People Partner - Modernising Property Portfolio

Job Description

Contract:  9-12-month FTC/Secondment

Location: Field-based, Nationwide

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

What you'll be doing

As a People Partner within the Modernising Property Portfolio programme, you will play a pivotal role in reshaping our store estate. You will partner with leaders and colleagues to deliver impactful change across our People Platform, ensuring that our teams are engaged and supported throughout this significant transformation. Your insights will help drive improvements that resonate across the business.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver people plans aligned with business objectives.
• Provide expert advice and coaching on organisational effectiveness and change management.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders to influence decision-making.
• Use data to identify trends and provide insight-led recommendations.
• Lead the people agenda across the MPP programme, ensuring effective support for colleagues.
• Design and implement engagement and communication plans to drive readiness for change.
• Conduct regular store visits to assess colleague impact and provide direct support.
• Support workforce planning and organisational design to meet future business needs.

What you'll need to have (our must-haves)

• Strong experience in people partnering, particularly in a retail or multi-site environment.
• Proven track record in managing large-scale change and transformation initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
• Experience in workforce planning and organisational design.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience in communication planning and engagement strategies.
• Knowledge of succession planning and talent management.
• Familiarity with learning and development initiatives.
• Skills in coaching and developing leaders through change.

Where your brilliance can take you

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop your expertise in large-scale transformation and stakeholder management. As you support the Modernising Property Portfolio programme, you will gain exposure to senior leaders and strategic initiatives, paving the way for future career growth within Boots. Your contributions will not only impact the current transformation but also shape the future of our people strategy.

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through our Employee Assistance Programme.

There’s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts – there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more atboots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only.

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A bit about us

At Boots UK, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer, creating a place where everyone feels welcome, supported and free to be themselves. We believe that when our people feel valued and included, they thrive, so we're committed to creating a brilliant Boots for our people so they can make a difference for our customers and colleagues every time.

What’s next?

If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you be at your best.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Be brilliant with Boots.

• Level: Level 5
• Business area: Support Office
• Function: HR
• Keywords: people, partner
• Hours per week: 37.5
• Latitude,longitude 1: Nationwide
• Office use only: No
• Airport: No
• Company: Attraction Roles
• Division: Nationwide
• Should this vacancy be excluded from being posted onto the Boots.jobs career site?: No
• Area: Nationwide
• Job Code: FEP Manager
• Store: Nationwide
• Req Posted Date: 19-Oct-2026