HR Business Partner Consultant

Are you a strategic HR professional with a passion for driving business success? Can you deliver fast, high quality HR solutions? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

At EDF, success is personal. Here you’ll develop a career that’s unique to you. Whether you want to move horizontally, deepen your specialty, or advance through the levels — it’s your journey, powered by us. Join us and be part be of our mission to help Britain achieve Net Zero

The Opportunity

As our HR Business Partner Consultant, you will work in partnership with designated line managers, providing professional advice and direction, commercial HR solutions and operational support to them, and enabling them to implement the business’s agreed people plans to improve Business Unit or function performance during each phase of transition.

This role is based out of either Gloucester Business Park or Atlantic Quay, working to a hybrid model with 2 -3 days in the office a week.

Pay, benefits and culture.

Alongside a competitive salary from £44,000, we offer a competitive benefits package, including a company pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

At EDF UK, we embrace flexibility while recognising that everyone's working needs are different. Whether you're in our office spaces, on site, or working remotely, we promote an environment that supports collaboration, connection, and comfort. No matter where you are, our priority is to make sure you feel safe, valued, and celebrated.

Here, we do right by each other and everyone’s welcome. We’re on an action-oriented journey, championing equity, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.  

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application. Please let us know if you need to request reasonable adjustments.

We take pride in fostering a dynamic and inclusive environment, where the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our employees drive fresh thinking and innovation. We understand that success means different things to different people. We believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we support you to pursue a career that’s unique to you. Because success is personal.

What you’ll be doing

Within this role, you will:

Reward: Partner with HR Business Partner Manager and line managers to execute reward plans, ensure fair salary reviews, bonuses, and incentives, and align remuneration packages with company policies.

Learning & Development: Support learning and development initiatives, prioritize business area needs, and collaborate on evaluating training effectiveness.

Diversity & Inclusion: Implement diversity and inclusion plans, promote a diverse culture, and address any business unit-specific challenges.

Organisation Design & Development: Support organizational change, including restructures, design, and compliance with regulatory requirements, while coaching line managers through change processes.

Resourcing & Workforce Planning: Ensure resource and workforce plans align with business goals, manage recruitment processes, and keep workforce plans up to date.

Talent & Succession Planning: Execute talent and succession plans, manage talent identification, and support mobility across the business.

Performance Management: Support line managers in managing individual and team performance, monitor completion rates, and address quality issues.

Employee Relations: Ensure employee relations strategies are implemented, support local engagement, and manage ER documentation. Lead investigations and manage complex employee cases from end to end.

Leadership: Provide coaching to line managers on problem-solving, behavioural change, performance management, and development.

Strategy Deployment: Support local execution of people plans, incorporating best practices aligned with business objectives.

HR Operational Delivery: Review and assess HR service delivery, ensure accurate HR records, and prompt managers to seek necessary HR support. Ensure alignment with the company’s Zero Harm ambition.

Who you are

You will be a Graduate/Associate member of CIPD, with a creative yet pragmatic approach to delivering high-quality HR support.

You’ll have strong commercial acumen, in-depth knowledge of employment law, and expertise in change management, performance management, reward, talent development, resourcing, and employee relations.

Demonstrating a strong professional network and a commitment to continuous development, you’ll be able to coach and influence line managers to achieve successful outcomes and challenge them effectively when needed.

Applications for this role close on 5th February 2025.

Success is personal. It’s your journey, powered by us. Join us and we’ll help Britain achieve Net Zero, together.

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