HR Digital Projects Manager - Newcastle

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About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a HR Digital Projects Manager to join our growing team in Newcastle

Are you a dynamic professional with a passion for digital transformation able to identify opportunities for process improvement and the tools to make change happen?

Then this might be the role for you.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about how technology can be used to streamline HR processes and enhance user experience.

What you'll be doing

As a HR Projects Manager, you will support our HR digital transformation journey by identifying and delivering projects to enhance process efficiency. You will also spearhead our HR data strategy, ensuring robust processes are in place for proactive data management.

• Project Management: Lead HR projects from initiation to completion, managing timelines, scope, and budgets. Collaborate with stakeholders to maximize technology utilization and drive project success.
• Process Improvement: Evaluate and improve existing HR processes through technology adoption, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency.
• Data Management and Governance: Develop and implement a comprehensive HR data strategy, ensuring data accuracy, integrity, and security across HR systems.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a liaison between HR, IT, and other departments
• Change Management: Ensuring this is embedded throughout the project lifecycle, enabling HR initiatives to land effectively, be adopted by stakeholders, and become sustainably embedded post-implementation .

Who we're looking for

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience in project management (Prince2, PMP, or Agile methodologies)
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or higher) desirable
• Proficiency in using technology to identify and implement solutions.
• Experience in process re-engineering and managing change initiatives.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong stakeholder engagement and change management skills
• Keen interest in new technologies (e.g., Microsoft CoPilot, ChatGBT).
• Analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment with a dynamic workload.

Join us and be a part of our exciting HR transformation journey. Apply today!

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.

About us

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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com