People & Culture Partner - #1777417

Description

Do you want to work to make Power for Good?

We're the world's largest independent renewable energy company. We're guided by a simple yet powerful vision: to create a future where everyone has access to affordable, zero carbon energy.

We know that achieving our ambitions would be impossible without our people. Because we're tackling some of the world's toughest problems, we need the very best people to help us. They're our most important asset so that's why we continually invest in them.

RES is a family with a diverse workforce, and we are dedicated to the personal professional growth of our people, no matter what stage of their career they're at. We can promise you rewarding work which makes a real impact, the chance to learn from inspiring colleagues from across a growing, global network and opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Our competitive package offers a wide range of benefits and rewards.

Job Purpose/Summary Details

You will report into the Head of People & Culture UK&I, partnering with the business, to ensure high standards of service are delivered and they are effectively supported by the entire People & Culture team.

You will provide specialist support to effectively deliver their people plans and work with all members of the wider team in delivering good practice and providing commercially focussed people solutions, serving as the primary People & Culture contact for the business area, funnelling to other essential functions such as, Talent Acquisition, payroll and L&D teams.

The post-holder will be required to travel to UK & Ireland based RES sites as required to establish and maintain excellent stakeholder relations.

Organisational Context

• Work within the UK&I people & culture team, reporting into the Head of People & Culture, UK&I
• Handle sensitive and personal data – required to comply with DPA and professional confidentiality
• Collaborate with the wider people & culture team, both locally and globally, to ensure that the business areas are supported effectively and identify area for improvement
• Support the business areas to ensure that the business makes progress in meeting high levels of engagement as well as the DEI strategy
• Advise on general people solutions to line managers and employees
• Supporting to establish and then work within defined policies and procedures, referring more complex queries through to the Head of HR UK&I for discussion and decisions
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• Pro-actively deliver professional support and advice to managers on HR operational matters including managing organisational change, resourcing plans, performance and attendance management, disciplinaries, grievances and general employee relations matters.
• Provide, analyse and interpret monthly Management Information (MI) data to identify trends in people related matters such as attendance, turnover, career development, diversity, recruitment/resourcing and work with the business units to improve these areas.
• Support business areas with organisational structures, working closely with the Talent Acquisition team to develop recruitment strategies, ensuring the most efficient and effective way of attracting and retaining talent
• Work closely with the talent acquisition team to support sponsorship and right to work processes, ensuring legal compliance
• Partner with the business, taking the lead as required on TUPE transfers, restructures, redundancies or any other change processes.
• Collaborate with People & Culture teams in other regions on cross regional/global projects as required
• Support the business with benchmarking and the ‘Annual Pay Review’ process including supporting managers on, for example, market information, job sizing and pay policy
• Work in partnership with the business to create and support the development of our people policies and ensure that existing policies align with the strategy and values, whilst ensuring legal compliance
• Work in partnership with managers and other members of the People & Culture team to ensure a consistent application of policies and procedures
• Management of a diverse Employee Relations case load, undertaking disciplinary, grievance and capability processes, providing support and guidance to line managers.
• Utilise HRIS and other systems to provide accurate data to managers and employees on processes such as recruitment, performance development reviews, absence management
• Undertake any project work that is connected with the delivery of the HR Strategic Objectives and provide regular updates and reports to Head of People & Culture Partnering UK&I
• Support in co-ordinating P&C admin processes such as starters, leavers, changes, flexible working requests, ensuring that all employee personal files are maintained in accordance with Data Protection legislation
• Support managers in managing internal/external secondments across the business, and where necessary across countries
• Working closely with the business to improve engagement scores through analysing engagement survey results and as required, presenting results and running improvement workshops
• As required, deliver training to managers and teams on people & culture related matters and processes
  
  

Knowledge

• Knowledge of UK employment law practices
• Knowledge of HR management principles and HR Business Partnering
• Understanding and evident commitment to equality and diversity
• Effective performance management techniques
• Talent Management & Development (desirable)
• Knowledge of immigration laws and practices
  
  

Skills

• Ability to work effectively as part of an HR team
• Ability to influence line managers/employees to follow a consistent approach in line with RES Energy Services HR policies and procedures
• Effective project management, problem solving, organisational and prioritisation skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills in writing and verbally including delivering presentations, workshops and training
• Intermediate MS Office skills including excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent internal and external customer service focus
  
  

Experience

• Working within a professional HR environment in a private sector organisation
• Providing advice and support to line managers/employees on all people related issues in line with HR policies and procedures
• Managing recruitment campaigns from job design to induction of the successful candidate
• Delivering presentations and training
• Experience in change management processes including TUPE
• Operating a HR information management system.
• Undertaking projects using a project management methodology.
• In-depth analysis of data and presentation to managers.
  
  

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified (preferred)
  
  

At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.