Strategic People Partner

4 weeks ago

Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Northumbrian Water Full time

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic People Partner to join our People team at Northumbrian Water. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading the partnering for our Asset, IS & Finance Directorates, contributing to major projects including the delivery of our Building Bright Futures programme.

Working closely with colleagues, you will play a key role in delivering our people strategy to attract, retain and reward the right people, with the right skills for our customers, communities, and the environment.

The role of our Strategic People Partner involves 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 will 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 are looking for someone 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 will 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 will 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 will 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.

About you

If you are passionate about HR, people, and making us a great place to work, we want to hear from you.

We are looking for someone to be CIPD Qualified, with extensive HR experience, including working at a strategic level with senior business stakeholders.

You will have proven experience of engaging, challenging, and influencing at all levels within a business organisation, while developing strong networks and building positive partnerships with key stakeholders, including Trade Unions.

You will 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 are looking for someone to be 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, 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 at Northumbrian Water, 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, and that female candidates are less likely to apply if they don't have the full range of skills, 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.

Benefits to include, here's just a few of them:

  • Enhanced maternity pay
  • Enhanced annual leave with additional special leave for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
  • Company pension scheme
  • Digital GP
  • Award-winning wellbeing website
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Life assurance
  • Qualification loans
  • Professional subscription
  • Buy and sell annual leave
  • Discounts and cashback offers

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