People Capability Partner

People Capability Partner

Salary: £52,000 circa (dependent on skills and experience

Benefits: Private healthcare, virtual GP service for you and your household, double-matched pension (up to 21% combined)

Location: Based in Huntingdon with hybrid working and occasional travel across the Anglian Water region
Contract Type: Secondment ( Fixed Term Contract) – 1 Year
Hours: Full-time (flexibility for part-time considered)

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The world of work is changing.

New technologies, evolving skills and changing business needs mean organisations must continually adapt to stay ahead. At Anglian Water, we're building a future-ready workforce with the skills, capability and confidence to deliver for our customers, communities and the environment.

That's where you come in.

Turn Capability into Performance

Behind every successful organisation are people with the right skills, in the right roles, at the right time.

As a People Capability Partner, you'll play a key role in shaping how we understand, develop and grow capability across our business. You'll use data, insights and digital tools to help leaders make informed workforce decisions, ensuring we're ready to meet today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities.

This is your opportunity to influence how we build organisational capability at scale and help create a high-performing workforce for the future.

The Role

We're looking for a strategic and collaborative People Capability Partner to support the ongoing development of our People, Skills and Organisational Capability Framework.

Working closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across the business, you'll help design, improve and embed capability solutions that align with our enterprise strategy and AMP8 ambitions. From skills frameworks and workforce analytics to digital enablement and governance, you'll play a central role in helping the organisation better understand and develop its workforce capability.

You'll combine data-driven insight with practical delivery to ensure capability decisions support meaningful business outcomes, while also leading and contributing to projects that strengthen workforce capability, improve people processes and support strategic change across the business.

What You'll Be Doing

• Develop and enhance our People, Skills and Organisational Capability Framework.
• Use workforce data and analytics to identify capability gaps and inform decision-making.
• Maintain and govern the organisation's skills taxonomy and capability models.
• Partner with leaders to strengthen capability planning and workforce readiness.
• Leverage digital tools, including Workday, to improve capability management and insights.
• Lead and support capability related projects that drive organisational improvement and strategic change
• Support the delivery of strategic workforce and organisational capability initiatives.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is curious, analytical and passionate about developing organisational capability.

You'll ideally have:

• Experience in organisational development, workforce planning, capability, talent or people-related roles.
• Strong analytical skills with confidence using workforce data and insights.
• Experience working with HR systems and digital platforms, such as Workday.
• The ability to influence and build relationships with senior stakeholders.
• A strategic mindset coupled with a practical, delivery-focused approach.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• A passion for helping people and organisations perform at their best.

Why Join Us?

This is more than a people role.

You'll help shape the skills, capability and future readiness of our workforce, ensuring we're equipped to deliver our purpose and long-term strategy.

You'll work with senior leaders on business-critical initiatives, influence enterprise-wide decisions and play a key role in building the capabilities that will power our future success.

Our customers come from all walks of life, and we want our teams to reflect that. We're committed to building a workplace where everyone feels seen, supported and empowered to succeed.

We proudly support:

• The Social Mobility Pledge
• Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter
• Armed Forces Covenant (Gold)
• Disability Confident Employer
• The Women's Utility Network

You'll be part of a community that believes in doing the right thing, for people, for places and for our planet.

Ready to dive in?

Apply now and show us the story behind your skills, what drives you, what inspires you and how you'll help build a high-performing, future-ready workforce.

Closing Date: Sunday 11th October
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 19th October

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About Us

We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential.

We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team resourcing@anglianwater.co.uk’

To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date.

If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice.

Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.