to enhance employee experience, career paths and internal mobility within our Delivery and Construction teams
- Lead and advise on organisation design activity within Delivery and Construction, ensuring structures are fit for purpose, scalable and cost-effective
- Partner with leaders to create and maintain high-quality job descriptions and role profiles that clearly define responsibilities and requirements
- Support leaders to implement changes effectively
- Lead workforce planning for Delivery and Construction, ensuring the right capability, capacity and skills are in place to meet current and future business needs
- Use data and trends (e.g. ageing workforce, evolving digital skills, regulatory requirements (e.g. Health and Safety) to identify critical roles, succession risks and development priorities
- Partner with Talent Acquisition and leaders to design talent pipelines, training plans and reskilling strategies for future skills
- Support Delivery and Construction hub expansion, ensuring people implications (structure, qualifications, skills, ways of working, leadership) are fully considered and planned
- Work with local leaders to build hub capability, including training plans and local onboarding approaches
- Lead the creation and implementation of engagement survey/ culture action plans for Delivery and Construction, in partnership with leaders and managers
- Use survey data and feedback to identify themes, strengths and pain points; to help leaders turn these into tangible actions with clear owners and timelines
(in partnership with People Relations Partner)
- Work closely with the People Relations Partner on complex case management, ensuring fair, consistent and legally compliant handling of employee relations matters
- Coach and upskill managers on handling tricky conversations early and effectively, supporting a culture of accountability and constructive problem-solving
- Identify themes arising from cases and work with leaders to address root causes through training, communication or process improvements
- Partner with Heads of and Managers to understand current and future leadership capability needs within Delivery and Construction
- Shape and support leadership and manager development initiatives including coaching, workshops, mentoring and on-the-job development
- Build manager confidence and skill in core people practices (e.g. performance, feedback, development, inclusion, change management)
We pride ourselves on working in true partnership with our leaders - understanding their world, challenging where needed, and supporting them to build great teams.
Strategic Partnering
- Extensive experience in a People Partner role, ideally in operational or multi-site environment (e.g. delivery, construction, logistics, infrastructure)
- Ability to build strong, trusted relationships with senior leaders and managers, acting as both advisor and challenger
- Excellent communication, facilitation and coaching skills, able to engage diverse stakeholders across locations and levels
- Passionate about delivering a high-quality, inclusive employee experience and building a positive workplace culture
- Solid understanding of core HR disciplines, including organisation design, workforce planning, performance, engagement and talent development
- Strong grasp of people metrics, data interpretation and reporting - able to turn insight into action
- Experience navigating employee relations in partnership with our People Relations Partner and Legal, with strong knowledge of employment law and ER best practice
- Identify opportunities to improve people processes, toolkits and ways of working, and share best practice with our team that can be scaled across the wider business
- Curious about what AI can do for People and Culture
- Flexible working (this generally looks like 1 day in our central London office every week, 2 days at another depot location and 2 days working from home )
- Enjoy 33 paid holidays, including those well need bank holidays!
- Company Pension Scheme Contribution of up to 8%
- Stay healthy with our Healthcare Cash Plan
- Life Insurance and group income protection scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme + Enjoy travel/season ticket loans and exclusive discounts with hundreds of retailers
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