People Advisor

We have an exciting opportunity for a People Advisor to join our talented People team at Ocado Group. This is a newly created role within our thriving business and requires a truly commercial People Advisor.

This is a fantastic career opportunity for anyone that is looking to further develop their career in people and the world of generalist HR. You will have the chance to focus on exciting projects whilst collaborating with your team and stakeholders on people solutions such as engagement, L&D interventions, talent management and many more. 

If you're a self starter, resilient and agile, thrive when coaching your stakeholders and can utilise data to drive change and you know your stuff when it comes to employment legislations then please read on and apply!

What will I be doing?

• Provide pragmatic and professional expertise and advice on HR topics such as performance and conduct, family policies, diversity awareness 
• Provide generalist HR advice to Management in absence, disciplinary, grievance and appeal meetings; provide performance management expertise and assistance to ensure a high quality workforce who enhance brand reputation
• Keep up to date with employment legislations (up and coming changes)
• Interpret and advise on relevant current employment legislation
• Partner with Centers of Expertise to understand and contribute to shaping and implementing new products. 
• Partner with the recruitment team to ensure all recruitment needs for the client group are briefed and managed effectively
• Develop practical people strategies with Line Managers which address business objectives - eg recruitment, retention, performance, development
• Collaborate with key customers in a partnership capacity; coach and assist Line Managers to understand and effectively implement HR policies, procedures and best practices
• Partner with the Learning and Development team to deliver and support learning and development activities relevant to the client base
• Engage with the Group People Services team to ensure the effective delivery of transactional HR activities for the client base ensuring that a high quality service is provided and SLA targets are met
• Attend and contribute to team meetings both with key customers and within HR; lead and participate in project and working groups on initiatives across both HR and the client base
• Utilise employee data and trend analysis to educate and work in partnership with Line Managers on people issues, eg absence management, attrition rates, focussing on retention.
• In conjunction with the Health and Safety stream and Line Management, ensure that there are safe working systems, procedures and policies in place at all relevant locations.
• Deliver, lead and proactively review training requirements for people managers, including workshops.
• Utilise workday and other systems to maintain employee data.

About you?

• You will already have proven experience in a generalist HR role supporting stakeholders on Employee Relations and Employment Legislation
• Be knowledgeable in employment legislation and up and coming changes.
• Experience of working with professional services stakeholder groups is highly desirable.
• Demonstrable influencing and skills to effectively build working relationships across the business and wider team.
• Confident presentation skills with experience of using systems such as MS Office or ideally Google Suite. 
• Prior experience of utilising HR databases and systems.
• Experience of working with employee data to educate and influence stakeholders is highly desirable.

Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.  

For more reasons to apply, please visit: Working at Ocado Group, Diversity & Inclusion at Ocado Group, Core Pillars

About Ocado Group 

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we’re a FTSE 100 business developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world!

Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we’re looking for the brightest talents to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.

Benefits 

Ocado employee experience is very important to us. As well as keeping a smile on your face with weekly massages, a games room, coffee shop, weekly food samples and amazing food hall to satisfy your daily breakfast and lunchtime taste buds! All Ocado employees are offered a benefits package of - 25 days holiday, 15% discount on your weekly ocado shop, pension, share options, discounts on gym memberships and family friendly offers.

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