Early Careers Business Partner

EDF Energy; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company seeks an Early Careers Business Partner to shape and deliver innovative career programmes for apprentices and graduates. This role involves designing impactful learning experiences, partnering with HR leaders, and championing diversity across all early career pathways. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience in a similar role, a passion for supporting the next generation, and strong stakeholder management skills. Join a company at the forefront of the UK's energy policy and make a meaningful impact on individuals' careers.

Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative culture

Professional development access

Qualifications

• 2 years minimum experience in an Early Careers Business Partner or similar role.
• Strong understanding of effective early careers programmes.
• Excellent English and maths literacy.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver impactful learning and development programmes.
• Align initiatives with workforce planning.
• Champion diversity and inclusion across pathways.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Passion for supporting early careers

Education

CIPD qualification (or working towards)

Job description

Are you passionate about shaping the future workforce and creating exceptional career journeys? As Early Careers Business Partner, you'll lead the design and delivery of innovative programmes for apprentices, graduates, undergraduates, and interns. This is a unique opportunity to influence how early talent experiences their first steps in a major organisation, making a real difference to people’s careers and the business. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure every programme is best in class, inclusive, and aligned with strategic workforce needs.

Why Join Us as an Early Careers Business Partner?

• Shape the Future: Play a key role in developing tomorrow’s leaders and specialists.
• Innovate & Inspire: Design programmes that set the benchmark for early careers excellence.
• Collaborative Culture: Work with a team that values creativity, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Career Growth: Access to professional development and opportunities to progress.
• Purposeful Work: Make a tangible impact on individuals and the organisation.

What You’ll Do

• Design and deliver impactful learning and development programmes.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to align initiatives with workforce planning.
• Champion diversity and inclusion across all early careers pathways.
• Support line managers with coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Drive early careers recruitment and onboarding processes.

Qualifications

• 2 years minimum experience in an Early Careers Business Partner (or similar) role within a large business.
• Strong understanding of how to run effective, inclusive, and varied early careers programmes (ranging from level 3 apprenticeships, internships, summer placements, industrial placements, to graduate level).
• Previously designed and delivered early careers programmes.
• Knowledge of HR best practice and employment law regarding Early Careers.
• Ability to thrive in complex, fast‑changing environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Passion for supporting people at the start of their careers.
• Strong English and maths literacy.
• CIPD qualification (or working towards) is desirable, but not essential.

Ready to create exceptional career experiences?

Join the team at Sizewell C. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK’s climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2‑gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset. When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK, generating low‑carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7 % of the UK’s current electricity needs. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it. We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home‑grown energy, energy price stability and ultra‑low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long‑lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities – locally, regionally and nationally. We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure. Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast‑moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work – where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests, and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi‑dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth. When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group. At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.