People Partner - South Coast

Job description

Job Title People Partner - South Coast Location Asda House (Fieldbased) Employment Type Full time Contract Type Permanent Hours Per Week 37.5 Salary Competitive salary plus benefits. Category HR Generalists Closing Date 3 August 2026 Role Purpose As a Field People Partner , you will be the trusted People partner to a Senior Director (SD), supporting the delivery of the people agenda across a significant business area. Working closely with senior leaders and key stakeholders, you will provide both strategic and operational people support, ensuring people priorities are aligned to business objectives. You will oversee the delivery of a wide range of People projects and activities, including business transformation programmes, operating model changes, organisation design, performance management, talent and succession planning initiatives. The role combines strong People partnering expertise with a practical understanding of change management, project delivery and organisational effectiveness. Key Responsibilities Partner with the Senior Director and leadership team to develop and deliver people plans that support business performance and strategic priorities. Lead and support organisational design, operating model and change initiatives, ensuring effective implementation and colleague engagement. Drive performance, talent and succession activities, supporting leaders to build high-performing teams and future capability. Provide coaching, challenge and expert people advice to leaders on a range of people matters. Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business, acting as a trusted and credible advisor. Analyse people data, trends and management information to provide insight, identify risks and support informed decision-making. Work collaboratively with People Services, Centres of Excellence and business leaders to deliver a seamless people experience. Provide support on core HR activities, ensuring alignment with policy, process and employment legislation. Champion continuous improvement, simplification and more effective ways of working across the People function and wider business. Support leadership teams in driving the organisation's culture, values and behaviours. Everything you'll love To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots. You will also get an excellent benefits package including: Discretionary company bonus Company pension up to 7% matched 15% colleague discount in store and online Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas. Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments. We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves