Job Description

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Early Careers Business Partner (Sizewell C)

Location: Suffolk (either Ipswich or Leiston) with occasional travel

Salary: £55,000 -£60,000 depending on experience
Contract type: Full time, permanent

Let’s talk about the role…

Are you passionate about shaping the future workforce and creating exceptional career journeys? As Early Careers Business Partner, you’ll lead the design and delivery of innovative programmes for apprentices, graduates, undergraduates, and interns. This is a unique opportunity to influence how early talent experiences their first steps in a major organisation, making a real difference to people’s careers and the business.

You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure every programme is best in class, inclusive, and aligned with strategic workforce needs.

Why Join Us as an Early Careers Business Partner?

Shape the Future: Play a key role in developing tomorrow’s leaders and specialists.
Innovate & Inspire: Design programmes that set the benchmark for early careers excellence.
Collaborative Culture: Work with a team that values creativity, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Career Growth: Access to professional development and opportunities to progress.
Purposeful Work: Make a tangible impact on individuals and the organisation.

What You’ll Do…

Design and deliver impactful learning and development programmes.
Partner with HR and business leaders to align initiatives with workforce planning.
Champion diversity and inclusion across all early careers pathways.
Support line managers with coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
Drive early careers recruitment and onboarding processes

Our ideal candidate will have…

2 years minimum experience in an Early Careers Business Partner (or similar) role within a large business.
Strong understanding of how to run effective, inclusive, and varied early careers programmes (ranging from level 3 apprenticeships, internships, summer placements, industrial placements, to graduate level).
Previously designed and delivered early careers programmes.
Knowledge of HR best practice and employment law regarding Early Careers.
Ability to thrive in complex, fast changing environments.
Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
Passion for supporting people at the start of their careers.
Strong English and maths literacy.
CIPD qualification (or working towards) is desirable, but not essential

Ready to create exceptional career experiences?

Apply now and help us build a workforce for the future.

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.