Vacancies

People
Services Manager

Novus
Property Solutions are a dynamic, award winning
property maintenance specialist with more than 750 staff in 26 Locations across
the UK providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. Novus
are a family run company with a rich 124-year heritage and as a
leading specialist in planned and responsive maintenance, refurbishment
and new build we deliver a range of services delivering bespoke solutions to
client needs.

We are
seeking an enthusiastic People
Services Manager to
work remotely but commutable on a regular basis to our Stoke on Trent Head
Office. 

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 24 days
  holidays + 8 BH
• Discounted
  Healthcare Scheme
• Contributory
  Pensions Scheme

Summary- People Services Manager

Ensuring the People Services processes and
systems are aligned to support the Novus business. Significantly develop and
improve the provision and use of people management information for informed
business decisions. 

Managing a small team to deliver exceptional
customer service and offer business insight. Manage, analyse, and develop the
people strategy to ensure that organisational development activities are
aligned to strategic goals and that progress is measured and demonstrable.

Leading strategies and agendas that are people focused and continuously challenge the status quo.

Successfully implement and achieve
efficiencies from internal HR systems enabling seamless people processes that
are business focused.

Main Responsibilities – People Services Manager

• Ensure plans are made for the incremental steps required
  to implement and realise the 3-year people plan.
• Retain People at the forefront of policy and procedure,
  challenging the status quo where this is not the case and identifying solutions
• Lead on initiatives that support and strengthen the employee
  life cycle of our colleagues
• Ensure employee benefits are fully utilised as part of
  the attraction strategy and employees use them.
• Be the HR Lead on implementing discrete HR projects
  within the organisation
• Agree role responsibilities and accountabilities with
  direct reports, measuring the quantity and quality of output against agreed
  objectives
• Measure performance of People Services as a department by
  utilising key metrics
• Measure and understand time to process to enable appropriate
  planning and evidence based business cases to be designed around automation or
  system improvements
• Understand the features of inhouse systems to maximise use,
  manage relations with key stakeholders to enable continuous review of system
  capabilities
• Identify continuous improvements to and simplifications of
  existing HR processes and procedures
• Set up and maintain an online forum that managers can access
  on a range of people related matters
• Manage processes to ensure the teams compliance with
  relevant legislation
• Enable the end-to-end HR and Training processes ensuring
  maximining efficiency, duplication of effort and full automation through
  workflows across all areas
• Transform and continuously improve the quality of output
  and accuracy of data
• Working with Marketing and bid teams , develop and
  maintain all People Services content for organisational comms. Ensure the development
  and usefulness of the produced monthly MI Board Report data and build bespoke
  reports/dashboards as required enabling manager self service
• Identify improvement opportunities through trend analysis
  and work with colleagues to create measured and implemented plans to drive
  improvements as targeted

Key skills

• Project and People management
• HR systems, process and workflow development and
  management along with MI reporting
• Influence, negotiation and strong communication skills
  (written and oral)
• Able to deliver end to end processes with evidence of
  implemented audits controls
• Strategic and commercial thinker that understands the
  importance in getting the basics right and plans solutions against reactive
  working.
• Excellent Microsoft office skills on all packages
• Progressive Analytical thinker who can strategically
  align business plans with actions
• Excels at building strong relationships but can also be
  curious and disruptive
• Previous experience of driving forward initiatives that
  promote forward stakeholder strategies.
• CIPD level 7 qualification desirable

Applications are welcomed from all as
we are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are a socially and environmentally
responsible national building and maintenance company.

Please
note that we do not require recruitment agency support with this role and
speculative CVs will be treated as a direct application.