People Partner

Across Customers and Corporate we strive to create great Customer and People Experiences building a best-in-class reputation within the markets we operate and to be an employer of choice.  Our organisational culture is centred around 3 key values – Human, Positive and Brave – and these drive both our Customer and People Experiences enabling us to differentiate ourselves from our competitors.

We are looking for a People Partner to help support our Customers & Corporate People Team..  This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in a collaborative and supportive environment.   We’re committed to transparency when it comes to salary and we always encourage applicants with diverse experience levels to apply. The salary for this role is from £44,800, however if your expectations are higher, please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you!

Our Team

Never has there been a more exciting time to join the Customers & Corporate People Team at EDF. We pride ourselves on being trusted partners who have a thorough understanding of the business areas we support. This enables us to design people strategies that deliver pragmatic and commercial solutions to help the business areas achieve their goals.

Employee experience is at the heart of what we do. We strive to put people before processes, and we support our leaders to create an environment where their team members feel able to bring their whole selves to work.

What’s my role and where do I fit in?  

• Working with the Senior People Partner you’ll design and deliver targeted initiatives that support the overarching People Strategy.
• Whilst you’ll be aligned to a specific business function within Customers and Corporate you’ll work across the wider People team identifying opportunities for cross collaboration, tailoring initiatives as appropriate. 
• Work in partnership with senior leaders within your business area, coaching and influencing them on a wide range of people topics and issues.
• Working with the Senior People Partner and the centres of excellence, you’ll get involved with a whole range of people initiatives across the employee lifecycle ranging from recruitment and skills development to supporting organisational change programmes.
• Use data and insights to identify and implement targeted value add actions that address people issues within your business area and drive business performance.  You’ll need to be able to present the business case for change in some instances, so will need to be able to tell the story and influence stakeholders.
• You’ll always be on the lookout for ways to improve People Experience coaching and supporting managers with their engagement/experience plans.
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with various stakeholders, including centres of excellence, leaders and TU’s, developing an in-depth understanding of the business area you support.   

What do I need to be great at this role?

• Previous experience working in a generalist HR role.
• Your behaviours and approach are key to success – we’re not looking for someone to police our policies and processes. We’re looking for someone who has an outcome-based approach to HR, is focused on the human/people side and always thinks of the impact of their approach on the overall employee experience.
• You also need to be brave with the ability to challenge conventional thinking and influence a mindset change,
• You’ll have the ability to pull various data sources together to tell a convincing story – Something that’s impactful and also looks great.
• Excellent relationship building skills with a reputation for integrity, evoking trust and openness in senior leadership, colleagues and team members alike are a must.
• You’re creative yet pragmatic; conceptual, but able to deliver at speed, with a focus on continuous improvement in all areas of your work.
• You have strong communication skills which are a critical requirement of the position.
• You are committed to health, safety, wellbeing and the environment, and carry out your role in a manner that enables us to be a sustainable business – financially, environmentally and socially.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 4th March and we will be looking to conduct interviews on 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th March.

Apply now and help shape the future of our Customers and Corporate functions!!

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