The UK’s Utility sector is ever evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer requirements. At Ipsum it’s our vision to be the leading customer service focused provider of specialist utility and infrastructure solutions, operating on both public and private networks.
To support our continued growth, we are looking for a HR Business Partner- Power to join our team. We are looking for someone who is passionate, not just about the industry, but also about supporting our teams to deliver essential services 24/7/365 that really make a difference to local people and communities.
What we offer
We are committed to supporting and developing our people to achieve their full potential. As a fast-growing ambitious business, we can offer our people opportunities to acquire a wide range of skills and gain broad and varied experience to enable them to progress in their career. Investing in our people and enhancing our expertise and flexibility enables us to deliver the highest standard of service to our customers.
We really value our people and so we like to look after them. If you work for us, you’ll enjoy a great range of employee benefits:
Career development including professional qualifications and accreditation
Employee Assistance Programme including mental health support and access to counselling
Access to 24/7 virtual GP
Occupational Health support
Tax efficient benefits via salary exchange (salary sacrifice):
Cycle to Work
Employee Discount Scheme – discounts on hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, mobile phone/broadband providers, gym memberships and more!
Established local social committees with calendar of regular social events
Life assurance cover
Long service awards
Opportunities to volunteer and make a difference via local community projects and initiatives
Your new role
This is a varied role which will require travel across the UK to different sites including Wakefield, Aldershot and Bromsgrove. As part of the package there will be a car allowance.
Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, your principal accountabilities will include:
Drive up line management capability and self-sufficiency to transition ownership of day-to-day people management to line managers
Champion a strong culture of engagement and positive employee relations by working proactively with line managers and the Senior HR Business Partner to implement engagement action plans to drive performance
Embed PeopleHR in the operational divisions to develop line management capability and drive cultural change in levels of ownership and accountability
Ensuring operational data within PeopleHR is always up to date in real time
Working with Senior HR Business Partner to coordinate activities in relation to TUPE, acquisitions, integration, organisational development, restructuring and redundancy
Coach line managers on having difficult conversations and the informal resolution of issues
Provide professional, technically sound and pragmatic HR advice to line managers to minimise risk
Refer to Senior HR Business Partner as appropriate
Prepare the monthly operational HR report for your division
About you
Degree level education preferred
Utilities industry experience preferred
Experience of working within a highly matrixed environment
Strong working knowledge of employment law
Experienced in leading change projects including organisation design, restructure, variation of terms and conditions
Accustomed to establishing key stakeholder relationships at all levels to achieve objectives
Excellent IT skills including Microsoft packages: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint
Ipsum is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
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