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Team: People

Salary banding:  £42,600 - £61,346

Experience: Expert

Working pattern:Full-Time

Reporting to: Head of People Partnering

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Where you’ll work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. 

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

Our People Partnering Team are the right-hand ‘people people’ to our Retail Leadership Team. They’re a key business partner who help drive and deliver the wider people strategy with our key Plan Zero mission in mind - building the leading place to work for world-changers.

This role in a nutshell:

Top line, this role is about working closely with our Operational Leadership Teams, these are our people who interact and support our Customers every day. The role is to develop and deploy people strategies that enable our company’s vision and strategy to be realised within the OneCare function. You’ll be a coach and advisor to our leaders and their teams which may be a blend of home, hub, field, and third-party teams, having a deep understanding of the business and people issues at hand. You'll be a master at working through and with others across the People Team and wider organisation to demonstrate the whole team’s expertise and get stuff done.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Acting as a strategic People Partner to our VPs, Directors and Head of Departments: Develop and implement a People Plan, including forecasting talent needs, succession planning, and strategies for engagement and retention. This involves gathering inputs from the wider people team, reviewing engagement data, and implementing a mixture of always-on and cyclical activity. Along with the larger transformational activities to move the business forward to achieve our OVO goals.
• Leading people change projects and initiatives: Lead and support the business through organizational changes, such as restructuring or new policy rollouts, ensuring a smooth transition for our people. This involves using the OD Blueprint and working with the wider people team to manage end-to-end activity.
• Coaching and developing our leaders: To equip them with the right skills and behaviours to lead their business and teams through growth and change. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, coaching them on people leadership, performance feedback, and navigating complex people  issues. This includes signposting to self service support tools and liaising with the relevant CoE.
• Talent Management: Drive key talent products like performance reviews, career development, driving people potential conversations through Talent reviews, succession planning activities, and working with reward on levelling and promotion processes.
• Program Delivery: Serve as the point person for delivering company-wide people programs (e.g, annual pay reviews, Peakon surveys, leadership upskilling) to their specific business area, ensuring high participation and understanding. This includes working with CoE to communicate detailed briefings on program timelines and content, presenting outputs to the business area, feeding these outputs into the People Plan, and building tangible action plans.
• Voice of the Business: Act as a crucial link between their business unit and the wider people teams representing the unique needs of their area to help shape company-wide people strategy.
• Data: Monitor key performance indicators and financial data to make data-driven recommendations that improve performance, well-being, and engagement. This involves analyzing data and metrics to identify trends, diagnose problems, and measure the impact of people initiatives.
• Operational Support: Handle transactional activities and provide support during critical times like payroll cycles, ensuring accuracy and compliance. This includes ensuring accuracy within WD (approvals, Cost Centre, Sub Org), supporting payroll activities, and liaising with People Services on Absence, Sickness, and Performance triggers and processes.
• Business and Commercial Acumen: Must have a deep understanding of the business unit they support, including its budget, challenges, and risks. This involves attending business area MBRs, understanding budgeted and forecasted Headcount and payroll run rate, and aligning with FBP on hiring and budget discussions.
• Relationship Building: Excellent at building rapport and trust with leaders and people at all levels.
• Coaching & Influence: The ability to guide and influence leaders without direct authority.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and curiosity skills to diagnose issues, and a creative approach to developing effective solutions.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and presentation skills to effectively deliver information, influence decisions, and represent the business area.
• Change Management: Skilled in guiding teams through transitions and helping them adapt to new processes or structures.

You’ll be a successful Role Title here at OVO if you…

• Are highly curious & resilient; a self-starter, with a proactive, progressive approach. 
• Are a brilliant relationship builder, coach and advisor, willing to challenge the status quo.
• Have strong personal impact; you connect with confidence and credibility across small or larger audiences.
• Have a natural style that prioritises team over individual, with a constant focus on a diverse + inclusive culture
• Have a proven track record to coach in the moment to influence positive behavioural change.
• Have strong organisational design and change experience gained in a fast-paced, progressive environment. Think fast paced and multiply it, OVO is unique here.
• Have a practical ‘hands on’ approach, you are low ego.
• Have strong leadership skills, you are a role model for others.
• Are commercially savvy and highly developed analytical skills to investigate, design and deliver people strategies and plans.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £42,600 and £61,346, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary – 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargersFor your commute Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..