McDonalds Jobs

Company Description:

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 

The Head of HR is a key leadership role in the UK & Ireland business. Being genuinely people centred in how we work and operate, this role firmly has a seat within the leadership team. 

This role is responsible for providing strategic direction and business partnership to our leaders (restaurants, Franchisees, office teams) to develop a high performing, inclusive culture and best-in-class people practices, across our restaurants and office teams. 

We expect a strategic, enterpirse leader that can act as a visionary for the company. We expect them to be commercially savvy, and able to work with peers, Franchisee partners and global teams to shape company objectives and to construct plans that drive McDonald’s UK & Ireland business performance and as an admired people brand.

What will my accountabilities be?

This role leads leaders across HR Business Partnership (operations and office) and Insights, and plays a pivotal role in the People Leadership team.

• A leading voice on the people strategy - in partnership with Centres of Excellence, the Culture team and wider People Leadership team, you will bring the voice of the business

• Anticipates and identifies future people-related issues to ensure People strategies are consistent with current and future business needs 

• Co-ordinates and coaches the wider HR team to deliver outstanding results and breakthrough critical thinking

• Directs change management and organisational development

• Partners and collaborates with Global COEs and other markets to contribute to global initiatives as well as market execution

• Contributes to the evolution of our company culture - safe, respectful and inclusive workplace

• Leads franchisee engagement to ensure a business enabling people plan is continually in place.

HR Business Partnership: Partner HR leads for corporate and operations-facing teams to develop HR Business Partnership capability to ensure the team are influencing and impacting across people strategies.

Insights: Partners with Insights lead to elevate People Insights capability to help the team advise on data led opportunity and actions.

What Team will I be a part of?

You will part of the People Leadership Team and will report directly into the Chief People Officer

Who are my customers?

Customers of this role will include our Franchisees, Directors and our UK & Ireland Executive. The role will liaise heavily with other leaders from across the organization, as well as global colleagues.  

Qualifications:

What background would we expect you to have? 

We are looking for an experienced HR Professional that has experience leading large teams with a track record of enhancing the employee lifecycle across multiple populations. 

• Experience leading a broad HR agenda, notably HR Business Partnership. This includes the proactive partnership with functions, COEs and other stakeholders

• An understanding of Data and Insights, and the value created in driving, and creating accountability for a clear and compelling people strategy

• In-depth knowledge of UK legislation and employment law is critical

• Comfort and experience working in a fast-paced and changing working environment

• Empower and support team members as appropriate, but always driving timely results in the right way

• A passion to develop talent

• Strong communication, influencing, and relationship building skills

• Strong partner cross-functional alignment skills and interpersonal awareness, ability to balance strategic view with tactical direction

• Tenacity and drive - able to operate and achieve results independently with minimal direction

• Creative thinking - ability to think out of the box to solve complex problems.

Your experiences

• A creative, big picture problem solver: You’ll be a good story teller, able to share compelling narrative that connects people excellence to business performance.  You’ll prioritise when you need to, stay on top of tasks and deadlines. Think strategically and translate strategy to action with your team and the wider people leadership team.

• An inclusive leader: You will be a collaborative, thought provoking leader, encouraging your team to bring their whole self to McDonald’s and to proactively lead their careers

• A great communicator: You’ll be good with people and able to express sophisticated things simply. You will inspire people to take action and affect the business direction.

• A great teammate: You’ll have a track record of developing and nurturing effective relationships and networks of alliances with others to collaborate. You will be naturally consultative in approach, taking enjoyment in sharing knowledge and inspiring and supporting others to deliver business critical work.

• A self-starter: You’ll be able to work on your own and in a team.

• Mobile: This is advantageous for the ability to fulfil possible future career moves

   

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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