Employee Experience Lead

3 weeks ago


Thatcham, United Kingdom Thatcham Research Full time

Our people and culture make us who we are, and we’re dedicated to creating the right conditions that enable our colleagues to thrive and have a true sense of belonging. That’s why we’ve created a new role for an Employee Experience Lead to help us deliver a first-class employee experience.

As the Employee Experience Lead, you’ll ensure that what we do from an employee experience perspective is relevant, impactful and embraces positive change. Working closely with the Recruitment & People Team, this role will be crucial for inspiring colleague engagement, participation and commitment, driving positive employee experience through a variety of initiatives.

**What will you be doing?**
- Supporting a continuous improvement approach to employee experience, identifying touchpoints throughout the employee lifecycle to discover where and how this can be continuously improved
- Creating content to highlight the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and regularly sharing this across internal and external communications channels
- Conducting research and keeping abreast of best practice and current trends, utilising knowledge to inform decisions and activities
- Identifying and supporting companywide engagement activities including employee forums, volunteer networks, charitable activities and recognition schemes
- Supporting the development and execution of a calendar of engagement activities and communications, recognising key dates for global observances and celebrations, ensuring we mark these occasions in an appropriate and meaningful way for our People
- Fully engaging with employee feedback channels ensuring that we follow through with commitments and demonstrate that our Peoples voices are heard

**Key skills & experience we’re looking for**:

- A good understanding of engagement theory with previous success improving engagement is essential
- Experience driving employee engagement in a similar role is desirable, in lieu of this we will also consider experience of driving engagement among any other stakeholder groups
- Ability to identify trends, analyse data and make connections from different data points to inform decision making
- Good knowledge of current affairs and issues, understanding how they impact colleague engagement
- Excellent writing skills with the ability to take complex themes and data and communicate them clearly and effectively across various platforms
- CIPD qualification and or Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) membership would be beneficial but is not essential

**About You**

You know how to create the right environment for people to thrive and be engaged. You are a confident ‘people person’ and are able to rapidly develop relationships that build trust and a willingness to collaborate. You are pro-active, with excellent project management skills and excel at planning tasks and activities.

**Salary** - circa £38,200 negotiable dependent on skills & experience.

In addition, we offer a competitive benefits package which includes:

- 10% non-contributory pension
- 27 days holiday + public holidays + 2 days off over Christmas week
- Salary Sacrifice schemes (cycle to work & tech scheme)
- Access to online wellbeing services
- Life Assurance
- Health Cash Plan (cash back on eligible medical treatments)
- Discounted gym membership
- Sports & Social club
- Payroll charitable giving

**When we work - **our standard working hours are**:8:30 - 16:30 Monday - Thursday, 8:30 - 15:45 Fridays (talk to us about flexible working if this doesn’t quite work for you)

**How we work -** our blended working approach means you’ll benefit from hybrid working, spending 2-3 days at our HQ in Thatcham, Berkshire and working from home, should you wish to do so.

**About Thatcham Research**

At the cutting edge of automotive research in the UK, Thatcham Research has a unique role in shaping the design of new vehicles and influencing ever higher standards of safety, security and repair.

With an on-site Crash Laboratory, Repair Technology Centre, Training Academy, Track Testing Facility and Crime Lab, our research expertise is driving some of the very latest automotive developments in technology, materials and standards in this fast moving and highly technical industry.

We are proud members of the Automotive 30% Club, a voluntary network of CEOs with a shared objective of achieving a better gender balance within the automotive industry.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community. We are committed to ensuring we have a fair and inclusive recruitment process.

**Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any point during your recruitment journey.**

All applicants must have Right to Work in the UK.



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