People Partner – Greenford, London, working across all aspects of People operations – ER, wellbeing, communications, engagement and DEI, alongside our Talent BP and Payroll & admin specialists. The team takes the lead on the continuing evolution of the company's culture and colleague experience. Reporting to the Head of People within a team of 4.

About Us

Belazu has been a pioneer of supplying chef grade ingredients for over 30 years. We are a Silver Standard Investor in People, recognised as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work and a responsible, ethical B Corp accredited business.  We balance the needs of our people, our product and our planet alongside our need to be profitable. We have a diverse workforce that not only contributes to a positive company culture, but also to our achievements. We were nominated in 2025 for a Spotlight Award for our ethnic minority employment experience.

Our Approach

We strive to walk the talk – in our dealings internally and externally.  We are all committed to development, of ourselves, our products, our relationships and our positive impact.  This is a growing business with a social core and we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinion, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs

Our People Partner…

At the Belazu we are focussed on our journey, as much as our goals – this commitment to doing the right thing is shared throughout the business and integrity should be the guiding principle of your approach to your role. You might have had a generalist role in a small team, or been a specialist in a larger team, keen to develop a broad skillset in People service. 

This role will suit you if:

✔️You enjoy people, warts and all!

✔️You are energetic and positive with a growth mindset and a customer centric approach

✔️You are a strong communicator with well developed listening and negotiation skills

✔️You are familiar with CIPD – an accreditation with be a plus

✔️You are excited by best-in-class communication, building engagement and productivity with a transparent and collaborative approach

✔️You have experience in a people focussed business with high colleague engagement

✔️You have D,E and I and wellbeing programme expertise

✔️You are interested in professional growth – we are all about CPD and CI!

This role may not be for you if:

👎 You prefer working in a siloed setup rather than a collaboration-centric environment.

👎 You lack a self-starting attitude and struggle with deadline focus

👎 You don’t have experience of communicating across all levels of the business

👎 You are not interested in developing or maintaining a Generalist skillset – we are working in a model where we partner with specific departments to deliver all People operations, supporting each other to grow in areas that are newer to us

👎 You prefer a hands off role – we are a team of do-ers…

What the day job looks like:

In this full-time role as People Partner, we are seeking an experienced People practitioner to work within a team of 4, partnering with our managers to deliver the full suite of day to day operations services across the business and taking the lead in DEI, wellbeing, ER and comms - you will interact with all areas of the business and relationships will be key as the business is small enough to really get your hands around!  You will be:

• Managing ER alongside functional Managers with the support of our Admin specialist
• Building strong working relationships across the business
• Supporting managers in best practice people management, incl performance management
• Driving engagement in workplace culture
• Developing and leading a responsive DEI forum
• Bringing wellbeing to the forefront of our people practice
• Contributing to People strategy
• Developing and taking the lead on an internal comms strategy
• Supporting the Talent BP in some of the above areas in his partner departments
• Being supported in Talent practices in your partner departments

What’s in it for you?

• 33 days annual leave per annum (incl public holidays)
  • Auto-Enrolment Pension, plus an enhanced pension option
  • Discretionary annual bonus scheme
  • Learning and development opportunities for everyone in the business – we cover professional subscriptions and are focussed on CPD
  • Life assurance from day one
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee benefits portal with retail discounts, EAP and GP services and financial support tools
  • Volunteer days
  • Free parking on site
  • 35% discount on Company products
  • Socials and internal awards
  • Subsidised Canteen
  • Enhanced maternity and family leave
  • Salary bracket £42,000 to £45,000pa, 10% bonus

Terms

• 40 hrs/wk i.e. 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri (start and finish times flexible) with a 3 day/week office; 2 day/week WFH hybrid working model.
• Probationary period 3 months
• Annual salary review (our ‘movers and shakers’ are always rewarded)

And finally…

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it’s like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams.

We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren’t sure if you are 100% there yet… go on… why not give it a whirl? Good luck!

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully. We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!