People Partner (6 Month FTC)

• Strong HR generalist background

Our priority is to match the right person to the right role, and we never want salary to be a barrier to applying. Regardless of your current pay, we’ll ask about your salary expectations during the application process, and our Talent Team will have an open, honest conversation during the talent call to understand your skills and explore our salary options.

If you have questions around salary, please feel free to ask us!

Location: Chiswick, London - Hybrid

Sponsorship: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Immediate Or Near-immediate Availability Preferred

Our People (HR) Business Partners support business functions with all people related matters in an approach that is consistent and in line with our values. The People Business Partners are passionate about creating a great employee experience, are the face of the People Team for our Energists, our leaders and are approachable, clear and honest - supporting through all elements of the employee lifecycle.

As a People Business Partner at So Energy you will become a Subject Matter Expert in the business units you’re partnering with, through the help of data and reporting provide consultative advice to its leadership, acting as an agent of change, being a coach, an advocate and a critical voice.

You will be responsible for building organisational and people capability, plan and manage talent and develop departmental approaches to achieve organisational objectives and create high performing business area. Acting as the departmental people expert implementing specific people approaches that deliver against our people plan and wider company objectives.

You will champion a values driven approach, helping us to create a culture of belonging and develop the talent of today and tomorrow.

So Energy was created in 2015 because we knew energy suppliers could be better. Since then, we’ve grown rapidly but sustainably, with 300,000 customers and over 450 Energists (what we call our people). But we’re not done! We’re on the road to a net‑zero future, and thanks to our partnership with ESB, we’re well on the way. We’re customer‑centric, tech‑led, and passionate about sustainability.

We’re driven to do our best for our customers, for each other, and for our planet. That’s why we’ve built a workplace culture that’s supportive, empowering, inclusive, and full of opportunities to grow and make an impact.

At So Energy, we take pride in our values-driven culture. We live and breathe by our six core values that guide everything we do:

• Clear
• Honest
• Ambitious
• Inquisitive
• Caring
• Sustainable

• Agent of change, support and guiding business leaders and people managers with strong, generalist HR support to ensure compliance and an employee experience in line with our values.
• Support the business areas in robustly managing performance and developing high performing teams through continuous performance practices including supporting ER cases and providing development opportunities for our highest talent.
• Act as a trusted advisor to employees and management to solve employee relations issues with professionalism and discretion to full resolution.
• Lead people related meetings such as grievance and disciplinary hearings, liaising with legal counsel when required to ensure compliance. Compile investigation, disciplinary, grievance and flexible working request outcomes.
• Be an advocate for data driven decision making and utilising data via our HRIS to provide you with insights to support your conversations and drive stakeholder decisions.
• Communicating, influencing and consulting with stakeholders in a way that is impactful, leading by example.
• Lead on employee engagement and action planning with your stakeholders.
• Supporting through performance cycles including participation rates and leading the calibration sessions for your areas.
• Support the wider People Team to implement people strategies that support our business aims.
• Assist business areas and Head of People Partnering with talent and organisational when required including recruitment, secondments and organisation design.
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