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UKAEA is leading the drive to put fusion energy on the grid, to give the world a new form of long-term, sustainable low-carbon electricity. At their sites at Culham, Oxfordshire and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, they have a rapidly growing workforce to fulfil their expanding programme of research, focused on delivering the UK's first fusion prototype power plant by 2040.
We are looking for a Strategic People Business Partner.
The Strategic People Business Partner works in partnership with directors, senior leaders and other key stakeholders to develop and shape the people agenda for a significant proportion of the Authority. This includes delivering people plans and solutions in line with the needs and priorities of the programmes/ directorate(s) they support.
Fulfilling the role of the people expert, they advise colleagues and managers by providing guidance on people management and development, leveraging the expertise of colleagues in the People Department to the benefit of the departments/ programmes they support.
The role supports change management, organisational design and development projects. Operating as a member of the relevant department/programme Senior Management Team, they identify key people issues at an early stage and work pro-actively to develop strategies to address them, advising on subjects such as resourcing and capability, managing all people-related communications. The population of employees and senior leaders being supported are largely highly educated scientists, engineers and technicians.
They will expect the post holder to be comfortable using data to support decision making, as well as having a clear and engaging style of communication when presenting solutions which most effectively achieve organisational objectives. This is a unionised environment with multiple internal and external stakeholders, from central government to private sector or academic partners. Business partnering in this context may have less of a commercial imperative but is far more than procedural compliance and requires the understanding of the rules of engagements and the wide range of elements which may need to be considered when supporting leadership.
Responsible for supporting the Directorate Leadership Team in developing department/programme/business unit people plans aligned to the business priorities and UKAEA mission and goals. Working closely with Director of People and People colleagues in L&D, TA and Pay & Reward, ensuring current and future capability requirements are met.
Accountabilities:
* Act as the strategic People lead for assigned departments/programmes/business units, including responsibility for instigating, managing and implementing strategic projects, from scoping and design to delivery and realisation. Projects will cover resourcing, employee engagement, organisational design and talent development.
* Contribute to developing the organisational strategy by ensuring that the people agenda is integrated into it, demonstrating a deep understanding of organisation strategy and direction.
* Work collaboratively with Trades Union colleagues and employee representative groups, influencing as appropriate.
* Champion diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the role.
* Deputise for senior colleagues as necessary.
* Research, benchmark, pilot, implement, evaluate and review People policies, as required.
* Deliver important business intelligence to colleagues in the People Department to inform service improvements, working collaboratively to enable the development and implementation of those improvements
Specific Qualifications and Experience:
* Educated to degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience
* CIPD Qualified to L7 (Diploma)
*Extensive experience of business partnering at a strategic level in a complex environmentperience of advising on EDI, Pay and Reward, OD&D, ER and L&D
* Excellent people skills, including coaching and developing others
* Experience of developing strategic priorities and using those priorities to enable culture change
* Strong interpersonal and influencing skills
* Able to challenge robustly
* Creative in finding solutions to support the organisation to achieve its goals
* Highly motivated and collaborative
Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
