People Partner in Chester House, Epsom Ave, Handforth, Cheadle, Greater Manchester, SK9 3DF Field based in West region. The role will require regional travel, including nights away from home, as well as travel to both Handorth and Swindon Support Offices when required.

Contract: 12 month secondment

Location: Field based in West region. The role will require regional travel, including nights away from home, as well as travel to both Handorth and Swindon Support Offices when required.

Closing date: Friday 25th August 2023

We have a secondment opportunity for the role of Regional People Partner in the Vet Group. This is a 12-month secondment as maternity cover, and you will be required to be field based within the West region.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to act as a true Business Partner by supporting, advising and coaching the Regional Field team on all people related activity, and working closely with the People Team to develop strategies and practices which will drive engagement, develop capability and drive performance improvement.

The role requires you to advise and coach managers at all levels on people related activities to ensure we deliver our people strategy. The People function is very much a team effort and you will be expected to recommend proactive and appropriate people solutions to support the wider team in the delivery of those solutions.

You will also need to be an ambassador for the People team as a whole, with visibility across both the region and the organisation.

As Regional People Partner, you will need to develop professional and effective relationships across the wider business, and strong communication with the Area Relationship Managers is essential to the success of the role.

As a People Partner the role encompasses the 4 elements of a People BP model: HR Expert / Colleague Champion / Strategic Partner / Change Agent.

The role will require regional travel, including nights away from home, as well as travel to both Handorth and Swindon Support Offices when required.

For a full detailed job description, please reach out to Sarah Mellor (smellor@petsathome.co.uk).

About you

• Proven experience in a Business Partner role, ideally in retail or similar environment
• A solid HR background
• The ability to lead a strategic agenda, and the agility to deal with the tactical operational activity this role can also bring
• Great planning, prioritisation and organisation skills
• A proven ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• A team player who can operate remotely but also within a wider team
• A high level of emotional intelligence and great judgement and decision-making skills
• An ambassador for change and able to support others during periods of change
• Able to pull together robust talent acquisition plans and strategies by liaising with all relevant departments
• Able to deliver upon challenging recruitment Key Performance Indicators using data
• Experience within veterinary sector is desirable
• Experience of working with JVP business model is desirable

Our diversity and inclusion vision is that everyone is welcome and feels part of our group. If you think you’re a good match to what we are looking for, and you share our belief that together ‘we’re better with pets’, we’d like to hear from you, whatever your background or circumstances.