Graduate Engagement Trainee
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Closing Date: 06/10/2023
This vacancy has now expired, and is not accepting any new applications.
Please search for live opportunities or use the Register Interest facility to sign up for job alerts and/or leave your CV speculatively.
Summary
Forming part of Redrow’s HR department, the engagement team provides support and guidance to colleagues across the business with an overarching aim of contributing to the company’s ‘Valuing People’ strategy.
In this role, over the two years, you will get to work in various areas of the engagement strategy and contribute towards a variety of key projects designed to support with delivering Redrow’s employee engagement initiatives. Our aim is for you to gain a real breadth and depth of experience and take on early and increasing responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
Engagement Initiatives
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Support with the management and co-ordination of six-monthly engagement meetings and workforce engagement group meetings, whilst making recommendations on agenda content.
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Have an understanding and awareness of the different engagement initiatives taking place within each of our divisions and provide advice to divisional engagement teams when required.
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Assist with ongoing group-wide engagement initiatives such as; the employee of the year nomination process, managing director quarterly updates, group newsletters, and the company’s volunteering scheme.
Engage
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Following relevant training, act as a main contact for the company intranet, Engage, whilst monitoring platform performance, including usage statistics and make recommendations on how to increase page visitors.
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Train as a key contact of Engage and provide training and support to intranet leads across the business whilst providing advice and guidance on effective use of the platform.
Employee Insight Survey
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Assist with the management and co-ordination of the annual employee survey, Insight including design of promotional campaigns, data preparation and analysing and reporting results.
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Following completion of the survey, support divisional offices and head office with devising action plans to ensure best practice is shared and any recommendations identified are acted upon.
Company Internal Communication
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Work cross-departmentally to support with companywide internal communication campaigns through a variety of communication platforms; including email, text message and the company intranet, Engage.
Company benefit portals
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Take responsibility for the company benefit portal, Redrow Advantage, including review of analytics and statistics to provide recommendations on promotion of the portal.
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Manage employee reward and recognition and long service awards through the Advantage portal whilst maintaining regular updates from divisional offices/head office on reward winners.
What we are looking for
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Strong business acumen skills to ensure activities bring value to the company
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Good research skills and the ability to build contacts and networks both internally and externally
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To be adaptable and curious with a keenness to learn, improve and progress
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The ability to work on your own initiative and be a strong team player
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Drive and ambition with a positive “can do” attitude
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Good communication skills both written and verbal, with well-developed interpersonal and customer service skills
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Creative and problem-solving skills
What we can do for you
We've been building a proud reputation for beautiful high quality homes across England and Wales for nearly 50 years. Key to our success are the many talented people working in every department across the business who are committed to excellence. We encourage them all to grow and maximise their potential by working with like-minded people who share their vision and values.
At Redrow we are committed to continuously promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) throughout the business to build a culture that is inclusive to all, actively values difference and ensures everyone is treated fairly.
Supporting the physical, emotional and financial wellbeing of our people really matters and it\'s something we take very seriously. The health and wellbeing of our employees and sub-contractors is embedded at the heart of our culture and as part of this, we offer a wide range of wellbeing programmes, initiatives and education to support our colleagues both in work and in their personal lives.
We promote a culture of development and believe in investing in each individual to help them fulfil their personal goals, excel in their current role and support their future career progression.
Application tips
As we expect a lot of applications, we need our successful candidates to stand out from the rest. We like our people to be different – so what sets you apart? What can you offer us? Why do you want to work at Redrow?
Be clear and concise, and make sure that everything that goes into your application represents your qualities.
