Early Careers Partner in Lincolnshire

Salary: Circa £45,000 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)

Location: Huntingdon, Peterborough or Lincoln, with regular travel across the full Anglian Water region to support the Early Careers Team where required.

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week). We offer flexible working opportunities, including consideration for part-time working.

At Anglian Water, our values are simple: together, we build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring. We're looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Early Careers Partner to help shape the next generation of talent across our business. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring Anglian Water has a strong and sustainable pipeline of future skills, talent and leadership capability.

You will create outstanding experiences for our early careers colleagues including our apprentices and graduates, helping them thrive in a learning environment that reflects our values, supports personal growth and encourages long-term career success.

The Role

The Early Careers Partner plays a key role in supporting Early Careers colleagues across Anglian Water and our Alliances, acting as a trusted partner throughout their learning journey. You will be responsible for creating an outstanding learner experience by providing support, monitoring progress and performance, and ensuring colleagues have the tools, guidance and opportunities they need to succeed. Working closely with line managers, mentors, learning providers, colleges and our wider People team to ensure we have effective support in place, you will help identify risks and opportunities to guarantee our early careers colleagues have the best possible experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as the key point of contact for apprentices and graduates throughout their programme
• Providing support and guidance to help learners thrive and succeed
• Monitoring learner progress, engagement and performance, identifying and addressing risks early
• Working closely with line managers, learning providers and colleges to deliver a positive learner experience
• Supporting learners through key programme milestones, including gateways and End Point Assessments (EPAs)
• Building strong relationships with colleges, universities and training providers
• Partnering with business leaders and HR colleagues to develop future talent pipelines
• Supporting attraction activities, careers and selection events and employer brand initiatives across the region
• Maintaining programme governance, learner data and reporting to measure success and drive improvement

What We're Looking For

• Experience within Early Careers, Apprenticeships, Talent, Learning & Development or a related field is preferred
• A passion for supporting people to learn, develop and achieve their potential
• Strong relationship building skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels
• Knowledge of apprenticeship programmes, learning providers or educational partnerships
• Confidence managing multiple priorities and supporting learners through challenges
• Proactivity, strong organisational skills and an ability to identify and solve problems before they escalate
• Committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment where everyone can succeed
• Full UK Manual Driving licence

Why Join Us?

As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

• Competitive pension scheme with double-matched contributions up to 7%
• Private healthcare for your peace of mind
• Annual bonus scheme
• Virtual GP service for you and your household
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Life cover worth 8x your salary
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle
• Excellent family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of full maternity/adoption pay and enhanced paternity/partner leave

Join us and make a difference. Our customers come from a wide range of backgrounds, and we think our workplace should reflect that. We are committed to making sure all our colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed.

Together with our fellow water companies, we are committed to the Social Mobility Pledge; we are also a signatory to Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter; we hold the Armed Forces Gold Covenant for Employers; we are an accredited Disability Confident employer, and we play a leading part in the Women's Utility Network.

Ready to dive in? Apply now and show us what drives your passion for developing future talent. We'd love to hear about your experience, what excites you about creating opportunities for others, and how you'll help shape the future workforce at Anglian Water.

Closing date: Sunday 16th August

Interview date/s: Week commencing 24th August

We are committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us 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.

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 ensure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment.

If you need any support, please reach out to our team at 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.

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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.