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The Fund is governed by a diverse working Trustee Board, led by an independent Chair, comprises a senior independent director, and Company and Member-Nominated directors with deep experience across international integrated energy, financial services, pensions, commercial operations, corporate finance, legal M&A and tax. It is unusual in bp in that it is a fully working board and committee structure lead by a CEO and executive team based across the 20CS and Sunbury sites.
The postholder will be a member of the Pensions executive leadership team (LT) reporting to the CEO and with a strong functional link to People and Culture (P&C) and have requisite exposure to the Trustee board and committees leading on all P&C strategic and business issues. The role provides strategic direction and drives successful delivery of key people initiatives.
Governance
- Acting as a gatekeeper as appropriate for any centrally provided bp services/use of specialist 3rd party HR providers
- Promote best practice in the implementation of all P&C services to the business leveraging off bp and the industry
- Attending board and committee meetings Remuneration Committee, People and Governance committee in support of the Fund’s people and culture agenda
- Act as the professional adviser and centre of expertise for CEO and the Chair of the Trustee board on all P&C matters; build efficient networks within bp and the pensions industry
- Drive the agenda for the LT People and Culture Steering Committee and Fund Culture group
- Promote, schedule and implement any bp P&C policies and updates
- Undertake any general employee regulation policy and governance
- Support any confidential employee-related issues including investigations as required
Job AdvertTalent management
- Develop a focused talent management programme for the Fund in support of the business strategy including specific people risk management for any changes to the Fund structure or its operations
- Identify and develop training and development solutions specific to the Fund that complements bp-wide solutions
- Employ latest tools and processes to help identify capability gap analysis and keep under review
- Document succession planning for key roles and maintain linkages/opportunities for career progression within the Fund and wider bp
- Develop a coaching culture to drive positive cultural change through support to line managers
- Coordinate and develop continuing professional development offer to the team and leadership solutions
- Measure people-led initiatives Employee engagement initiatives including surveys; 360 degree feedback; High potential assessments
- Evaluate Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) trends and recommend initiatives where appropriate
- Promote the use by line management of P&C digital tools, and MI to support the day-to-day operations.
Recruitment
- Identify and mange bespoke agencies to support recruitment of specialist roles investment management; administration management
- Lead on recruitment from job specification through diverse interview panel process to offer using bp talent acquisition for standard vetting service (both FTE and specialist contractor or fixed term contract roles)
- Source opportunities for intern, graduate intake as part of wider bp programmes.
Reward
- Recommend any changes to the Fund bonus plan working with the CEO, RemCo and P&C Reward Centre of Expertise (CoE) and manage documentation of the Fund Reward Framework working with bp P&C
- Undertaking ownership of 3rd party benchmarking exercises and evaluation with Reward CoE as required by the RemCos of BPPTL and BPIM
- Support the performance management system that reflects the Fund’s objectives and values linked to the Fund bonus scheme and undertake annual calibration process
- Provide assurance across use of recognition tools energize and spot bonus across the Fund
Essential Experience and Education
- Proven capability and experience across all aspects of HR, including strategic talent management, employee relations, change management and organisational development
- Track record of effective strategic partnering and executive level coaching
- Broad range of HR experience from talent planning, recruitment, performance evaluation and management, reward benchmarking to succession planning
- Substantial experience and understanding of UK financial services (large pension funds preferable)
Critical Success Factors for the role
- Able to act as a key member of the bp pension fund Leadership Team
- Ability to work and interact at senior Board and Committee level
- Experience in acting as a gatekeeper to source key partners internally (externally as required) to support the bp pension fund and act as a gatekeeper of all Group policies wrt P&C
- Empathetic listener and role model for bp’s values and behaviours
- Experience of developing and delivering L&D solutions, especially as part of an overall change management environment
- Effective coaching skills
- Ability to effectively communicate with employees at all levels
- Ability to work on own initiative, developing pro-active proposals in line with strategic objectives
Why join our team?
We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
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EntityRegions, Cities & Solutions
Job Family GroupHR Group
Relocation availableYes – Domestic (In country) only
Travel requiredYes – up to 10%
CountryUnited Kingdom
About BPREGIONS, CITIES & SOLUTIONS
Being part of regions, cities and solutions (RC&S) means bringing together the best of bp to build enduring relationships with regions, countries, cities and corporations around the world. Together we can provide innovative, integrated and decarbonised energy solutions at scale to help the world reach net zero and improve people’s lives.
Working within RC&S you will be:
• providing a single ‘face’ and a joined-up approach to managing key political, business, community and country stakeholders – working closely with our other bp entities
• delivering intelligence, security, crisis management and geopolitical insights across all of our businesses
• driving excellence and consistency in how we establish and manage all of our non-operated joint ventures (NOJVs)
• identifying and delivering new integrated energy solutions to help decarbonise countries, cities and corporations by bringing together capabilities, products and services across our platform and with our strategic partners, creating value greater than the sum of its parts
Legal disclaimerWe are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations.
