Strategic People Operations Specialist

4 weeks ago

Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Admiral Insurance Plc Full time

We are seeking a Strategic People Operations Specialist to join our team at Admiral Insurance Plc. As a key member of our People Operations team, you will play a vital role in providing an impactful, high-quality strategic service to your business area.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver a strategic People Partnering service to your area and to the business, focused on impactful contribution and value-adding activity to underpin business strategy and goals.
  • Design and develop strategic People Plans aligned to the business and corporate strategic priorities.
  • Work with the People Partnering network & People Services Centres of Excellence to ensure an integrated and joined-up approach of activity in support of your business area.
  • Provide expert consultancy to support/accelerate the achievement of business plans & objectives through defining and remedying people-related challenges, risks, barriers, and gaps.
  • Continuously improve and develop own skills and capability, and support stakeholders to develop and implement performance management strategies.
  • Support your business area to help drive improvement in employee engagement that has a positive impact on morale, retention, productivity, and the Great Places to Work results.

Stakeholder Relationships:

  • Build and maintain productive relationships with leaders within your area and other stakeholders to become a trusted partner.
  • Demonstrate credibility and competence to enhance stakeholder confidence of the People Partner network, providing a platform to consult, advise, and influence in the development of commercially impactful change/improvement.
  • Develop a good understanding of the stakeholder business area and support the delivery of business objectives, priorities, and plans from a people perspective.
  • Act as an ambassador for the People Services function and custodians of its culture, embedding Admiral's culture with our leaders and colleagues, ensuring that we uphold the four pillars of 'Communication, Equality, Reward, and Recognition, and Fun.'

Insight:

  • Provide diagnostic skills (including from the use of data, metrics, and other insight) to develop proposals that facilitate the achievement of local area plans and organisation goals.
  • Use people data effectively to make informed business decisions and forecast longer-term business needs and trends.

Requirements:

  • Generalist HR experience in a demanding fast-paced generalist role.
  • Working knowledge of Employment Law and of current HR best practice, trends, and changes.
  • Demonstrable experience of managing projects, change initiatives, and as a change champion.
  • Proven ability to develop and effectively manage relationships with stakeholders.
  • Experience supporting management with employee engagement initiatives.
  • People management, including coaching and developing others.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organisation.
  • Demonstrates Admiral's values, treating colleagues equally and fairly with kindness and respect.
  • Proactive and emotionally resilient.
  • Ability to lead and motivate others.
  • Emotionally intelligent, adapts communication style to the audience to achieve the best outcome.
  • Remain tactful and diplomatic whilst asking effective questions to establish information and fact.
  • Confidently make decisions and objectively justify them.
  • Confident in working independently but skilled at collaboration to deliver results.
  • BP model background (not essential).
  • Chartered CIPD or equivalent (not essential).

Additional Information:

  • We will review your CV within working days of application and get back to you.
  • We work on a hybrid model - days per week in our Cardiff office (or more if you prefer).
  • We will give you everything you need to work comfortably from home.

Our Commitment to You:

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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