People Business Partner – Talent and Development Greenford, London, working across all aspects of talent management - recruitment, learning and development, compensation and benefits, and employer brand. The team takes the lead on the continuing evolution of the company's culture and employee experience. Reporting to the Head of within a growing team of 3.
About Us
Belazu has been a pioneer of supplying chef grade ingredients for over 30 years. We are a Gold Standard Investor in People Award winner and a responsible, ethical B Corp accredited business. We have been recognised in 2024 as one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work. We balance the needs of our people, our product and our planet alongside our need to be profitable. We have a diverse workforce that not only contributes to a positive company culture, but also to our achievements.
Our Approach
We strive to walk the talk – in our dealings internally and externally. We are all committed to development, of ourselves, our products, our relationships and our positive impact. This is a growing business with a social core and we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinion, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs
Our Dream Talent BP…
At the Belazu we are focussed on our journey, as much as our goals – this commitment to doing the right thing is shared throughout the business and integrity should be the guiding principle of your approach to your role. You might have had a generalist role in a small team, or been a specialist in a larger team, keen to develop a broad skillset in People service.
This role will suit you if:
✔ï¸You enjoy people, warts and all!
✔ï¸You are energetic and positive with a growth mindset and a customer centric approach
✔ï¸You are a strong communicator with well developed listening and negotiation skills
✔ï¸You are familiar with CIPD – an accreditation with be a plus
✔ï¸You are excited by facilitating personal development, with hands on expertise in delivering training
✔ï¸You have experience in a people focussed business with high colleague engagement
✔ï¸You have D,E and I expertise
This role may not be for you if:
You prefer working in a siloed setup rather than a collaboration-centric environment.
You lack a self-starting attitude and struggle with deadline focus
You don’t have experience of recruiting direct or delivering training across all levels of the business
You prefer a hands off role – we are a team of do-ers…
What the day job looks like:
In this full-time role as Talent BP, we are seeking a talent management specialist to partner with our managers to recruit, create equity in access to development opportunity across the business and take the lead in succession planning - you will interact with all areas of the business and relationships will be key as the business is small enough to really get your hands around! You will be:
• Candidate sourcing – writing great quality, eye catching ads, supporting with candidate screening
• Building strong working relationships across the business and externally with our preferred supplier list and local networks
• Supporting managers in best practice, unbiased recruitment processes
• Working with the internal creative team to develop our employer brand
• Developing, sourcing and delivering training programs
• Supporting employee development processes across the business
• Supporting managers in skills mapping
• Being creative in compensation and benefit, building best in class employee value propositions
• Benchmarking externally
• Contributing to People strategy
• Communicating across the business
What’s in it for you?
• 33 days annual leave per annum (incl public holidays)
• Auto-Enrolment Pension, plus an enhanced pension option
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme
• Learning and development opportunities for everyone in the business
• Life assurance from day one
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal with retail discounts, EAP and GP services and financial support tools
• Volunteer days
• Free parking on site
• Up to 40% discount on Company products
• Socials and internal awards
• Subsidised Canteen
• Enhanced maternity and family leave
Terms
· 40 hrs/wk i.e. 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri (start and finish times flexible) with a 3 day/week office; 2 day/week WFH hybrid working model.
· Probationary period 3 months
· Annual salary review (our ‘movers and shakers’ are always rewarded)
Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it’s like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.
We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… go on… why not give it a whirl? Good luck!
