HR Programmes Lead

Balfour Beatty plc; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and shares

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an HR Programmes Lead to shape the colleague experience across the group. You will lead development and delivery of people programmes that improve engagement, retention and inclusivity, partnering with HR, Communications and business leaders.

Based UK-flexible location, you will drive insight-led change across the organisation, including diversity, inclusion and belonging initiatives, and present outcomes to senior stakeholders to unlock measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Passionate about engagement, diversity and inclusion.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Able to build clear plans and deliver against them.
• Experience coordinating activity around key business events.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Confident influencing and engaging stakeholders.
• Experience working in a matrix organisation.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead people programmes that improve engagement, retention and colleague experience across the Group.
• Deliver the Group engagement survey and turn insight into meaningful action.
• Shape and implement retention initiatives across key stages of the employee lifecycle.
• Drive the diversity, inclusion and belonging agenda, embedding inclusive practices across the business.
• Partner with HR, Communications and business leaders to deliver people priorities and programmes.
• Support employee networks and colleague communities, strengthening colleague voice and belonging.
• Analyse workforce data and feedback to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Develop clear people reporting and insights to support decision-making.
• Present recommendations and programme outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement to ensure programmes deliver measurable impact.

Skills

Employee engagement

Diversity & inclusion

Stakeholder management

People programmes

Job description

About The Role

We're looking for a HR Programmes Lead to help shape the colleague experience across Balfour Beatty. In this influential role, you'll lead the development and delivery of people programmes that strengthen engagement, improve retention and create an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Working closely with HR, Communications and business leaders across the organisation, you'll use colleague feedback, workforce insight and data to drive meaningful change. From employee engagement and retention initiatives to diversity, inclusion and belonging programmes, you'll play a key role in turning insight into action and delivering positive outcomes for our people.

This is a highly impactful role where you'll influence people strategy across the Group, partnering with stakeholders in the UK, USA and India to drive consistency, best practice and measurable results.

The location for the role is UK flexible.

What you'll be doing

• Lead people programmes that improve engagement, retention and colleague experience across the Group.


• Deliver the Group engagement survey and turn insight into meaningful action.


• Shape and implement retention initiatives across key stages of the employee lifecycle.


• Drive the diversity, inclusion and belonging agenda, embedding inclusive practices across the business.


• Partner with HR, Communications and business leaders to deliver people priorities and programmes.


• Support employee networks and colleague communities, strengthening colleague voice and belonging.


• Analyse workforce data and feedback to identify trends, risks and opportunities.


• Develop clear people reporting and insights to support decision-making.


• Present recommendations and programme outcomes to senior stakeholders.


• Drive continuous improvement to ensure programmes deliver measurable impact.

Who we're looking for

• Passionate about engagement, diversity and inclusion.


• Strong project management and organisational skills.


• Able to build clear plans and deliver against them.


• Experience coordinating activity around key business events.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Confident influencing and engaging stakeholders.


• Experience working in a matrix organisation.


• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.


• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)


• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave


• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [e-mail]