About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a People Specialist - Employee Relations (Retail) to join our People team on a 12 month secondment / fixed term contract.

The role will be responsible for:

• providing a quality and solution focused Employee Relations service
• providing support on complex change programmes, specialist training interventions & development of HR policies
• involvement in diversity, inclusion and wellbeing projects which balance the needs of colleagues and the commercial considerations of the business
• working with relevant stakeholders to champion positive employee relations across the business

The role will:

• work across all 4 business divisions
• be responsible for delivery of relevant projects as required by the business/ER/people plan
• focus on ER plans over a 3-6 month period
• be involved with project work that may require interactions with subject matter experts from around the business
• reduce exposure to financial risk and assisting in change that results in cost savings

About You

Role-specific knowledge, skills & experience:  

Knowledge

• Experience of working on and managing change projects

• Strong employment and case law knowledge and best practice employee relations in external organisations

• Interest in Diversity & Inclusion and wellbeing

  
  
  

Skills

• Ability to practically develop and apply our people policies, ensuring these remain in line with current legislation

• Strong analytical skills to interpret data, identifying themes and trends that will act as input to plans and solutions

• Demonstrates an ability to influence and confidently challenge stakeholders to reduce risk 

• The ability to listen to our colleagues and stakeholders and act upon feedback received

• Ability to quickly establish strong relationships with people at all levels within a multi-site organisation

• The ability to remain highly effective in changing business circumstances, with strong personal resilience, versatility and adaptability

• Demonstrate passion and commitment enabling a culture where everyone is welcome, and colleagues feel cared for

Experience

• Experience of supporting change initiatives 

• Experience of designing and implementing specialist training interventions, face to face and e-learning

• Experience of working in an HR or ER role or equivalent

About The Company

At Morrisons we attract the best talent, provide a warm welcome and support the ongoing training and development of all of our colleagues. Providing our managers with the coaching and skills they need to lead us into the future, we shape policies and procedures to make sure we all do the right thing and everyone is treated with respect. We also offer all kinds of rewards to show our colleagues how much we value them. 

Our colleagues ‘Make Morrisons’. So our experts champion our people and give them the training and tools they need to do their job. We help everyone here to achieve their ambitions and play their part in growing sales and serving our customers better.

Our aim to offer more of what matters extends to our employees too. Join us and you can expect to enjoy great career prospects and a very competitive pay and benefits package. In addition to an attractive salary, we offer a discount card for you plus two more for friends or family members giving you up to 15% off your shopping in Morrisons. We also offer company a pension scheme, life assurance and more.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.