People Development & Inclusion Advisor

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Date: 7 Feb 2025

Location: Various, GB

80387 - People Development & Inclusion Advisor

This People Development & Inclusion Advisor will report to the Learning & Development Manager and will work within the Human Resources directorate based in either our London, Borehamwood or Stevenage offices. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £40,000.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote

Close Date: 25/02/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays.
Reservist Leave - Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid
Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan
Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes
Occupational Health support
Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers' products
Discounted gym membership
Employee Assistance Programme

THE TEAM

The Learning and Development team operate in an environment where creativity and collaboration are important aspects of our work. The team help design and deliver three main areas of activity:

Personal and leadership development programmes for employees across the organisation
STEM and early careers outreach programme to attract the next generation of talent
UK Power Networks internal diversity and inclusion strategy and external collaboration projects.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Learning & Development Specialist you will help support our learning and development programmes and delivering our ED2 Workforce Resilience Commitments. You will be focused on the management of personal development programmes and supporting the delivery of the diversity and inclusion strategy.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

This is not a static or exhaustive list. Our priorities and accountabilities change in line with annual strategies and wider regulation periods. However, outlined below are some main responsibilities that you are likely to get involve in:

Design and management of the UK Power Networks graduate programme and associated training plans
Manage upskilling apprenticeship pathways including internal recruitment of suitable delegates, contract management and supporting successful outcomes
Deliver diversity & inclusion awareness and training events
Design and deliver training and development sessions and workshops
Support with wider Learning & Development activities to support employee personal growth and leadership development
Work with the team to identify improvements and new ideas, considering risks, opportunities and impacts arising
Provide development and inclusion guidance to managers and employees across the business.

NATURE & SCOPE

UK Power Networks develops, delivers, and manages safe and sustainable electricity distribution networks. We work in both regulated and unregulated markets. The vast majority of our employees work in the regulated business - the public electricity networks - working with our regulator Ofgem in a series of regulatory review periods. A smaller proportion of the business takes on major commercial projects and contracting assignments ranging from supporting the major London airports to Powerlink, the private maintainer of much of the London Underground.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Essential

Previous experience working in a Learning & Development, Diversity & inclusion, or similar role
Experience of managing and multiple projects concurrently
Strong presentation design skills and confident public speaker
Experience with diversity and inclusion
Organised and detail-oriented
Team player and willingness to get stuck in
Able to find solutions and adhere to tight deadlines
Identify, engage and manage relationships with all partners

Desirable

Driving Licence - We have depots and offices right across London and the South East of England and you may be required to travel to any of them to deliver training or support to teams and managers. Whilst we have a system to book train travel, some of our depots are a little remote, so travelling by car makes things easier!

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

If in doubt ask!

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

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