Strategic Senior People Partner

At Direct Line Group, insurance is just the start. Combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field from data, technology, customer care and auto repair, to HR, finance and procurement, we’re a customer-obsessed market powerhouse. And we all work together to be brilliant for customers, every single day.

It’s an exciting time to be a part of Direct Line Group; we call it ‘DLG 2.0’! With the arrival of our new Group CEO, we’re going to see a refreshed strategy and lots of change and transformation in 2024. We have ambitious plans to revolutionise insurance again – with meaningful changes to how we service the people who matter, our customers. And our CEO and Group Executive Committee (ExCo) truly believe that HR are imperative to help drive and embed this.

From Recruitment to Learning and Development, Payroll to Rewards and Benefits, across Culture and People Partnering, HR is pivotal in moving the organisation forward.

We are recruiting for several People and Talent Partners at different levels to join our existing People Partner and Organisational Effectiveness team. As a People and Talent Partner, you will be central to the strategic people and transformation agenda, partnering with ExCo and Senior Leaders to provide strategic counsel and diagnose current and future workforce needs and co-create solutions. These are broad roles with a remit covering organisational design and people change activity, strategic talent management and leadership capability building!

What you’ll be doing:

As a Senior People and Talent Partner, you will partner with one or more Group Executive Committee (ExCo) members and their leadership teams to provide commercially-focused HR counsel and advice both strategically and operationally. These are broad and critical roles within the organisation, within which you will provide strategic counsel, challenge and insight to stakeholders and with a remit including transformation and organisational design, strategic talent management and being involved in projects working closely with our HR Change Hub and HR CoE's.

• Strategic Advisor: Developing an intimate understanding of the key strategic business goals, challenges and opportunities and the different commercial and people levers that influence them. You will be naturally curious, able to think holistically to connect different moving parts and be comfortable providing advice and constructive challenge to Senior leaders. You will also play a key role in leading the Talent and Leadership agenda across the business, in service of the wider Future Skills and Talent strategies.

• Influential Storyteller: You will work across HR and the business to influence and input into key decisions through clear communication and relationship building. You’ll proactively share business knowledge and insight with HR colleagues, and actively support in shaping and embedding BAU HR activity across business areas.

• Data-Driven Problem Solver: You will solve problems through the interpretation and manipulation of data and be able to build compelling and credible narratives using various data points.

• Organisation Design: You will deliver future-focussed organisation designs which enable diversity, future skills, and capability to be built and talent developed, always with the customer in mind.

• Independent Voice: You will navigate between the needs of ExCo and the overall needs of HR and the business, maintaining an independent perspective to ensure all decisions are aligned to key strategic priorities and business need. You will act as the gatekeeper of all change activity, leading initial discussions with business stakeholders to shape change proposals and associated activity. You will provoke thought, challenge and influence stakeholders to ensure all viable options have been considered.

• Trusted Coach: People Partners have a unique position at the intersection of strategy, organisation, and talent; a key element of the role is giving advice and coaching to critical stakeholders. Working with ExCo, you will identify the development needs of senior leaders in business areas and will work with the Head of Talent and Leadership to agree individual and team solutions and build development plans.

What we’re looking for

• Previous HR Business Partnering experience with experience of organisational design and strategic talent management.
• Experience of partnering and advising at ExCo/Senior Leadership-level on strategic people activity.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Collaborative and curious, with the ability to operate strategically and translate concepts and ideas into delivery and execution.   
• Comfortable with a range of data, and able to translate different data points into compelling, relevant and meaningful narratives to influence and have impact.
• Deep commercial acumen with a strong organisational awareness and interest in understanding how the organisation operates and trades.

Ways of Working
Our hybrid model offers a 'best of both worlds' approach. The perfect blend between connection and flexibility combining the best parts of home and office working. Most of our People Partners spend c. 2 days a week in our central London office, near Monument (Bank Station). For more information about our flexible working approach click here. 

Benefits

We wouldn’t be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That’s why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role:

• Generous 9% employer pension. Regardless of whether you contribute into your pension or not, DLG pay 9% into your pension (but you can take this as cash if you want!)
• Eligibility for annual performance bonus of up to 20%
• Generous holidays - 30 days annual leave (excluding the bank holidays). Plus, the option of buying or selling upto 5 days each year!
• 50% off home, motor and pet insurance
• Free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
• Electric Vehicle car scheme which allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way
• Buy-as-you-earn share scheme
• Employee discounts and cashback

Life at DLG 

Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and we’re committed to making DLG a truly inclusive place to work. We recognise and embrace that people work in different ways and we’ll always adapt as much as possible so you have the best and most comfortable working environment that we can offer.

We know you’re more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, can bring real potential to DLG. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you!

Collectively we help every business within our group aim higher. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder to stand out in the market, we want to be an insurance company of the future. And with so many areas to choose from, your ambitions are welcome here. See your opportunity to start a career that’s varied, distinct and exciting. Visit directlinegroupcareers.com

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