Senior People Partner Operations (12 months Fixed Term)

ODEON Cinemas Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000

Job description

Job Purpose:

A pivotal role in driving the people strategy across our operations and cinema teams in the UK and Ireland. Acting as a strategic partner to the operations leadership team, you will lead the People Operations team to shape and deliver initiatives that enhance colleague experience, drive commercial performance and support our business plan.

Please note that this role is for a fixed term contract of 12 months.

This is a field based role with a base support location of either Manchester or London.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Partner the Senior Operations Team in UK & Ireland, leading a team to deliver strategically across talent planning, engagement and colleague development.
2. Strong link to and collaboration with the wider People Team to deliver the people plan, identifying current and future people-related business needs and strategies to prioritise.
3. Provide data-driven and cinema insights to influence decision-making, drive continuous improvement and current and anticipated people opportunities, challenges and risks.
4. Monitor and analyse key people related data trends and KPIs in order to enable people opportunities to shape longer term strategic plans.
5. Drive a positive, inclusive, high performance and engaged culture through coaching leaders and targeted initiatives across cinemas and operations.
6. Provide expert guidance and solutions on complex ER cases, ensuring fairness and consistency in line with our values and employment legislation to minimise any potential people related risks.
7. Partner with leaders to drive a culture of accountability, ensuring performance management processes are embedded and effective ensuring compliance and consistency across teams.
8. Lead and deliver people-related projects that drive transformation and our colleague experience and engagement.
9. Support and coach the operations leaders to ensure a strong talent pipeline for key operational and cinema roles.

Key Skills:

1. Proven experience as a senior people business partner in a multi-site retail, hospitality or operations led environment.
2. Strong customer focus and commercial acumen with the ability to align people strategy to business performance.
3. Expertise in organisational design, change management, and leadership development.
4. Excellent interpersonal, communication, coaching, impact and influencing skills.
5. A strategic mindset with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cultural change.
6. Strong understanding of UK & Ireland employment law and best practices.
7. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with a hands-on and proactive approach.
8. Experience in leading and developing a team to drive business-wide people initiatives.
9. Able to analyse and evaluate data and options for action to reach sound conclusions.
10. CIPD or equivalent qualification.

ODEON benefits:

1. Bonus Scheme
2. Pension Scheme
3. Unlimited free cinema tickets for you, and 12 friends and family tickets every three months.
4. 40% discount on our food and drinks, including our in-cinema Costa Coffee stores.
5. Private Medical Insurance.
6. Critical Illness Cover.
7. Life Assurance.
8. Free access to our confidential Employee Assistance Programme – an online platform that offers advice and support on topics including finance, health, and mental wellbeing.
9. The opportunity to gain professional qualifications through our Bright Lights Apprenticeship scheme.
10. Fantastic career development opportunities across our cinemas and support offices.

At ODEON Cinemas Group, everyone is welcome. We make movies better by bringing all our incredible differences and our different ways of thinking together with our passion for cinema, to deliver inspiring entertainment experiences for our guests. We are all individuals, and we recognise that everyone brings something special to our team.

Starting from the moment you apply, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is embedded into all parts of the colleague journey, and we welcome individuals from all backgrounds. We select colleagues based on merit and the passion they show for their role.

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