People & Culture Project Specialist – TA & Payroll (Fixed Term Contract - 12+ months)
People and Culture at Primark
Our team has created a workplace of inspiration and growth. Be a part of building an inclusive and empowering culture, where every colleague’s unique abilities are recognised and celebrated. Collaborate with a team committed to the wellbeing of our workforce and define what it means to work at Primark.
What You’ll Do as a People & Culture Project Specialist – TA & Payroll
We want you to feel challenged and inspired. Here, you’ll develop your skills across a range of responsibilities:
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Lead P&C process decision-making, ensuring end‑user experience is prioritised and core processes, KPIs and reporting requirements are clearly defined.
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Participate in project forums and design workshops to identify required decisions, cross‑functional dependencies and process impacts across P&C.
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Drive timely decision-making within P&C, validating outcomes with key stakeholders such as COEs, country teams and Finance.
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Identify and recommend opportunities to simplify, standardise and enhance P&C processes while balancing global consistency with local needs.
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Align global people processes, technology, data, security roles/permissions and project deliverables through collaboration with the P&C Process Manager, Project Team and Data Analytics.
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Support delivery by coordinating across P&C/Payroll programmes, embedding process changes (training, job aids, workshops), and proactively managing risks, issues and inter‑project dependencies.
What You’ll Get
The work you do shapes the impact we have. We’re focused on providing you with the culture to reach your potential. Your wellbeing is our top priority.
Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, Pension and Potential Bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
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Experience delivering P&C transformation initiatives or HR system implementation projects, with strong capability in process design, optimisation and standardisation.
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High data literacy, including the use of HR metrics, reporting, data governance and analytics to inform decisions.
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Background working in global or matrixed organisations, navigating complexity and cross‑functional collaboration.
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Proven change management and business adoption experience, supporting successful embedding of new processes or systems.
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Strong relationship‑building and influencing skills, collaborating effectively and aligning stakeholders around shared goals.
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Confident, timely decision‑making with a strong customer‑centric mindset, delivering practical, high‑quality solutions while maintaining trust, confidentiality and diplomacy.
Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.
About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.
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