People & Culture Advisor

About the job

Vattenfall entered the UK market in 2008 with a focus on developing, building and operating Wind power. Now inspired by what we do across Europe to power climate smarter living, we are bringing that expertise, and the expertise of partners, to explore the potential of smart, fossil free power to help our customers live free from fossil fuels in a generation. For us taking the lead in climate friendly energy is only natural. That means in the UK we are now offering low carbon, in many cases cutting edge, opportunities energy.

Vattenfall Group Staff Function is looking for a People and Culture Advisor based in our London office.

As a People and Culture Advisor, you will be the first point of contact and provide effective and efficient People and Culture administrative support and advise to our Employees, International & UK Managers and the wider People and Culture international community on our UK employee life cycle.

This is an exciting challenging role in an international surrounding. For Vattenfall the UK is one of the growing markets with Wind, Heat Distribution and Solution businesses, organised in cross border Business Areas and Units. In the role, you will support and be the point of contact for UK People and Culture Shared Services related matters and be part of our UK People and Culture Operations and International People and Culture Shared Services team.

Your responsibilities as People and Culture Advisor - UK:

- In close alignment with the UK People and Culture Operations and International People and Culture Shared Services team provide support and advise to the wider Business Partners, Group People and Culture Functions and managers on UK related employee life cycle topics
- Seamless execution of a full range of employee life cycle and People and Culture transactional responsibilities related to global/local People and Culture services administration
- Together with International People and Culture Shared Services ensure a continuous development and improvement of transactional processes, improving service efficiency and quality
- Subject matter expert on SAP and master data maintenance
- Provide Payroll support
- Manage People and Culture administration and Comp & Ben processes
- Support with change management and improvement programmes to improve the employee journey and experience
- Support specific country initiatives and projects.

Location

London, this is a hybrid role, but we work at the office 2 or 3 times a week.

**Profile**:
Your Profile as the People and Culture Advisor
- CIPD or equivalent qualifications and working experience
- Experience operating at a People and Culture Shared Services Advisor/Consultant level with good knowledge of employment legislation
- Experience from working in an international surrounding would be an advantage.

You as a person
- You are business oriented and have very good communication skills with the ability to develop effective relationship across functions and cultures
- You have very good organisational and communication skills
- Experience with maintaining People and Culture Master Data in SAP and knowledge of how different systems and processes is connected in a large international company
- You have a hands-on performance focus, a strong drive, a well-structured working method and at the same time a flexible attitude and desire to work as a team with a result driven approach
- You bring ideas and are passionate about your profession
- You have courage and integrity with the ability to build trust and confidence
- You act according to our Vattenfall principles by being Active, Positive, Open and Safe.

Additional information

**Offer**:
An exciting challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary Joint venture team and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer flexibility, respect for work life balance and the opportunity for working in a small, dedicated team with a true international outlook.

More information

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

About the company

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to sup