People Partner

People Partner

Field-based | Northern regions | £40,000–£45,000

This is not a traditional HR Advisor role.

I am working with a growing retail business in a very key moment in their operational growth.

They are intentionally looking to sharpen its partnering capability. Moving from reactive, case-led HR support to proactive, influence driven People & Culture partnering.

You will work closely with operational leaders across a multi-site estate, bringing:

• Strong, balanced employment relations judgement
• Confident coaching capability
• The ability to build manager capability (not just manage cases)
• Structured interventions that genuinely shift behaviour
• Commercial awareness and operational pace

The focus is on raising the bar: improving the quality of people decisions, strengthening leadership confidence, and embedding more consistent people management standards across regions.

Rather than simply advising on investigations or process, you will help design and implement frameworks, capability sessions and practical tools that reduce escalations, improve consistency and create stronger on the ground leadership.

What They are Looking For

• A strong ER background with sound employment law judgement
• Experience operating at true partnering level (HRBP / People Partner mindset)
• Multi-site exposure: retail, hospitality, QSR or similar fast paced environments
• Comfortable influencing senior operational stakeholders
• Able to challenge constructively and build trust
• A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and change

This role would suit someone who enjoys walking into a region, diagnosing capability gaps, building practical interventions and seeing measurable improvement in how leaders manage their teams.

The Opportunity

• Salary: £40,000–£45,000
• Field-based across the North (realistically able to cover the geography)
• Significant scope for growth as the business evolves its People & Culture model
• Opportunity to play a key role in shaping how partnering looks in the next phase of the organisation

If you are an ER-strong People Partner who wants to move beyond transactional HR and into true influence-led partnering, I would welcome a confidential conversation.