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About the Role
Virgin Active is seeking a People Manager to join their People Team for a 12-month maternity cover contract. This role is responsible for creating an exceptional team member experience across all stages of the employee journey, leading the People Operations team to champion engagement, wellbeing, safeguarding, inclusion, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Lead the People Operations team, delivering an outstanding employee experience across the full team member lifecycle.
- Champion employee engagement, wellbeing, recognition and inclusion, helping to create a culture where everyone feels valued and supported.
- Act as the business lead for safeguarding, ensuring robust policies, training and best practice are embedded across Virgin Active.
- Drive continuous improvement by simplifying People processes, enhancing systems and increasing automation and self service.
- Ensure People policies, systems and data remain compliant with employment legislation, GDPR and internal governance.
- Use People data and insights to identify trends, support decision making and continuously improve the employee experience.
- Partner with leaders across the business to coach, influence and build high-performing, engaged teams.
- Champion Virgin Active's values and purpose, helping to create an inclusive culture where people can do their best work every day.
Requirements
- Previous HR Generalist experience with a strong understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
- Experience leading or developing People Operations, HR administration or employee experience initiatives.
- Passionate about employee engagement, wellbeing, safeguarding and creating inclusive workplaces.
- Excellent communication, coaching and relationship building skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Analytical and solutions focused, with a passion for using data to drive continuous improvement.
Skills
- UK employment legislation
- HR best practice
- People Operations
- HR administration
- Employee experience initiatives
- Employee engagement
- Wellbeing
- Safeguarding
- Inclusion
- Communication
- Coaching
- Relationship building
- Stakeholder influence
- Data analysis
- Problem solving
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Contract
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 12-month contract
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
- Celebration Day
- Scottish Widow's pension with up to 5% employer contributions
- Complimentary Virgin Active membership for employee and a buddy
- Free membership for children
- Access to Club V
- Private Dental Insurance
- Private Healthcare Insurance
- Life Assurance (4x salary)
- Discounts across Virgin Active products and services
- Discounts across Virgin Group companies (Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Holidays, Virgin Media/O2)
- 20% off food and drink at KAUAI branches
- Access to Salary Finance for loans, salary advances, and savings plans
- Employer assistance programme for mental health support
- Complimentary corporate letting services through Dexters
- Access to Each Person platform (Cycle to Work, Tech Scheme, online discounts)
About the Company
- Virgin Active is committed to changing people's lives for the better through wellness.
- Our team is dedicated to delivering a unique leisure and relaxation experience throughout all our clubs.
- Every team member brings our values to life and upholds the highest Brand Standards so our members can enjoy world-class facilities and service.