80229 - Employee Engagement Specialist

This Employee Engagement Specialist will report to the Employee Engagement Manager and will work within the Human Resources directorate based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary depending on your skills, qualifications and experience 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: 27/01/2025

We also provide the following additional benefits

25 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
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
Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Occupational Health support
Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
Discounted access to sports and social clubs
Employee Assistance Programme.

JOB PURPOSE

To work as part of a successful team to deliver UK Power Networks Employee Engagement Strategy. Support the coordination of activities to improve employee engagement across the company, and on occasion out of hours. Working with managers and supporting employees by advising on projects and encouraging participation on a broad range of employee engagement activities. Reporting and tracking on progress to ensure programs deliver value for money and a return on investment.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

You will support companywide engagement activities including conferences, employee forums, charitable activities and recognition events
Manage all community matters projects
Collaborate with the wellbeing team and wider business facilitating UK Power Networks pursuit of an IiP Wellbeing accreditation
Track and communicate EMT engagement commitments through its Listen/Deliver initiative
You will contribute to team tasks such as vendor and diary management to ensure budgets and diaries are maintained
Improve the employee engagement intranet site
Monitor employee engagement channels and respond to queries from the business
Conduct localised employee forums at a variety of locations across the UK Power Networks footprint to develop and share employee engagement initiatives

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 BAA at the major London airports to Powerlink, the private maintainer of much of the London Underground.

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Detail-oriented individual able to interpret and translate complex information
Able to coordinate and manage multiple projects and deliverables
Ability to communicate, influence and manage multiple partners across different levels
Pro-actively solutionise and adhere to deadlines
Excellent IT skills
Happy to work as part a team to deliver results collaboratively
Integrity
Analyse and assess new ideas, considering risks, opportunities and impacts
Identify, engage and manage relationships with partners

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.

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