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1 Year FTC (Parental Leave) 

Location: Hub based! Bristol, London or Glasgow

Team: People Engagement

Salary banding:  £72k-80k

Experience: Senior Manager

Working pattern:Full-Time

Reporting to: Sara Luker, Head of People Engagement

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

This role in 3 words: Strategic, Engaging & Partnering

Top 3 qualities for this role: Strong ability to partner senior leadership, strategic comms experience, resilience 

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“You’ll be changing the world. How cool to be part of a team who inspire and engage others on OVO’s story and drive the mission as we change the world for our people and customers?!”

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:

You’ll be working in the People Engagement team delivering for our LT team in across areas such as Commercial, Finance, Corporate Affairs, you name it. Our team is responsible for designing and delivering a proactive, progressive engagement strategy to help us become the leading place to work for people who want to change the world.

We help people to connect to and be passionate about our purpose, share in our values and become advocates of our mission to drive progress towards net zero carbon living.

This role in a nutshell:

You will be a Senior People Engagement Manager and Business Partner helping drive engagement and alignment behind OVO’s strategic business priorities, creating greater clarity for people on their contribution to these. You’ll lead on a wide range of engagement campaigns, events, and internal communication channels to help people connect to our mission and purpose, and do their best work. 

You’ll report to the Head of People Engagement and work closely with our leadership team to tell the OVO story and help people love working here.

You’ll partner widely across a range of functions that are key to the success of our employee engagement strategy and build relationships across an extensive network of leaders and colleagues.

In this role you’ll be responsible for:

• Shaping our people engagement strategy, making sure our internal communications campaigns, content, channels and events drive maximum employee engagement
• Leading on non-financial recognition, and owning our annual OVO Awards
• Leading on Peakon – our engagement survey. You’ll always be listening to what our people say and taking action based on insights
• Building and developing strong relationships with senior OVO leaders and providing coaching and comms counsel as a trusted advisor. Leveraging influencers across the organisation to build engagement
• Working with the People team to build OVO’s leadership capability, so that OVO’s people leaders have the tools and skills to successfully engage and inspire our people

You’ll deliver effective leader-led communications that facilitate two-way engagement with our people. You’ll provide comms consultancy and develop and deliver crucial communications and engagement programmes across the business. 

You’ll be key in making sure that the work the People Engagement team does makes sense for our people and is tailored as necessary for differing audiences. That’s everything from content and campaigns, through to recognition, engagement and leadership strategy.

You’ll also support the wider People Engagement team leading on key central projects that support the success of our employee engagement strategy, and build relationships across the wider team to make a difference for our people, so they can make a difference for our customers.

You’ll be successful here  if you…

• Have solid experience in Internal Communications.
• Have strong partnering experience – having direct experience of working with and advising senior leaders.
• Have experience of tailoring messages to different audiences.
• Have a consistent track record of dealing with significant periods of change and shaping the internal narrative around this.
• Be a people person and a great teammate.
• Be highly organised, adept at managing multiple partners within complex businesses.
• Be flexible with timings ready to respond to any out of hours crisis communications.
• Be willing to travel for key business area get togethers.

Is this the job for me? 

This is a fast-paced environment and we need a serious self-starter. The person for this job will be a level-headed expert in their field, respected by all who they work with, and enthusiastic in the face of challenge. They will; 

• Have a wealth of experience in Internal Communications or People Engagement
• Have experience and a proven track record of dealing with significant periods of change and shaping the internal narrative around this
• Experience delivering successful engagement campaigns
• Comfortable leading and rolling up your sleeves to get stuck in with delivery
• Have direct experience of, and comfort working into senior leadership. Highly skilled in providing advice to senior business leaders and adept at building trust quickly and retaining it through time
• Be a people person and a great teammate with low ego and high EQ – an energetic, positive and a welcome addition to every room
• Be highly organised, adept at managing multiple partners within complex and changing mosaic businesses with multiple Internal Comms processes and expectations
• Be an exemplary teammate, at their best when working within a collective to deliver a shared vision. Capable of building relationships fast and inspiring confidence in all around them

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £72,000 and £80,000, 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.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. 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, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on 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..