People and Culture Business Partner

Join the UK's leading escorted coach tours operator and help shape our people journey

At Leger Shearings Group, we’re proud to be the UK’s leading escorted coach tours operator, creating unforgettable travel experiences for our customers. Behind every great journey is a great team \— and that’s where you come in. We’re looking for a People \& Culture Business Partner to join our Senior Leadership Team and play a pivotal role in shaping how our business feels to work in \— driving engagement, wellbeing and culture across our organisation.

This is a high\-impact, senior role where you’ll influence at the highest level while staying connected to the day\-to\-day colleague experience.

The role

Reporting to the CEO, you’ll act as the voice of our people at Senior Leadership level, ensuring our people strategy supports our ambition and growth as a market leader. You’ll drive meaningful improvements in culture, engagement, retention and capability, while also ensuring our Rotherham HQ is a workplace colleagues enjoy being part of. This role is 100% on site and is not suitable for applicants seeking to work remotely or on a hybrid basis.

What you’ll be doing

Strategic leadership

• Sit on the Senior Leadership Team, shaping business strategy and decisions


• Translate our business goals into a clear, measurable people plan


• Provide insight and challenge on engagement, retention and performance

• Lead the evolution of our culture, values and behaviours


• Own engagement surveys and turn insight into visible action


• Drive effective communication through change and peak trading periods

• Develop and deliver a proactive wellbeing strategy


• Improve absence and attrition through targeted initiatives and coaching


• Manage key wellbeing partners including EAP and occupational health

• Lead on complex and high\-risk ER cases


• Coach leaders and managers to build confidence and capability


• Maintain pragmatic, up\-to\-date policies aligned to best practice

• Enhance recruitment and onboarding experience


• Build line manager capability across performance and people management by developing a coaching approach


• Support talent and succession planning across the business

• Oversee pay, benefits and benchmarking


• Ensure compliance with employment law and reporting requirements

• Take ownership of our office environment and colleague experience


• Manage facilities, suppliers and budgets


• Create a space that reflects our culture and values

• Lead and develop a small People team


• Support professional development, including CIPD progression


• Drive high standards of delivery and commercial HR thinking

Essential

• CIPD Level 5 (Level 7 / Chartered MCIPD preferred)


• Strong generalist HR experience at a senior level (Business Partner / Head of HR etc) across the full employee lifecycle


• Proven track record of improving culture and engagement outcomes


• Experience managing complex employee relations cases


• Confidence operating at senior leadership level


• Experience developing and leading others


• Ability to work full\-time on\-site in Rotherham

• Experience in a contact centre or operational environment


• Multi\-site experience


• Experience in the travel sector


• Engagement survey experience (e.g. Culture Amp, Peakon)


• Experience of using the Access People HRIS


• Wellbeing or mental health qualification

You are:

• Commercially minded and pragmatic


• Visible, approachable and trusted by colleagues at all levels


• Comfortable operating in a fast\-paced, evolving environment


• Passionate about building strong cultures and capable leaders


• Confident to challenge, influence and drive change

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced and People professional to make a visible impact on culture, engagement and wellbeing, while also leading meaningful, people focused change. The successful applicant will benefit from a market leading package of benefits, including 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), access to our EV car salary sacrifice scheme, our amazing colleague tour benefit which provides a free holiday every year, and the opportunity for continued professional development.

Apply now

If you’re ready to take on a strategic people role where you can genuinely shape culture and colleague experience, we’d love to hear from you. We’re looking to make an appointment as soon as we find a great person, so please don’t delay.

Recruitment agency referrals are not invited at this time.

Benefits:

• Additional leave


• Company events


• Company pension


• Employee discount


• Free or subsidised travel


• Free parking


• Sick pay

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