People Business Partner

1 month ago


Durham, United Kingdom Northumbrian Water Full time

About the role

We have two exciting opportunities to join our People team as a People Business Partner, to play a key role in delivering a focused service to the business area to achieve its objectives through people. 

Our sector is in a time of significant growth and change and you will be working collaboratively and in line with Northumbrian Water’s people strategy to attract, retain and reward the right people, with the right skills. You’ll be supporting Operational Managers with the delivery of their business plan, utilising People Centres of Expertise, aiding an inclusive culture and advocating for the company's values.

There are 4 key elements to the role of our People Business Partners – the provision of people partnering, facilitating the core cycle people activity, building and listening to colleague engagement & voice and driving high performance & continuous improvement.

You’ll be responsible for the people partnering for a number of our business directorates, working in partnership with the Senior People Partner, Operational Managers and subject matter experts to ensure delivery of people priorities for your business areas. This includes delivering knowledge sessions, facilitating groups and teams and working 1:1 in delivering practical support and guidance to enable effective 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 manage the deployment and compliance of 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 operational leaders and manager levels within the business area on successful delivery of change initiatives, along with 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 make us a great place to work we want to hear from you.

We’re looking for you to be CIPD Qualified, with significant HR experience, including working with a range of business stakeholders. You’ll have proven experience of engaging, challenging and influencing managers and senior professionals within a business organisation whilst developing strong networks and building positive partnerships with key stakeholders, including Trade Unions.

You’ll have proven experience of delivering and embedding new programmes and monitoring the impact/ evaluating existing ones, along with experience of managing talent development and talent mobility.

We’re looking for you to great at managing and supporting managers and senior professionals 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, 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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