Specialist, People Projects

People Projects Specialist - 12 months FTC
TLP (secondment to Toyota (GB) PLC)

• £42,000 - £46,000
• 12 months FTC
• Near Epsom, Surrey (location is most easily reached by own transport)
• Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office)
• ASAP start
• Generous benefits package (Pension, Birthday voucher, discounted onsite gym membership, subsidised Café and Canteen, 25 days holiday + all bank holidays)

TLP have been working with Toyota (GB) PLC for over 25 years and are a trusted partner. This role will be employed by TLP (secondment to Toyota (GB) PLC)

Are you passionate about driving people strategies through data, systems, and project management?

Do you thrive on turning complex processes into seamless operations that make a real business impact?

We're looking for a People Projects Specialist to join the People & Strategy team. In this role, you'll partner closely with the team to deliver projects that drive real change-whether it's evolving compensation and benefits, improving our reward strategy, or implementing new people systems and data processes.

If you're tech-savvy, analytically minded, and enjoy being at the heart of strategic HR operations, this could be the perfect fit.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Manage People-related projects focused on compensation, reward and systems, as per the agreed prioritisation with the Senior Manager and General Manager.
• Support creation of robust business cases to create consensus or approval on proposals for change
• Develop and gain agreement to project scoping, project plans and budgets, ensuring interdependencies with other programmes and projects are monitored.
• Effective stakeholder management throughout projects working with all levels of management across the business
• Support a robust governance process across the programme of People projects
• Use insight and employee feedback to ensure that our reward offer is engaging, testing new proposals and ideas to ensure effective implementation.
• Support pension scheme management including company projects & support of Trustee Board
• Ensure optimal and efficient processes, supporting relevant automation
• Ensure that the HR system is optimised including support for upgrades and identified system changes
• Support an effective and compliant data strategy, working with the G2 manager to implement and embed across the wider team
• Ensure that projects are tracked and remain compliance with agreed budgets
• Support succession planning and people review activities through provision of accurate and efficient data provision and distribution across management population
• Work closely with European stakeholders in identified relevant areas within role to ensure alignment and stakeholder consensus with wider European approaches.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Project management experience - (HR background preferred) with a good understanding of project management methodology, best practice tools, templates and techniques
• Experience of supporting business/people led change
• Proficiency with databases, ideally within HR
• Experience working with data sets to drive insights & improvements
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience in compensation, reward, or people systems
• Evidence of driving change to reward programmes
• Understanding of pension schemes
• Experience identifying & implementing systems which can improve data storage & insight
• Understanding of link between people offer and impact on engagement & culture