People & Culture Partner (Part Time)

**Part Time 22.5hours**

Dealer Auction is a digital business transforming automotive remarketing.

Born from a joint venture between Auto Trader and Cox Automotive, we are the UK’s largest online wholesale marketplace. Our core purpose is to help automotive businesses buy and sell used vehicles online, faster and smarter than any other platform.

Customers include Manufacturers, Fleet & Leasing companies, Franchise and Independent Retailers.

We are continually evolving our digital platform to do more, from search and data tools to logistics and transaction management. We currently attract over 5500 buyers and 1200 sellers and transact over 120,000 vehicles every year.

As buying and selling moves away from traditional methods into online solutions, we’re on a mission to make buying and selling cars an easy, straight-forward process and are set to grow exponentially.

Our culture is underpinned by the values of being community minded, brave, innovative, reliable and passionate. These behaviours ensure that as a team we have a common foundation that enables us to be respectful of others and collaborate to grow our business and deliver value for our customers.

**More about our Parent Companies**:
Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Atlanta based Cox Enterprises, and is the world’s largest automotive service organisation, providing solutions to clients at every stage of the vehicle lifecycle. In the UK, Cox Automotive provides inventory, financial and retail solutions to its clients throughout the automotive ecosystem. Cox Automotive brands in the UK include Manheim, Movex, NextGear Capital and Modix. The group employs more than 2,100 team members in the UK and works with thousands of clients. They provide Dealer Auction with support and access to learning and development opportunities as well as several communities such as MHFA’s, Diversity & Inclusion groups, and Women with Drive.

Auto Trader Group plc is a 100% digital business having successfully completed the transition from a print title in 2013. Auto Trader sits at the heart of the UK’s vehicle buying process and operates the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace. Auto Trader is recognised as a leading digital business in the UK which has its people culture and values at its core. They support Dealer Auction with access to their expertise in growing a values based, collaborative culture.

**The role**

**You will be responsible for the following**:

- Championing and developing our people strategy with the support of the leadership team and ensure it meets the needs of our people.
- Leading the continuous improvement of our culture, deploying surveys to understand key areas of focus and delivering plans to drive employee engagement and satisfaction.
- Building and delivering a plan that grows and embeds Diversity and Inclusion within Dealer Auction.
- Implement a great recruitment and induction programme, fostering a culture of inclusion.
- Unleash talent potential, driving continuous learning and leveraging the right opportunities available from our parent companies and external sources to inspire personal growth.
- Taking responsibility for our people policies, ensuring we are legally compliant and people centric, whilst aligning with our parent companies where appropriate.
- Supporting the day to day needs of our teams in relation to people management, helping them formulate individual improvement plans so they can be at their best.
- Developing our internal people communications plan and ensuring our teams engage with the benefits and opportunities we offer.

**The person**

Having worked within and evolved a value-based culture you will be passionate about people and be confident in developing ours whilst prioritising and supporting our people’s wellbeing.

We believe that everyone is an individual and should feel confident to bring their authentic self to work and you should to. Collaborating with our parent companies and key stakeholders you will foster a culture of inclusivity and growth for everyone within the business.

You will be motivated by the opportunity to improve people’s experience at work. Having been involved in the delivery of people surveys and the execution of subsequent improvement plans and embedded activities that enable ongoing, values based, recognition.

An inquisitive individual who constantly looks for opportunities to host and attend events on behalf of the business, internal get togethers and external conferences designed to progress our culture and develop our employer brand. Caring about the communities around us and you will ensure we support them through the utilisation of volunteering days and charitable events.

In addition to your passion and experience of the above, we are looking for you to demonstrate the following: Listening, communication, collaboration, influencing and coaching skills.
- Listening skills - you must prioritise the wellbeing of our people and be patient and empathetic.