People Business Partner

People Business Partner

Full time 37 hours per week (flexible working arrangements including part time will be considered)

Permanent

Salary – from £41,960 + Benefits

Location – Pity Me, Durham

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity 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. 

You’ll get to know your business areas inside out so that you can support leaders with achieving business objectives.  You’ll be   enabling effective change management, supporting on 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 be able to demonstrate the value of business partnering with proven experience of engaging, challenging and influencing managers and senior professionals over a range of people related activities. We’re also looking you to demonstrate experience of 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 demonstrate experience of managing and supporting managers and senior professionals to improve colleague engagement, along with ensuring programmes and activities are delivered inclusively and create business diversity.

Please note this role may 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 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 some 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.

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. 

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:

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 26 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.
• Company pension scheme, where we’ll double match your contributions up to an employer contribution of 10%.
• Free access to local attractions.
• A fantastic discount scheme, with savings on days out, shopping, travel and more.
• Award winning ‘Living Well’ wellbeing support, including access to a digital GP service for you and your family members.
• Support with sustainable travel – through salary sacrifice cars and a cycle to work scheme.
• 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.
• 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.