HR Business Partner - 10 month FTC

Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting-edge technology, but more importantly, we're interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Through our Fashion with Integrity strategy, we are driving diversity, equity, and inclusion across every aspect of ASOS and ensuring every ASOSer can be their authentic self at work. We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work do their best work.

Job Description

As PX Partner, you will drive and support the delivery of our People Experience (PX) strategy and plan, partnering with our Head Office functions. It will suit an established People Partner with extensive HR knowledge and a practical and pragmatic approach, with relevant experience working in a progressive and evolving environment. We are looking for someone who can drive real outcomes and create positive change for ASOSers, thriving in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment while supporting our ambition to become the number one destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings globally.

What You’ll be Doing

• Partner with our business leaders to identify people strategies and objectives driven from data insight, translating this into meaningful People Plans to deliver the PX roadmap and our overall business goals.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of assigned business areas to identify challenges and opportunities from a commercial, business, and PX perspective, creating & delivering appropriate responses.
• Develop phenomenal stakeholder relationships, where you establish trusted partnerships with senior leaders, providing constructive challenge and acting as a sounding board, advisor, and coach.
• Support and influence leaders to be great role models and develop and maintain high performing teams that inspire ASOSers to bring their best, whole self to work every day.
• Provide thought leadership and develop pragmatic solutions on complex people issues related to employee relations, organisational design and effectiveness, and strategic workforce planning.
• Define, design and deliver organisational change and development solutions that positively impact business performance.
• Surface requirements and deploy both commercial knowledge and technical expertise in partnership with PX Centres of Excellence to drive forward our programmes of change in reward, learning, talent, global mobility, and belonging and diversity/inclusion.
• Collaborate with PX Centres of Excellence to facilitate and deliver key people processes and events across the ASOS calendar, such as performance management and engagement.
• Partner with your functions to deliver effective engagement strategies and action planning.
• Analyse and share data insights, recommending actions addressing challenges or opportunities, partnering with your business area and CoEs to put them in place.
• Lead and take ownership for the delivery of assigned PX Team projects across the ASOS business.
• Be an ambassador for the People Experience Team and play an active role in the PX and Business communities, establishing a credible voice and reputation for action, results, and living the ASOS values.
• Make a positive and impactful contribution to our culture and future success as we scale globally.
• Support our culture by driving Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.

Who We’d Like to Meet

• Experience building trusted relationships with leadership teams and coaching for high performance.
• Demonstrable experience as an HR Partner applying strategic thinking across multiple HR disciplines, including employee relations, organisation and people development, reward, mobility, and talent.
• Deep understanding of employment law and how to apply this in a pragmatic way.
• Passion and experience for partnering with a variety of Head Office functions with relevant experience influencing and creating positive change in these disciplines.
• Experience of making commercial decisions in line with business needs.
• Experience making an impact on the people agenda in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Experience in organisational design and development.
• Team player who works collaboratively for the success of the wider team in PX, your business areas, and ASOS overall.
• Ability to face into challenging conversations with senior stakeholders, applying excellent influence and negotiating skills to deliver commercial solutions for the business.
• Highly numerate with commercial acumen. Able to balance priorities and cut through complexity.
• Thrives in ambiguous, fluid situations and considers the bigger picture as well as the detail.
• Able to use and interpret data and cut through complexity to create a compelling case for change and investment.

What’s in it for you?

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!).
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business).
• Employee sample sales.
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials.
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day.
• Discretionary performance-related bonus scheme.
• Private medical care scheme.
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits.