People Partner

We're looking for a commercially focused People Partner to support M+C Saatchi's Shared Services functions and UK Specialisms. This is a permanent role that will report into the UK Senior People Partner, whilst working on a day-to-day basis with the Senior Leaders of the Shared Services function and the UK Specialisms. This is a full-time position (5 days per week) based in London on a hybrid working basis, with a minimum of 3 days in the office a week.

About the Role:

This role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of an ambitious and energised People team. This is a varied and multifaceted role, which will execute on several core processes and projects that support the delivery of global people strategy. This role will work closely with the UK Senior People Partner, the Shared Services leadership team, UK Specialisms leadership team, Senior People Partner and People Partner.

• Delivery of the Global People Strategy:
  • Feed specific insights from your business areas into broader global and regional People strategies.
  • Ensure the plan works in alignment with the UK Group People Strategy, and other local regional People plans where applicable.
  • Feed specific insights from your business areas into broader Group and regional People strategies.
  • Define a detailed plan of delivery against key initiatives and execute upon the plan, working collaboratively with the UK Group People Team and regional People roles, where applicable, to ensure connectivity, avoid duplication and leverage work underway.
  • Comfortably wear multiple hats, knowing how to leverage the best of group initiatives for your business areas.
  • Creating and leading bespoke plans, where necessary, to address specific individual challenges for your business areas.
• Proactive Partnership + Counsel:
  • Provide thought leadership and counsel around People related thinking and plans.
  • Regularly share people data, insights, employee sentiments and emergent trends in HR with leaders to drive better people decisions.
  • Be a voice of advocacy on People topics in the business, ensuring the impact of all decisions is considered through the lens of employee experience.
• Manager and Leadership
  
  Coaching:
  • Have coaching conversations with leadership and managers, on people issues to support their individual development journey towards becoming exceptional leaders of people.
  • Challenge or hold up a mirror where greater understanding is required and role model providing honest feedback to encourage an open, learning culture.
  • Support the business leaders in ensuring each member of the business' leadership team has specific commitments relating to their demonstration of behaviours that support the cultural vision.
  • Leadership effectiveness and personal contribution towards the delivery of the People Strategy across Shared Services, supporting the delivery within the UK Specialisms.
• Performance + Talent Management:
  • Work with the Talent Acquisition Team to futureproof the business by ensuring internal and external talent attraction plans are aligned with client groups' workforce plans and needs.
  • Own the coordination of our performance management process across the UK. Ensure proactive communications to ensure employees have clear and measurable objectives, are receiving regular feedback and performance reviews from their line managers.
  • Track compliance around performance management and create useful insights and metrics in relation to performance ratings to feed into individual talent decisions.
  • Attend key performance and talent management meetings and help prepare content and slides and summarise key takeaways e.g. performance calibration meetings. Maintain overall performance and talent management data and records.
  • Provide managers with first line guidance and support on…