• Job Description

  Req#: R-15470

  About us

  We are Direct Line Group – home to some of the country's best-known brands including Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, Greenflag, and NIG. Our vision is to create a world where insurance is personal, inclusive, and a force for good, and our purpose is to help people carry on with their lives, giving them peace of mind - now and in the future.

  We have gone through a transformation within our HR Team to create an expertise-led HR Service that lets us aim higher and deliver a more effective, and cost-efficient service to the business. We will do this by improving collaboration, focusing on what matters, building skills for the future, and driving scale and efficiency. And that’s why we’re recruiting for two permanent, full-time HR Change Partners to join our Change Hub Team.

  As a HR Change Partner, you will join a dedicated, empowered, and flexible pool of HR professionals, providing guidance and expertise working to deliver prioritised business and HR strategic change activity. You will work in multidisciplinary squads (teams), utilising agile methodology, and collaborate directly with the business and/or HR sponsors, serving as the HR expert. You’ll be responsible for prioritising, scoping, designing, and delivering innovative solutions that add business value, are in line with our people strategy and have colleague experience at the heart of everything.

  Who you'll be working with:

  You’ll be part of a team of Change Partners of varying HR technical specialisms and knowledge such as HR Systems, Reward, ER with the aim being to create working groups of diverse people able to deliver change projects from start to finish. You’ll work with other departments within HR and with senior business leaders.

  What you'll be doing:

  • Deliver short and/or long-term change through your broad and specialist HR knowledge and, where appropriate, draw in CoE and wider functional expertise.

  • Engage and collaborate with HR Partners explaining how the Change Hub will shape, test, learn and implement designed solutions.

  • Develop deep understanding of business area roadmaps and strategy to ensure the team deliver the outcomes promptly, with awareness of the wider change agenda through business engagement, foreseeing interdependencies, resource needs and necessary adaptation.

  • Carry out research, develop user stories and collation/analysis of data to understand change requirements from both the commercial and people perspective.

  • Establish and nurture successful relationships across HR and the wider business utilising and engaging the relevant expertise where required and ensure any insights gathered are shared and leveraged as appropriate.

  What you'll need:

  We’re looking for an experienced HRBP, Leadership, Culture or People Change professional with a core technical specialism (HR Strategy; Organisational Design; Leadership & Development or Change Management) and generalist understanding of HR-related issues and processes.

  You’ll be working directly with business leaders on key change programmes, so strong stakeholder management skills along with the ability to lead on engagement with the business is important. Your role is not only to deliver – but to probe, ask questions, advice and influence the direction of change – acting as a true SME to the business.

  Our Change Hub Partners need to display high levels of curiosity and innovation; gather information, analyse and problem solve taking business needs, policy, legislation, and best practice into account. And an understanding of (or willingness to learn) agile methodologies is key to your success.

  You will have:

  • Previously worked as a People Partner, People Change, Leadership or Culture SME with the ability to be strategic, think commercially, and apply analytics in a fast paced, focused environment with a generalist understanding of all HR-related areas and processes.

  • Deep Specialist/Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas : HR Strategy, Change Management, Organisational development, Leadership & Development, Culture, DE&I, HR Analytics

  • Previous experience or an understanding of working with or within an agile team

  • Designed and/or implemented HR products/services as part of a transformational change programme

  Ways of Working

  Our mixed model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. How much you'll be in the office depends on your role, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.

  Read our flexible working approach here.

  Benefits

  We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:

  • 9% employer contributed pension

  • 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover

  • Additional optional Health and Dental insurance

  • EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.

  • Generous holidays

  • Buy as you earn share scheme

  • Employee discounts and cashback

  • Plus many more

  Being yourself

  Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers.

  We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

  Closing date for applications will be Monday 2nd October

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