Regional People Partner, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland;

Created as a result of expansion across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, this is a fantastic new opportunity for an experienced People Partner to join Caffe Nero. Strategically and operationally partnering the Operations Director and Regional Manager, this is a great position in a growing and exciting business, where you can really see the difference you make every day.

Key Responsibilities

Our Regional People Partners are out in the field for a majority of their working week and are cultural ambassadors who take shared ownership for the compliance, transformation and progress of all people processes and measures. They work both strategically and operationally with the Operations team and adopt commercially focused HR solutions that add measured value to the business. Our People Partners need to be true generalists who are passionate and confident about everything they do.

Be visible in store and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, particularly the Operations Director, Regional Manager, Area Managers and wider members of the Head Office Team.
Ensure our Northern Ireland and ROI people processes are set up, fit for purpose and legally compliant.
Understand how you can influence and drive our core people measures within the Region and produce solutions that have a measurable impact.
Be set up for success - design and deliver leadership development activities within the Region to ensure people are set up to succeed.
Investigate new ways of delivering best practice as a senior people professional, not only within your Region but with the wider People and Ops Leadership team.
Know your People – harness talent by identifying short term and long- term successors within Region.
Provide regular and meaningful updates to the People and Regional Teams.
Identify and deliver commercially focused People projects in line with business plans.

Title: Regional People Partner

Based: Field based role based from Belfast, covering stores across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Also includes trips to London to work alongside the wider People Team.

Reporting into: Head of People

Partners with: Operations Director and Regional Manager (NI and ROI)

Contract: Part-time, 4 days a week

The right person;

Caffè Nero is a company with a very special culture and an open and friendly style of working. It operates at pace and is a high-energy, invigorating environment. It attracts people with warmth and a positive outlook who genuinely enjoy working with others.

Whichever country you’re in, Caffè Nero has a culture in which close-knit relationships and trust are at its heart. At Caffè Nero, you truly feel part of a kind and caring family.

The People Partner will embrace and champion our Company culture. They will be curious and inquisitive, with an engaging personality, and an ability to connect with people across the business, whatever their job. On top of this they will have credible experience, quickly establishing themselves within the team.

The successful candidate will have:

Relevant experience in Human Resources within multi-site, ideally within retail / hospitality.
Experience of travelling regularly as part of your role – you will thrive on this part of the role.
Sound knowledge and application of UK and ROI Employment Law, having worked across both Northern and Republic of Ireland.
Associate membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) or working towards.
Drive and resilience to overcome challenges.
Excellent communication and mediation skills.
Ability to influence at all levels of the business.
Self-motivated and able to work autonomously and remotely.
Ability to collaborate & apply a supportive coaching style.
Be a great team player.
A full Driving License.

About Caffè Nero;

Caffè Nero operates coffee houses in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the US, Poland, Cyprus, Turkey, the Middle East and Sweden and is Europe’s leading independent premium coffee house. Now employing circa 10,000 employees, since we opened in 1997 we have been providing exceptional, hand-crafted Italian coffee and fresh, high-quality food to customers seeking an authentic, Italian experience.

The UK Caffè Nero Group comprises of Caffè Nero UK, Harris + Hoole and Coffee#1, 200 Degrees and FCB.

We’ve got some great benefits too:

Supporting our team members to achieve their professional goals is important to us, so alongside your day to day work you may have an opportunity to complete a professional qualification with our learning partners.
Our Head Office is based right in the middle of bustling Covent Garden, which you will visit approximately once / twice per month.
Access to Bean Box- our benefits platform which offers you loads of discounts and freebies at the touch of a button.
A Company car.
25 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays), pro-rata to a 4 day contract.
50% employee discount on handcrafted drinks and 40% on Food (when you are not at work).
Private medical care through Vitality.
Medicash – our cashplan healthcare scheme.
Life Assurance.
Free hand-crafted drinks whilst you’re in the office - in your first week you’ll have Barista training, so you’ll know how to make the very best Caffe Nero coffee!

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