HR Business Partner

Job Introduction

Sodexo Energy and Resources have a fantastic opportunity for an HRBP to provide services to our large global energy clients and support their businesses in the North and North East of England. Sodexo’s Energy & Resources team serves clients across a broad spectrum of the energy generation supply chain including oil, gas and petrochemical production; refining and distribution, engineering; construction and remote camp management plus other energy sectors. Your focus will be to Partner with business leaders and our segment HR Director to drive and deliver innovative HR solutions.

The HRBP role is a key player in the web of influence and will hold relationships with the Sodexo leadership team, clients and their HR teams. You will be keen to add value by bringing thought leadership to our clients around HR best practice and current thinking.

You will partner with the senior management team to deliver HR solutions, maximising people performance, strategizing and workforce planning to significantly contribute towards supporting and growing our business.

This will be ideal for someone who is forward thinking, curious and able to influence at a senior level. We'd like you to be CIPD qualified or qualified by experience, have experience in managing and supporting with change management and employee relations issues and have excellent client relationship management skills.

This is a really exciting opportunity to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

When you join Sodexo you truly belong, you will have the opportunity to thrive with career and learning opportunities available across the organisation - we cant wait for you to join us!

Role Responsibility

What you’ll do:

• Maximise people performance, strategy, workforce planning, develop support and promote a HR community of best practice which will significantly contribute toward strengthening business performance.
• Support and advise managers on the recruitment, retention, and management of predominantly site-based workforce(s).
• Support business development activity within the segment to support the focus on growth agenda.
• Enhance HR engagement and quality of subsequent HR output to connect with our clients and strategically understand their business.
• Coach and counsel account/site leadership team(s) and act as a trusted partner for them to spar with.

For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

What you bring:

• Ideally CIPD qualified or qualified by experience.
• Extensive HR generalist experience and detailed understanding of all aspects of HR management including reward, resourcing, talent management/succession planning, change management and employee relations.
• Proven experience in working in a matrix organisation and building diverse teams.
• Developed client relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical skills and proven understanding of human capital measurement and delivery of performance improvement interventions.
• Professional and commercial acumen, with strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience of organisation development and design, and facilitation of change including consultation and engagement.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Excellent communication, influencing, coaching and facilitation skills.
• Well organised, responsive, and able to work under pressure.

Package Description

£40,000pa - £55,000pa + excellent bonus and benefits

Location: Remote but with approx. 3days pw based on our Energy & Resource client sites in North and North East England, travel required to include Aberdeen on occasion

Permanent

Work Pattern – 40 hrs pw Monday to Friday

What we offer:

In return for your commitment and hard work, you will be rewarded with an attractive salary, plus access to our extensive benefits package, which includes:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Car Allowance
• Company Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays – rising to 28 days after 3 years
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 3 days (FTE)
• Volunteering days via our charity partner STOP HUNGER
• Numerous voluntary benefits, including dental care, gym discounts, retail / hospitality, and many more

We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process