HRBP Consultant

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The Opportunity

If you are an experienced HR professional, an exciting opportunity has arisen based on site at Heysham 1 Power Station.

Working as part of a small HR team at Heysham 1, the HR Business Partner will work in partnership with line managers and key stakeholders liaising with the Corporate Functions, Training & Development, as well as the Resourcing Centres of Excellence, Employee Services and HR Specialists.

You will be responsible for providing line managers on site with the support and guidance needed to ensure that individual and team performance is effectively managed. Overall, the role is key to implementing the people plan which supports our ambition to continually improve the performance of Heysham 1 Power Station through our skilled people.

Pay, benefits and culture.

Alongside a starting salary from £54,391 and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include a range of benefits, from the big and formal to the small and personal.

We’re talking about everything from enhanced parental leave to electric vehicle leasing, health insurance to product discounts, critical illness insurance to technology vouchers, gym membership to season ticket loans.

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.

The role is based on-site at Heysham 1 Power Station full time, however part time applications and discussions regarding working hours and patterns would be welcomed.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be working with stakeholders across the station as well as central support functions such as employee services and recruitment to provide support and guidance alongside ensuring team performance is effectively managed.

You’ll be executing reward, development and organisational design plans with your teams, ensuring they are relevant for the business priorities and that key stakeholders are kept up to date throughout. All of these will impact our diversity and inclusion plans which you’ll need to consider through everyday guidance as well as future planning.

Working with the Recruitment team, you’ll be maintaining and developing the requirements that Heysham 1 Power Station will need as we look forward into our lifetime operations plans, identifying and delivering the resourcing process as required, alongside talent and succession mapping. 

Heysham 1 Power Station is currently preparing to commence the defueling phase of its lifecycle and as part of that, a key part of the role will be supporting the milestones in the people work stream.

Who you are

You should be a member of CIPD with HNC as a minimum qualification or CIPD equivalent (Level 5). We’d want proven experience of working in a progressive HR, people management and unionised environment. You should be commercially minded and pragmatic in your application of HR best practice and able to deliver high quality HR generalist support, including extensive knowledge of appropriate employment law and HR best practices.

You’ll need to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the areas of change and strategic consulting, performance management, reward management, people development, talent management resourcing andER/engagement. The ability to coach line managers and influence as appropriate to ensure successful outcomes is important, as is analysing and presenting data in a creative way. You should have the credibility to influence and successfully challenge line managers. You should have an ability to work and connect with a wide range of stakeholders and communicate effectively.

If this varied and interesting role appeals to you, we look forward to your application noting the below key dates for the recruitment process.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday September 25th

Interviews will be held on Thursday October 10th and Monday October 14th

Applicants will be required to obtain CTC level vetting prior to taking up their duties.

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years.

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