REQ ID: 131149
JOB TITLE: People Partner - Solihull Operations - 12 Month FTC
SALARY: Competitive
POSTING START DATE: 24/04/2026
POSTING END DATE: 07/05/2026
LOCATION: Solihull  

In this role, you're part of the driving force behind JLR’s success. Helping steer operational excellence across our corporate teams, from governance to talent – you’ll be at the epicentre of the business. Your contributions will transform our iconic brands and shape the future of modern luxury. Become part of a global business and create exceptional.

The People Partner plays a critical role in shaping an inclusive, high performance culture within our Solihull manufacturing plant. This role partners closely with plant senior leadership, People Chapter teams, and manufacturing colleagues to lead culture focused initiatives, strengthen DE&I, and support operational excellence through people practices. The People Partner acts as a trusted advisor, culture champion, and change agent to ensure our workforce is engaged, empowered, and supported.

Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract

WHAT TO EXPECT

In this role, no two tasks are the same. With lots of projects and relationships to build with people across the business and beyond, it’s a challenge that will help your career grow within an iconic organisation. Here’s what to expect:

• Lead plant wide culture transformation initiatives, including the design and delivery of our People Love Programme, fostering psychological safety, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Facilitate workshops, listening sessions and engagement activities, using employee insights to drive measurable improvements in inclusion, wellbeing and workplace culture
• Champion DE&I across the site, partnering with ERGs and central teams to deliver targeted programmes, analyse workforce data and ensure equitable development, progression and recognition
• Act as a trusted HR partner to employees and leaders, providing guidance on policies, conflict resolution and best practice, while managing employee relations cases fairly and consistently
• Support workforce planning and talent development, identifying skills gaps, coordinating development pathways and promoting internal mobility across manufacturing and leadership roles
•  Ensure compliance with employment law, safety standards and company policies, driving continuous improvement in HR processes through data led insights and collaboration with central HR teams
• Build strong cross functional relationships across Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and central HR, ensuring aligned, effective and people centred delivery of all culture, DE&I and talent initiatives

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to have to help you succeed here, including: 

• Strong HR generalist background, ideally gained in manufacturing, industrial or operations focused environments
• Proven experience in culture transformation and DE&I initiatives, with a genuine passion for inclusion and people experience
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and facilitation skills, able to build trust at all levels, lead workshops and work effectively through matrix teams
• Solid understanding of employee relations, employment legislation and operational HR practices, with the ability to balance empathy and sound decision making
• Data driven mindset, confident interpreting people metrics to guide actions and identify opportunities for improvement
• Resilient, proactive and comfortable navigating ambiguity, with strong listening skills and a collaborative, approachable style
• Ideally experienced in unionised environments and familiarity with change management, organisational development or continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Kaizen)

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application, as this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. 

BENEFITS

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks
• Comprehensive Life Assurance and Income Protection policies
  
  

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs. 

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.