People Operations Manager

About The Role Team – People Operations Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Stockport Office. Full time, 35 hours per week. We are happy to discuss flexible working! Top 3 skills needed for this role: Managing multiple competing work priorities while delivering people solutions at pace. Ability to build positive working relationships with key stakeholders in the business. Ability to problem solve and come up with innovative solutions to problems.What this role is all about The People Operations Manager will have day-to-day responsibility for leading the UK People Operations team ensuring they deliver an intuitive and seamless service to Vitality employees that gives them a great experience. This team performs all transactional HR administration requests that come through our HR ticket system across the employee lifecycle. This includes issuing of employment contracts, pre-employment checks, changes to job/hours/ salary information to processing leavers. People Operations are also the custodians of our HR system, ensuring this system is updated and maintained. A significant part of this role is also to identify and deliver process improvements by considering how automation, generative AI and digitisation capabilities can be leveraged to improve employee servicing journeys, and to enhance self-servicing capability for employees and line managers. The People Operations Manager is a key member of the wider people management team and will work closely with other teams including Talent Acquisition, HRBPs, Payroll, People Analytics and Remuneration & Benefits. Key Actions To lead and support the People Operations team on a day-to-day basis ensuring tickets raised are dealt with professional and efficiently, workload is balanced, optimum performance is maintained, and processes are seamless. Supporting the People Operations team with transactional HR admin and acting as a conduit between them and Talent Acquisition/Payroll/Staff Claims when it comes to systems/processes. Responding to complex HR queries which have been escalated and liaising with the HR Advisors/HRBPs when appropriate. Analysing people data to drive data driven choice making that offers valuable insights into the People Operations team e.g. producing the monthly People Operations dashboard. Leading on implementing process improvement and opportunities for automation/ digitisation using our people systems and expanding line manager self service capabilities. Management of the relationship with our third-party pre-employment checks provider and dealing with any issues promptly. Ensuring the People Operations team are fully compliant in carrying out all people processes and procedures with any risks minimised through productive HR processes. Acting as Risk Champion for the People team and supporting with audit requests of People Operations and completion of the annual certified/SMCR checks. Supporting the rest of the HR and wider People team with ad hoc work and projects linked to People plan deliverables.What do you need to thrive? Extensive HR administration/HR shared service model experience. Experience of people management. Knowledge and understanding of HR systems (Success Factors would be beneficial). Experience of HR process improvement and implementing digital solutions. Strong data analytical skills with an attention to detail. Experience of working in a fast-paced, changing environment. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience in taking ownership and working on own initiative. Strong organisational skills. Proven ability to work with people at all levels. Ability to problem solve and come up with solutions to process challenges. Strong PC skills, particularly in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. So, what’s in it for you? Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits Life Assurance – Four times annual salaryIf you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will: Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been. Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self. Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work. Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths. Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be. Give you the space to try, fail and learn. Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support. Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits. Be there for you when you need us. Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy. About The Company We're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!   Diversity & Inclusion We’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. To learn more please visit our Careers page. Vitality’s approach to sustainability Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page.  If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early