Location
Milton Keynes, GB
Department Name
Human Resources
About Network Rail
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We’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we’re committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
Brief Description
You will be working in the national Employee Engagement team within the People Services function in Group HR and report into the Head of Engagement. The engagement team leads on lots of exciting programmes such as Your Voice, Kings Honours recognition, Armed Forces engagement and performance management across a wide range of stakeholders both internally and externally.
Who are we looking for?
An experienced HR professional who is passionate about engagement and improving the employee experience and has a positive, proactive, and tenacious approach towards driving change and continuous improvement.
About the role (External)
As the Senior Employee Engagement Business Partner, you’ll lead innovative strategies and projects to boost employee engagement in line with our people vision for Network Rail. You’ll research and analyse internal and external data to understand engagement factors, providing insightful thought leadership and recommendations for improvement. You will manage company-wide listening programmes (including surveys) and influence the integration of the insights into strategies to drive improved engagement and promotion of the employee value proposition. Collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners, you’ll ensure our initiatives are forward thinking, relevant and impactful.
Person Specification / Essential Criteria
·CIPD qualified or relevant experience to demonstrate level of competence.
·Extensive HR experience
·Experience in leading and driving employee engagement related activities.
·Practical experience of developing, implementing, and managing employee engagement activities within a large organisation.
·Proven practical experience in leading the delivery of organisational wide projects or programmes from concept into business-as-usual activity.
·Proven experience of raising the profile of activity across an organisation through multi-channel activity, in order to raise awareness and engagement of specific projects or programmes.
·Good analytical skills, with experience of using data to drive change.
·Significant practical experience of managing internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
·Proven influencing and communication skills.
·Graduate calibre.
How to apply (External)
Duration: Permanent
Location: This role is based in The Quadrant:MK, for Milton Keynes roles you must live within 75 / 60 minutes or willing to self-relocate. Flexibility on the location can be considered.
Band & Salary: Band 3C £55,596 - £62,546
Closing date: 17th May 2024. On occasions, we may need to close the advert early based upon application volumes. Late applications may not be accepted.
Next Steps: Interviews will be held 10th May
About our people and the recruitment process…
We’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, let us know and we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.
We’re also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.
Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our Safety Vision
Visit Evenbreak’s Career Hive should you need accessibility support to apply or should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact [email protected] and have your IRC number ready as this will be required.
A message from our Chief Executive, Andrew Haines:
‘Our passengers and freight customers are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!
We’re continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here.
What can we offer you in return?
We have a range of benefits including:
🌞 Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
Defined benefit pension scheme
🚂 75% subsidy on train tickets.
🎟️ Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
🎁 Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
🌍 Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
🕊️ Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
Plus more….
BPSS
As an arm’s length department of the UK Government, Network Rail is required to comply with a well-established pre-employment vetting process for all prospective employees. Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks require prospective employees of Network Rail to meet the following requirements.
• Provide eligibility to work in the UK and identity documentation
• Complete a satisfactory 3-year employment history check
• Complete a satisfactory unspent criminal conviction disclosure check for more information regarding BPSS pre-employment related checks, please visit the UK Government website for further information - UK Government - BPSS Checks
Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or another factor.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard:
Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
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