People Partner - Clothing & Home

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Clothing & Home at an exciting point in our business transformation. Working with the Head of People, you will support the Leadership team to drive the people strategy, supporting line managers to build the talent and capability of our teams to achieve the strategy. If you are passionate about delivering change, enjoy working at pace, and want to progress your HR career, this is the opportunity for you!

To stay close to our customers, our support teams are in the office three days a week as we believe that skills are developed through collaboration, and that spending time together makes us more creative and connected.

You will drive the delivery of the Commercial Plan through the People Plan. Partner with Leadership teams and line managers to identify business-led People solutions that deliver commercial performance. Provide support on the people aspects of business plans and provide input on people and organisational issues. Work closely with business leaders and line managers to build our people capability and drive a high-performance culture.

What's in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that - playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We're an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever-evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, and service to every customer, whenever, wherever, and however they want to shop with us.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special:

1. After completing your probationary period, you'll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
2. Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
3. Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
4. A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
5. A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
6. Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
7. Industry-leading parental, adoption, and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
8. Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
9. A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.

What you'll do

Your key accountabilities will include:

1. Understand the business area plans and support the leadership teams and line managers with delivering the people priorities for their function. Rolling up sleeves and helping deliver.
2. Contribute to and drive the implementation and execution of the People Plan, ensuring delivery in your business area.
3. Act as voice of the colleague & business to inform and influence the development of the People strategy to deliver business objectives, keeping customer and colleagues at the heart of what we do.
4. Coach & partner business area leaders to drive improvement in business and personal performance.
5. Work closely with business leaders and line managers to build our people capability and high-performing teams.

Who you are

Your skills will include:

1. Good planning and organisation skills with experience of project management and an ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
2. Enjoys building positive relationships with diverse partners.
3. A passion for delivery and a passion for improvement.
4. Excellent business partnering skills demonstrating the right level of challenge and influence to get results.
5. Commercial competence and understanding of the operational levers which drive success in the organisation.
6. Strong communication and influencing skills - you can challenge business partners with confidence.

Everyone's welcome

We are ambitious about the future of retail. We're disrupting, innovating, and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We're transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers, and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.

We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.

If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.