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HR Business Partner

As a HR Business Partner at Sodexo Royal Stoke University Hospital, you are also a relationship builder and a driver of solutions.

The successful candidate will partner with business leaders to enable the delivery of HR solutions to maximise people performance, strategy and workforce planning to significantly contribute to towards strengthening business performance.

What you'll do

HR Strategy: Understand challenges that business managers face and assist in the implementation of business and HR strategy and policy development.

HR Planning & Business Development: Support the people transition element of mobilisations and demobilisations by providing HR knowledge and due diligence

Employee Relations & Engagement: Provide local support on complex ER matters and develop appropriate 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

Performance Management: Use HRMI to identify people and performance management gaps, and provide practical solutions by developing action plans for business and individual improvement

What you bring

• Educated to degree level or equivalent CIPD qualification or qualified by experience

• HR generalist experience and good understanding of all aspects of HR Management including resourcing, talent management/succession planning, change management and employee relations

• Understanding of human capital measurement and delivery of performance improvement interventions

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Trade union experience

• Good interpersonal, communications and presentation skills

• Strong facilitation and coaching skills

• Well organised, responsive and able to work under pressure

  
  

Desirable

• Experience of organisation development and design, and facilitation of change including consultation and engagement

• SAP HR and appreciation of other HR Systems

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office programmes

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

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:

• £45,000-£50,000 depending on experience + 20% performance bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• 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.