People Business Partner

Company Description:

To ensure your application is considered, please answer the question in the application process outlined below.  

About Us
McDonald’s has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 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 170,000 people.

Job Description:

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a People Business Partner at McDonalds, you’ll play a crucial role in shaping our people strategy, partnering with senior leadership teams to build organisational capability and foster a culture where people thrive. You’ll act as a trusted advisor, driving people initiatives that align with business objectives and create lasting impact.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with leadership teams to help build organisation and people capability, resolving strategic business challenges, and embedding a high-performance culture.
• Acting as a trusted advisor, coaching and developing senior leaders on all people-related matters to maximise their impact.
• Delivering a commercially focused HR service, ensuring alignment with business objectives and compliance with UK employment law and company policies.
• Driving a performance-led culture, influencing people strategies and embedding McDonalds values at all levels.
• Managing high-level employee relations, handling complex issues with both a strategic and operational approach.
• Collaborating with specialist HR functions (Talent, Reward, Learning & Development, People Relations) to provide expert advice and holistic HR solutions.
• Supporting organisational design and change management, ensuring the business structure enables future growth.
• Coaching Talent Acquisition partners to enhance recruitment processes and improve candidate and manager experience.
• Providing guidance to the People Services Helpdesk, helping to build capability and support HR operational excellence.

Qualifications:

What You’ll Need:

• Proven experience in a strategic HR Business Partner role, within a global brand.
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to translate business needs into impactful people solutions.
• A passion for coaching senior leadership, helping them enhance their leadership effectiveness.
• Expertise in UK employment law and employee relations, with a strong problem-solving and compliance-focused mindset.
• The ability to build trusted relationships across a complex organisation and influence key stakeholders.
• A commitment to fostering an inclusive culture and championing diverse perspectives.
• Experience in organisational design and change management is a plus.

What You’ll Get:

• A chance to shape the people strategy for one of the world’s most iconic brands.
• Access to industry-leading training and career development opportunities.
• A collaborative and inclusive culture, where your ideas are valued.
• Competitive salary, plus a comprehensive benefits package.
• Onsite gym, parking and free lunch when in the office
• Hybrid working, offering a mix of 3 days in the London office and 2 days remote.

The application Process:

Please submit your CV, including your answer to the following question:

"Given the impact of the cost-of-living crisis in the UK, which has affected business profitability and reduced disposable income for families, how can McDonald’s create additional value for its employees whilst also driving engagement and productivity? What strategies or innovations would you suggest to enhance employee experience, foster a positive workplace culture, and support career growth?"

Please ensure all submissions are included on the same document.

Additional Information:

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

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 gives 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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