Early Careers Business Partner
Location: Suffolk (either Ipswich or Leiston) with occasional travel
Salary: £55,000 - £60,000 depending on experience
Contract type: Full time, permanent
Closing date: Thursday the 11th of December 2025
Let’s Talk About The Role
Are you passionate about shaping the future workforce and creating exceptional career journeys? As Early Careers Business Partner, you’ll lead the design and delivery of innovative programmes for apprentices, graduates, undergraduates, and interns. This is a unique opportunity to influence how early talent experiences their first steps in a major organisation, making a real difference to people’s careers and the business.
You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure every programme is best in class, inclusive, and aligned with strategic workforce needs.
Why Join Us as an Early Careers Business Partner?
* Shape the Future: Play a key role in developing tomorrow’s leaders and specialists.
* Innovate & Inspire: Design programmes that set the benchmark for early careers excellence.
* Collaborative Culture: Work with a team that values creativity, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
* Career Growth: Access to professional development and opportunities to progress.
* Purposeful Work: Make a tangible impact on individuals and the organisation.
What You’ll Do
* Design and deliver impactful learning and development programmes.
* Partner with HR and business leaders to align initiatives with workforce planning.
* Champion diversity and inclusion across all early careers pathways.
* Support line managers with coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
* Drive early careers recruitment and onboarding processes.
Our Ideal Candidate Will Have
* Minimum 2 years experience in an Early Careers Business Partner (or similar) role within a large business.
* Strong understanding of how to run effective, inclusive, and varied early careers programmes (ranging from level 3 apprenticeships, internships, summer placements, industrial placements, to graduate level).
* Previously designed and delivered early careers programmes.
* Knowledge of HR best practice and employment law regarding Early Careers.
* Ability to thrive in complex, fast‑changing environments.
* Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
* Passion for supporting people at the start of their careers.
* Strong English and maths literacy.
* CIPD qualification (or working towards) is desirable, but not essential.
Additional Information
Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. Sizewell C is building a 3.2‑gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast, generating low‑carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK’s current electricity needs. The project is funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB) with UK Government as the largest shareholder, alongside other partners.
Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast‑moving stakeholder environment. We encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and meet Security Vetting criteria (residency in the UK for at least three of the past five years).
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Ready to create exceptional career experiences? Apply now and help us build a workforce for the future.
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