Senior HR Business Partner - Networks

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What you'll do

As the Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) for Network Strategy & Engineering within the Networks Organisation, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and influencing the people agenda. Leading a small team, including two supporting HRBPs, you will drive key initiatives that align people strategy with business goals.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the HR agenda with a strong focus on talent attraction, organizational design, and enhancing team effectiveness. You'll work closely with senior leadership to ensure the HR strategy supports and accelerates business growth.

• Supports leaders in defining and developing people plans that support the achievement of the business strategy.
• Collaborate with VOIS to deliver the people plans.
• Ensures that People plans are integrated with wider HR strategy, policies & priorities.
• Translates and supports the delivery of the talent strategy. Drives pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerates high potential development while driving the Diversity & Inclusion agenda
• HR thought leadership to build, buy and develop future strategic capabilities for Networks
• Continually challenges the business, instigating and managing transformation projects that improve organisation, team and individual effectiveness including organisational effectiveness & design, skills development & talent management.
• Provides feedback and coaching to the leadership team, and ensures all leaders & people managers are equipped to drive employee engagement
• Proactively manages the HR Business Partner interfaces to ensure a seamless customer experience
• Provides support within the HR team to peers and coaching to junior members of the team

Who you are

• Proven experience in Organizational Effectiveness, Design, Change Management, and Program Management.
• Strong understanding of talent management and talent attraction strategies.
• Skilled at leveraging data to gain insights, influence stakeholders, and drive informed decision-making.
• Extensive HR Business Partner (HRBP) experience, with a focus on multiple markets and international contexts.
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities and a track record of strong team management.

Not a perfect fit

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What's in it for you

We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 20%
• Company car: company funded car of £580 per month + private fuel or cash alternative of £630
• per month.
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of whichthe first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private medical family plan: fully paid
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

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