People Partner (Maternity Cover)

Are you looking for the opportunity to be involved in shaping the Retail People strategy and make a real difference to the everyday experience at Mint Velvet? Do you enjoy being involved in exciting project work and delivering excellent tactical and operational activity, all while being a brilliant Business Partner? If yes, keep reading!

This role is an essential cog in our People Team, working directly with the Retail leadership, field and store teams to deliver commercial and essential people-related activity. Your week will involve anything from developing and delivering talent interventions, to managing and supporting our colleagues in human centred processes, through to enabling key reward activity. No week is the same, and you get to do it alongside a fantastic team and in a vibrant and growing brand.

We pride ourselves on our high-standards, and ‘brilliant basics’ is what we live by. You will be tenacious in driving the team to deliver this and will be action-orientated; never afraid to challenge the way we do things.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Working with our Head Office People Partner to spot opportunities to align and create a consistent MV employee experience across all areas
• Owning the Retail Talent Management process, ensuring high potential in Retail is identified and supported
• With the team, you will execute the employee lifecycle seamlessly, compliantly and accurately, also making sure every interaction our colleagues have with our team results in a positive impact
• Managing and staying close to people employee relations matters, spot trends, identify risks/opportunities and work to create solutions
• Developing and delivering the Retail employee brand experience at all touch points, including recruitment and onboarding
• Proactively, you will keep up to date with any legal developments across all markets, attending relevant webinars and events, and reading articles to contribute towards our relevant activity

WHAT YOU'LL BE:

• A self-starter, you love to seek opportunities to work in collaboration with the retail teams
• A fantastic communicator, able to collaborate, influence and identify the correct level of information to use in order to communicate your point of view successfully
• A strong leader, with a focus on inspiring and developing the next generation of talent
• Able to develop strong relationships, building rapport easily with those around you
• A big picture thinker with an eye for detail, ensuring we are delivering our operational needs, but balanced with driving change effectively
• An expert in technical HR, people trends and legal updates across all markets
• Customer-centric in your mindset with the ability to balance ideas with commerciality
• Able to communicate beautifully, both in written format and interpersonally
• Passionate about your own development, you consistently demonstrate self-awareness
• A team player, always believing that better results are achieved by working together
• A role model for our Mint Velvet values: ‘Entrepreneurial Spirit’, ‘Passion & Drive’, ‘Courage & Resilience’, ‘Collaborative’ and ‘With Soul’

YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH:

• Competitive starting salary and great career prospects in a fast paced and growing business
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company-funded private health insurance and access to Smart Health
• Life assurance
• Discretiona