HR Business Partner

Join our Northern European P&O team and provide stellar partnering for our managers and colleagues!

At Specsavers, we're dedicated to making eye and hearing care accessible to all. As pioneers and a global leader in innovative technologies, we help people optimise their vision and hearing. We foster your expertise, welcome you into a supportive family, and propel your growth. Grounded in our collaboration, curiosity, courage, and compassion values, we strive to challenge the status quo and invite you to team up with us.

Your role

As our HR Business Partner (HRBP) for our Northern European Support office (called NESO) you'll be part of our regional team who are collectively responsible for continuously supporting, guiding and partnering our managers on all People matters.

Your primary tasks and responsibilities include, but not be limited to:

Partnering with People Managers and Leaders

• Collaborate with people leaders to provide guidance on HR best practices, HR annual activities, workforce planning, and employee development.
• Through leadership sparring enhance team performance, people leadership capabilities and cross functional alignment.
• Support people managers to secure that all People policies are embedded consistently in the NESO office.

Supporting Future Capabilities’ Development initiatives

• Enable People Managers in delivering great conversations and provide feedback to their team.
• In collaborations with your P&O peers support succession planning, retention initiatives and development efforts to ensure a robust talent pipeline.
• Runs People Reviews activities
• Enable successful onboarding by securing end-to-end process both for people manager and new joiners.

People Engagement

• Contribute to the planning and execution of engagement and wellbeing activities in close collaboration with our Employee Experience Business Partner.
• Collaborate in the preparation, delivery and action planning of Great Place to Work reviews, to ensure prioritization and effectiveness in execution and to assess workplace satisfaction and identify areas for improvement.
• Be the HR representative in the work environment forum (in close collaboration with Office Manager).
• Conduct regular feedback sessions and surveys to secure the listening of the employee sentiment and address concerns.
• Responsible for exit interviews and feedback.

Employment Life Cycle

• Guides managers in navigating employee needs and resources, enhancing overall employee well-being.
• When relevant deliver:
• Parental Leave planning
• Holiday & Time off registration and special requests
• Time registration process management
• Sick leave conversations
• Separation management
• Part-time requests
• Pension planning conversations
• Work closely with Payroll team to secure timely and accurate payments to the employees.
• Ensure a proper pre- and onboarding including contract management.
• Advise on employee relations issues, ensuring a fair and consistent approach to conflict resolution and disciplinary actions.
• Stay updated on employment laws and regulations to ensure compliance and minimize risks.

In the role, you'll report to the NE Head of P&O, Monika Urbone.

Rare or occasional travel is to be expected in the role.

Your new team

As HRBP, you'll become an integral part of adynamic P&O team, collaborating closely with talented colleagues working with areas like Employee Engagement, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, HR Partnering, Reward, systems and data. Our team consists of members who have been in Specsavers for 10 years, and others have brought fresh perspectives over the last couple of years. Our team operates both on-site at our office situated in Nordhavn and embraces hybrid work, offering flexibility as well.

Beyond work, we know how to have a good time. The team shares a strong passion for getting together, enjoying food, and we often engage in friendly gatherings both in and out of the office.

Our office in Nordhavn features many collaborative spaces and a stunning rooftop terrace with breath-taking city and harbour views. With the view, by joining Specsavers, you’ll also:

• Join our global team of friendly, talented, and passionate colleagues. Enjoy a competitive salary package with perks such as pensions, (health insurance), free eye care vouchers, and more.
• Grow in your role with free access to online learning, monthly one-on-one discussions with your manager, personalised development plans, and increased responsibility.
• We offer a fun work environment with great coffee, laughter, table tennis tournaments, birthday surprises, holiday celebrations, virtual Friday quizzes, and more.

Your qualifications

We're seeking an experienced HRBP with great interpersonal skills, proactive approach and analytical mind. We expect that you come with experience from a similar role, preferably from a matrix and/or international organisation with a diverse composition of backgrounds, capabilities and seniority amongst your stakeholder group.

To fulfil this role at Specsavers, you should align with the following requirements:

• Preferably Master Level Degree in HR, Business Management, Communication or alike and experience as HRBP.
• Great Stakeholder Management skills and experience having a complex Stakeholder group to partner with and support.
• Experience with SuccessFactors is a very strong plus in this role.
• A good amount of business acumen.
• Understanding of key People and Organization processes.
• The person should have knowledge of Danish employer law.
• Speak and write English and Danish.

Hard skills are not everything, and on a more personal level, we want to welcome a new colleague who is a great team player and sees the value of knowledge sharing. No one is an island, so being a strong and trusted relationship builder and maintainer is key in this role. With the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment being able to prioritise, be responsive, deal with ambiguity, and respond to changing requirements, you will thrive in this role and our team.

Your development

Within 3 months, you’ll:

• Be onboarded and will have a clear overview of your tasks and stakeholders.
• Gain understanding of SF2 (people system), GPTW (employee engagement) and key people processes and operations.
• Start working on some day-to-day employee relations and support the start of the yearly employee engagement survey.

Within 6-12 months, you:

• Run People Reviews and Employee Engagement survey results reviews.
• Understand full People policies and processes.
• Can be the go-to-person for employment related questions to the office colleagues.
• Deliver employment documentation and contracts.

Further development:

• We have a strong focus on your personal development plan to make sure that your competencies and skills continue to be best in class.
• You can choose a career path within Specsavers you perceive as your personal journey.
• You can grow professionally in an organisation that recognises your skills and personality.

Want to join? Apply today

To apply, please send us your CV and apply via the link. We want to respect your time, so including an application letter is optional. Please avoid including any photos or references to your age in your CV. It contributes to a fairer and more unbiased assessment. We review CV’s and call in for interviews continuously and in standard, our recruitment process consists of a screening, 2-rounds of interviews including personality assessment feedback.

If you have questions on how to apply, the role or Specsavers as a workplace, please reach out to Senior Recruitment Business Partner, Liv Facius on email: liv.facius@specsavers.com.

If you're interested in learning more about the incredible team you'll be joining and our shared goals as a family business, visit our pages: This is who we are, and This is what we do.

Diversity & Inclusion at Specsavers

Specsavers will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected factor.

In line with our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we integrate these principles into all aspects of our work, from product development to team building.