People Partner

Job Description

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People Partner

R0053804

People team – Dublin

Permanent

Reporting to: People Director

Bord Gáis Energy is one of Ireland’s leading energy and service companies. We supply gas, electricity, and energy services to over 700,000 homes and businesses across the country, offering excellent customer service as well as the best value possible. Bord Gáis Energy is uniquely positioned to drive positive change and we have an opportunity, as well as a responsibility, to reshape our future. While there are challenges ahead, we are committed to supporting our consumers and colleagues, to rethinking power generation, and to supporting an affordable and fair transition for all.

The People Partner reports directly to the Bord Gáis Energy People Director and works within the People team to support the delivery of the overarching Bord Gáis Energy people plan and people strategy.

They will act as the primary HR interface for specific business units and functions, actively partnering with the Executive Leadership Team members and their leadership teams, providing advice, delivering value-add interventions in all areas of HR and contributing broadly to the development, execution, and governance of the respective business strategy.

They will play a crucial role in aligning the business unit or function’s human capital with its business goals, and People Strategy, fostering a flexible workforce, and implementing talent, performance management and reskilling programs.

The People Partner will work at pace to diagnose, design, and deliver the best People solutions required for delivering the people plan, linking in with team members, Centres of Excellence and other HR shared services to leverage key expertise / ensure consistent delivery.

They will provide the organisation with HR expertise and strategic HR leadership. This will include championing the realisation of the HR vision for Bord Gáis Energy through the implementation of ambitious HR strategies, including the People Strategy, which will ensure Bord Gáis Energy is regarded as an employer of choice.

They will lead the development and implementation of management strategies and programs that will lead to improvements in efficiency, effectiveness and achievement of business objectives.

About the Role

• Be a trusted advisor and an experienced people generalist enabling the business to deliver for our customers
• Understand the business strategy and therefore people plan requirements, and translate into practical delivery
• Providing professional end to end HR expertise, coaching and support to business leaders
• Effectively manage a range of people deliverables including lifecycle activities such as ARR, Talent management and performance, organisational change & transformation, TUPE, reward programmes, employee engagement, building capability and other people related topics
• Develop practices that foster an accountable, engaged, and high-performing workforce reflecting the purpose, values, and culture, continually reinforcing these
• Building and leveraging relationships with wider people partnering teams both within the business and across Centrica, people consultants, business leaders, people shared services and Centres of Excellence to access specialist advice and input as required and to ensure wider knowledge share, reducing the potential for siloed working
• Seek out external best practice and continually develop to grow people expertise

About You

• Credible and values driven person who can deliver exceptional results
• Takes an enterprise-wide approach and able to understand the dynamics of large, complex organisations. Experience working in a matrix structure
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with a wide ranging group of stakeholders, regardless of organisational level, ensuring that their needs and interests are managed
• Able to understand detail alongside complexity and deliver against strategic aims
• Strong intellectual rigour and an appetite for professional development
• Commercial acumen and broad business understanding
• Able to work conceptually, considering the future people plan as well as having the focus to execute
• Strong communication skills; articulate and able to compose narrative and tell a story in a compelling, engaging and inclusive manner
• Comfortable providing feedback to people, both positive and developmental
• Resilient, tenacious, and adaptable individual

Bord Gáis Energy are committed to placing equality, diversity, care and respect at the heart of our policies and everyday practices. We encourage everyone to take part in our active employee networks, including the Women's network, Neurodiversity network, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) network, and BRÓD, our LGBTQ+ network. We're proud of the work our networks and allies do to help us promote a culture of inclusion, empowering our colleagues to be themselves and do their best work. Our vision is to employ a diverse mix of people who reflect the societies we work in and the customers we serve, so we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives.

Our Flexible First working model empowers our people to find a better balance between home and office working. You can enjoy the convenience of working from home combined with time spent onsite in a way that works for you, our customers, and our business. Our office is used as a place to connect and collaborate with colleagues, rather than your default place of work each day.

Here in Bord Gáis Energy we’re helping to create a more sustainable and inclusive future that supports our communities, our planet – and each other. The prevention of family homelessness in Ireland is an area where we believe we can make a real difference and through our partnership with Focus Ireland, we have been working on making this a reality since 2015. We encourage all colleagues to get involved in the partnership, with everyone receiving 2 days' volunteering leave to participate in initiatives or events supporting Focus Ireland.

Our Values

care | delivery | collaboration | agility | courage

The closing date for applications is 1 May 2024.

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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.