Strategic People Business Partner

About us  

Fusion the process that powers the sun and stars is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy partnering with industryand research organisations to achieveground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the gridby developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.  

About the Job

As a Strategic People Business Partner youll work alongside senior leaders to shape the people strategy for a significant part of UKAEA. Youll influence organisational design workforce planning and culture helping leaders build high-performing teams that can deliver our mission to develop sustainable fusion energy. This is an opportunity to operate as a trusted strategic adviser leading complex people initiatives and driving lasting organisational change.

What Youll Be Doing

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and deliver people plans aligned to business priorities.
• Lead strategic people projects including organisational design workforce planning and talent development.
• Advise leaders on complex people matters providing commercially and strategically focused solutions.
• Shape organisational strategy by embedding the people agenda into business planning.
• Work collaboratively with Trade Union representatives and employee groups to support positive employee relations.
• Lead change initiatives ensuring people impacts are considered and managed effectively.
• Develop review and implement People policies and initiatives that improve organisational effectiveness.
• Use people data and insight to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with specialist People teams including Talent Acquisition Learning & Development and Reward to deliver integrated people solutions.
• Deputise for senior colleagues and provide leadership across the wider People function when required.

What Youll Bring

• CIPD Level 7 qualification (Diploma) or equivalent Chartered CIPD status.
• Extensive experience of strategic HR business partnering within a complex organisation.
• Experience leading organisational change workforce planning and organisational development initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of key HR disciplines including employee relations reward learning and development organisational development and equality diversity and inclusion.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and translating business priorities into people strategies.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Benefits 

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full list here) and highlights include:   

• A salary of 64115
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus 
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of21.5% employer pension contribution  
• 25 days annual leave 2.5 privilege days and 8 Bank Holidays   
• 3 days of site closure over Christmas break  
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions  

Our commitment to ED&I 

UKAEAs mission is clean energy for all and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality diversity inclusion and accessibility and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. 

Please email  if you have any questions or require adjustments to help you participate fairly in our recruitment process for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. 

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made on merit and further information can be found here.   

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time