People Culture Partner
DC Thomson, United Kingdom
Job Description
At DC Thomson we are a business with a purpose to make a positive impact on the communities we serve.
We are home to some of the world’s best loved media brands, organised around local news and radio, companionship, kids, advocacy, energy, puzzles and hobbies.
The Courier, The Press amp; Journal, The Sunday Post, Beano, Stylist, Puzzler, The People’s Friend, My Weekly, bunkered, Energy Voice, Findmypast and Brightsolid are just some of the brands you might know us for.
Deeply rooted in our communities, we are investing in data, technology and talent to unlock a new level of understanding about what really matters to our customers. This is how we are shaping the future of media.
We’re changing the way we work to create a flexible, collaborative, learning-led culture that draws on expertise from across the organisation to create award-winning content and cultural moments that make audiences want to be part of our communities.
Our HQ is in Dundee and we have bases around the UK employing over 1,200 extraordinarily creative colleagues working in a mix of office/home/hybrid. They’re passionate about being part of the story of so many well-loved brands and they’re crucial to our ambitions for the company.
We’re looking for the best people to join us at DC Thomson, to share their energy, ideas and skills and be part of our story.
Why join us now?
DC Thomson is on an exciting transformation journey to growth. Our brands matter to people and we are passionate about sustaining meaningful relationships with the communities these brands serve.
Focused on creating brilliant content and experiences that inspire our audiences and communities.
The Role
The business has changed, with new ways of working across the organisation being established to drive towards strategic growth, and because of this, we are now looking to add a further People amp; Culture Partner into the current People Team structure. Working closely with stakeholders, both from across the business and within your own team, you will split your time between delivery of change and planned activity within business areas and holding SME (subject matter expertise) on topics that give you development and align with your passions or experience, such as inclusion, development, EVP, wellbeing, talent development etc.
Requirements
Day to day, you will deliver:
- Organisational development and change: You will be a facilitator of growth, success and overall performance by aligning structural, cultural, and strategic realities of working at DC Thomson to respond to the needs of an ever-evolving business climate, using data and insight (where available) to drive decision making.
- Leader and manager capability: Ongoing coaching and counsel of leaders, managers, and teams in your assigned remit and across the business, sharing themes and trends with the wider team to target leadership development in the areas needed. The aim is to have capable and effective leaders to deliver growth and better people experiences.
- Skills and talent build: Understanding of skills gaps, target areas, mitigations and plans on how to manage. Regularly reviewing succession and talent within your areas with support from the wider team on how to build, buy, or borrow talent in the right ways to deliver growth.
- Delivery through others: You will work closely with other People and Culture Partners, Talent Acquisition, People Operations, Communications, and wider suppliers or partners to oversee the smooth delivery of the people plans to deliver better outcomes and experiences for colleagues. People Operations will play an ever-increasing role in day-to-day operational HR delivery where this role will help deliver training where needed and support changes to policy and process, playing a more strategic role within your aligned business area.
- Team culture: You will play your part in a high performing team, participating in regular feedback sessions and providing care and challenge to others as needed. As a team, there will be regular discussions on how to best use resource in a flexible way, to deliver the big and important priorities.
We are seeking applications from candidates with:
- Ability to build effective and open working relationships with your team, stakeholders and wider business.
- Future focused thinking with the ability to flex around changing priorities and needs.
- Passion for delivering positive experiences and subject matter delivery within the people agenda and overall delivery of change.
- Technical HR and people experience in the areas that matter, such as ER, policy, procedure, benefits. You will manage people risks in an appropriate way to mitigate and protect the business.
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