Interim People Partner

Interim People Partner | The North | Major Transformation Programme | 9-Month Contract | £350 per day (Inside IR35) | UK-Wide Travel

We’re partnering with a nationally recognised consumer brand undergoing a significant business transformation across its UK operation.

This is far more than a systems implementation. It’s a business-wide change programme that will reshape ways of working, strengthen leadership capability and embed new behaviours across a large, multi-site environment.
We’re looking for a commercially focused Interim People Partner to play a critical role in making that happen.

If you love working at the heart of the business, thrive in fast-paced operational environments and enjoy helping leaders successfully navigate change, this is an opportunity to make a visible and lasting impact.
The Role Working closely with senior operational leaders, you’ll drive the people agenda throughout a major transformation programme, supporting implementation, adoption and long-term embedding across a geographically dispersed workforce.

You’ll act as a trusted partner to leaders across the operation, balancing strategic change delivery with hands-on people support, coaching and employee relations expertise.

This is a role for someone who is comfortable being out in the business, influencing stakeholders, challenging thinking and turning change plans into operational reality.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partnering with Heads of Operations and senior leaders to deliver a major transformation programme.
• Coaching leaders through significant organisational change.
• Building leadership capability across a large multi-site operation.
• Driving engagement, adoption and behavioural change.
• Managing complex employee relations matters and mitigating business risk.
• Supporting workforce planning, organisational effectiveness and operational performance.
• Using data and insight to influence decision-making and shape people priorities.
• Acting as a trusted advisor and critical friend to key stakeholders.

You’ll have a proven track record operating within large, operationally led businesses where pace, complexity and stakeholder management are part of everyday life.
We’re particularly interested in individuals who have worked within:

• Hospitality
• Restaurants
• Food & Beverage
• Retail
• Leisure
• Travel
• Other large-scale consumer businesses

Experience supporting frontline, customer-facing operations and leading people through significant change will be highly valued.
You’ll bring:

• Senior HR Business Partner or People Partner experience within a complex multi-site environment.
• Strong transformation and organisational change experience.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Deep employee relations expertise.
• The credibility to coach, challenge and support operational leaders at all levels.
• A pragmatic, commercial and hands-on approach

Success in this role will come from building relationships in the field and working directly alongside operational leadership teams across the country.

Extensive UK-wide travel is essential, and candidates must have previous experience supporting geographically dispersed, multi-site operations.

The Opportunity This is a rare chance to join a well-known consumer business at a pivotal point in its transformation journey.

You’ll be at the centre of a high-profile programme, working with senior leaders to shape the future of a large operational workforce while driving meaningful change across the organisation.

For an experienced interim who enjoys visibility, influence, variety and the challenge of delivering change at scale, this is a genuinely exciting assignment.