HR Compliance Officer (12 month FTC)

Job Description
Company Description:
Who are McDonald's?
McDonald's has run its business in the UK since 1974 and celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The business currently operates over 1,450 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonald's is one of the UK's largest private sector employers, employing over 177,000 people.
McDonald's UK & Ireland has a proven track record of investing in the development of its employees and offering flexibility as part of its dedication to being a modern and progressive company. Every year, it invests over £40 million in developing people, giving every one of its employees the opportunity to take part in structured training.
McDonald's buys ingredients from over 23,000 British and Irish farmers and spends over £1.1billion annually on its food and packaging requirements. McDonald's is committed to supporting British and Irish farmers to ensure it can continue to source many of its ingredients from the UK and Ireland.
McDonald's is a market leader in its field, striving for the highest standard of quality, speed and restaurant experience. Re-generation of our restaurant infrastructure, covering digital ordering, re-imaging and dual-point service make working at McDonald's more exciting than ever!
We are dedicated to using our scale for good: good for people, our industry and the planet. From bold recycling initiatives and sustainable sourcing efforts to our partnership with Ronald McDonald House Charities, we see every day as a chance to have a genuine impact on our customers, our people and our partners.
We're a people business just as much as we are a restaurant business. We strive to be the most inclusive brand in the world by building diverse teams who create delicious, feel good moments that are easy for everyone to enjoy. Joining McDonald's means thinking big every day and preparing for a career that can have impact around the world.
Company Vision and Culture
Our Global vision is to build a better McDonald's and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
McDonald's is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.
Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.
Serve: We put our customers and our people first
Inclusion: We open our doors to everyone
Integrity: We do the right thing
Community: We are good neighbours
Family: We get better together
Job Description:
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to join the People team and play a pivotal role in the forward direction of our organisations approach to our people. The role is responsible for leading and pro-actively running the business requirements around all aspects of HR compliance, governance, equality and diversity to ensure policies, controls and associated safeguarding are protecting the company.
Your role will involve translating legal and regulatory obligations into easy to understand procedures, ensuring that policies are clear to understand and accessible at all levels. You will set up a way to supervise ongoing changes and develop plans to help mitigate risk for the company.
Your responsibilities may be driven by new legal and regulatory requirements, employee behaviour, solution implementations, or emerging trends. You will also work on additional projects that help to drive brand standards and support a safe, respectful and inclusive work environment.
What will my accountabilities be?

• Maintaining, evolving and improving the Crew/salaried handbooks for both UK and ROI
• Review and maintaining of policy approaches to support the culture of our business
• Lead and define changes for the business in line with current and future legislation to maintain compliance within UK & ROI employment regulations, as well as providing adequate communication to franchisees, managers and employees about such laws.
• Provide subject matter expertise, conduct research and partner closely with internal and external legal advisors or HR Business Partners to proactively supervise and update relevant statutory, regulatory and contractual changes
• Lead the provision of accurate, professional correspondence
• Provide clear and regular communication with HR Business Partners and other parts of the People team on new employment laws, regulations, and guidelines. Supervising key Human Resource and employment related risk
• Provide specialist advice, support and mentorship to HRBPs on policy related employment issues
• Work alongside People Insights to proactively identify employee relations trends, and build and implement proposed solutions, in partnership with key partners
• Support the Legal team to monitor company annual mandatory compliance training completion
• Following disciplinary investigations, provide recommendations on corrective policy and actions, as well as procedural changes that will prevent any reoccurrence.
• Over time, you may also creatively own the evolution of People Strategy and People Brand Standards

What Team will I be a part?
You will work within the People Relations & Insights Team, which sits within the broader People Team
Who are my customers?
You will primarily support the People Team and wider business across all functions
Qualifications:
What background do I need to have?

• Previous experience in HR with proven track record in designing processes and programs that align with the operations of the business
• Good knowledge of UK and ROI employment legislation
• Strong ability to analyse, interpret and explain UK and ROI employment law
• Experience advising on employee relation issues
• Integrity and professional ethics
• Strong creative writing skills, eloquent and proficient in policy creation
• Curiosity and a willingness to challenge organisational culture where necessary
• Good understanding of digital technology and Microsoft based programmes
• Good communications skills to be able to optimally connect with all partners
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, with ability to plan and prioritise workload
• An adaptable team player, strong ability to be self-directed in planning own work with experience of working collaboratively and confidently with others yet is comfortable using initiative when working alone
• Excellent ability to influence others and diplomacy in dealing with people

Additional Information:
At McDonald's we are People from all Walks of Life...
People are at the heart of everything we do and they make the McDonald's experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers.
We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers give us strength.
We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.
We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonald's or elsewhere."
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