People Engagement Officer

Job: People Engagement Officer

Location: Medway, Kent / Hybrid Working

Employment type: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: £46,000 - £49,500 DOE + Exceptional benefits package, see below

Are you passionate about employee experience and the difference a truly engaged workforce can make? Do you have a natural ability to turn employee feedback into meaningful action, and the communication skills (written and verbal) to bring people on the journey? Are you someone who makes culture feel real and relevant rather than just a set of words on a wall?

We are delighted to be working with a well-established and forward-thinking organisation at an exciting period of growth and transformation, to appoint a newly created role for their business, People Engagement Officer. This is a genuinely unique and varied role for someone who cares deeply about people, culture and the employee experience, and wants to make a real and lasting difference.

The role will include:

• Leading the employee engagement survey process, forums, focus groups and other feedback channels, and translating insight into clear, practical action plans
• Working with cross-functional teams to ensure actions are owned, delivered and followed through
• Supporting site and functional leaders to turn organisation-wide themes into meaningful local plans
• Coordinating people communications, including the HR newsletter, ensuring messages are clear, timely and accessible to all colleagues
• Maintaining the employee engagement calendar, connecting events and initiatives to the organisation's wider strategy, culture and values
• Supporting the people side of transformation and change initiatives, contributing to the Transformation Working Group
• Helping embed culture and values into People processes, bringing an employee experience lens to process design
• Spotting practical opportunities to reinforce culture through communications, leadership routines and everyday people activity

About you:

• Your experience could be in HR, employee engagement, people communications, organisational transformation, project management, culture or employee experience
• You will have a strong ability to turn qualitative employee feedback and insight into clear themes and practical actions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to make complex or sensitive topics feel human and accessible
• Experience supporting change initiatives from a people, communications or adoption perspective
• Strong project management discipline with the ability to bring structure without over-complicating things
• A good understanding of how People processes shape employee experience, culture and behaviour
• An interest in and enthusiasm for technology, as many of the changes you will support will have both people and technology implications
• Due to the uniqueness of this role, your qualifications could be as CIPD, internal communications, change management or organisational development, though practical experience and judgement will be valued above all

The package:

Alongside a salary of up to £49,500 dependent on experience, our client offers an outstanding benefits package including:

• Discretionary bonus of up to 20% based on personal and company performance
• South East Allowance of £2,172 per annum
• Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) worth up to £4,000 paid out after 3 years’ service
• Private medical insurance with the option to include a partner or children
• Matched pension contribution up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• Overtime paid at 1.5x base salary
• 37 hours with 3.30 finish on Friday and typical 8-4 pm although other patterns considered
• Hybrid working around business needs, 2 days from home with some travel to other sites typical once per month

If this People Engagement Officer role sounds like something you feel you could add value to, then forward your CV today to Cressida Courtney or follow the link and apply online.