People Development Specialist

Salary: Competitive, plus benefits

Location: Remote, with travel to Veolia sites as required

This role is being offered as a 12 month fixed term contract.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

• Access to our company pension scheme
• Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers
• Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to
• 24 hour access to a virtual GP, 365 days a year, for you and family members in your household
• One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community
• Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What you'll be doing:

Are you passionate about people, learning and development?

Can you drive transformation and inspire excellence?

Will you join us in shaping the future culture at Veolia?

We are looking for someone who has the desire to create meaningful change with people and culture, through learning and development opportunities, someone who values diversity and aims to make a meaningful impact.

An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term contract role covering maternity, to join Veolia's central People Development team, supporting the Municipal part of our business operations. You will work within a team, who are working hard at delivering learning and development initiatives to help support our wider mission of our organisation's development inline with our strategy.

The ideal person will have experience of working within the learning and development world. We are looking for someone to join us who understands the importance of identifying learning needs, to in turn design and deliver development initiatives, aligned with our organisation's overall strategy of GreenUp, and embedding these learnings to create behavioural change. (you can find out more about our strategy on our website).

You will:

• Drive a culture that aligns with Veolia's values, fostering long-term success and efficient ways of working.
• Engage, and inspire stakeholders to deliver key transformations.
• Scope, design, and implement People Development interventions to respond to changing priorities, within the full cycle of learning.
• Foster a culture of accountability, through embedding learning and development interventions to measure success of investment and effectiveness
• Champion diversity and inclusivity throughout the organisation.

What we're looking for:

Essential

• We are looking for someone who has experience facilitating development and learning.
• Have the ability to broker strong stakeholder relationships, influencing and negotiating in a context of uncertainty and change to obtain buy in and engagement across the organisation
• Be able to instil confidence with your stakeholders through clear communication and consistent delivery
• Instil trust, maximising relationships and gaining the confidence of others through integrity, authenticity and effective communication
• Be experienced at a senior level, in public or private sector, of delivering development initiatives
• Be a strategic thinker who can take a broader view, participate in setting and driving long term strategy
• Experience of working within the Learning & Development world

It's not just what we do that is important to us, but how you do them, that is why we'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Comfortable with failure and a mindset of learning from mistakes rather than focusing on them.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to have been named as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work for three consecutive years in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This consistent recognition reflects our commitment to our people, demonstrating that Veolia is not just transforming the environment, we're also transforming what it means to have a rewarding, purposeful career.

We're dedicated to supporting you throughout your application journey, offering adjustments where reasonable and appropriate. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who opt-in to the Disability Confident scheme, and meet the minimum criteria for our roles.

We're also committed to ensuring that all applicants and colleagues receive fair treatment without discrimination on any grounds, aiming to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.