About the role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our People team as a Senior People Business Partner, leading the partnering for our Asset, IS & Finance Directorates. The sector is in a time of significant growth and change and you will be contributing to major people focused projects. Working with colleagues you will play a key role to deliver our people strategy to attract, retain and reward the right people, with the right skills for our customers, communities, and the environment.
We see there are 4 key elements to the role of our Senior People Business Partners – the provision of strategic people partnering, leading the deployment of core cycle people activity, building and listening to colleague engagement & voice and driving high performance & continuous improvement.
You’ll be responsible for the strategic people partnering for a number of our business directorates, working in partnership with the business leaders and subject matter experts to identify, shape, align and drive operational and strategic people priorities for your business areas. This includes partnership on change management, workforce planning, talent management and succession, recruitment, team development, organisational design and effectiveness, engagement and culture, employee relations, and diversity and inclusion.
We’re looking for you to deploy core talent and reward activity for your business areas, along with supporting the development of a talent pipeline to satisfy short-term demands and long-term strategic workforce plans.
You’ll be working with leaders at all levels within the business area, advising and coaching and utilising the skills and knowledge of our People Centres of Expertise. Seeking insights you will shape your approach based upon issues highlighted through our colleague survey as well as other feedback received. You’ll build diversity and opportunity ensuring that the culture is welcoming, providing the right level of challenge and support, to enable strong wellbeing and inclusion in line with Northumbrian Water’s values.
Through collaboration with leaders you’ll enable and embed people change initiatives within the business area, providing a robust framework to plan and manage the continuous process of change, including dependencies, risk, potential scenarios and mitigation.
Please note this role will require a DBS to be completed prior to employment. NWG are an inclusive employer who support the rehabilitation of offenders, we will not, however consider candidates who have certain unspent convictions to ensure our commitment to fostering a safe and secure working environment for all OR colleagues, suppliers, customers and third parties.
About you
If you are passionate about HR, people and make us a great place to work we want to hear from you.
We’re looking for you to be CIPD Qualified, with extensive HR experience, including working at a strategic level with senior business stakeholders. You’ll have proven experience of engaging, challenging and influencing at all levels within a business organisation whilst developing strong networks and building positive partnerships with key stakeholders, including Trade Unions.
You’ll have proven experience of developing new programmes and monitoring the impact/ evaluating existing ones, along with experience of workforce planning, including managing talent development and talent mobility.
We’re looking for you to great at managing and supporting leaders to improve colleague engagement, along with ensuring programmes and activities are delivered inclusively and create business diversity.
Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity, and encourage all colleagues to bring their most authentic self to work.
Our colleague network groups include our Rainbow Support Network (LGBTQIA+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks. They provide a safe space for colleagues from diverse backgrounds, welcoming all colleagues regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in valuable conversation that improves our organisational awareness, understanding and inclusivity.
We encourage and welcome all applications, as we strive to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to having diverse communities represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation.
About us
Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.
We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, however if you have some of the skills listed, we'd encourage you to apply
NWG at a glance:
Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.
We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.
We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.
Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.
Our benefits
We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues. Our ‘Tap Into’ benefits include:
1. Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days, plus bank holidays and additional time off on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. There’s also the option to buy or sell holidays.
2. Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 11%.
3. Free access to local attractions.
4. A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
5. Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
6. Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
7. Financial wellbeing support – access our community savings scheme, financial education and low cost loans through Salary Finance. We also provide 4 x Life Assurance and an Income Protection Scheme.
8. Support with your development – we offer a range of development opportunities, can support you through an interest free qualification loan and we’ll even pay for any relevant professional body subscription.