People Graduate Programme 2023

Zenergi provides energy procurement, invoice validation and contract management services. Zenergi works across the education hierarchy, care homes, housing associations, health care, commercial and councils providing 3 terawatts of energy and a management team with considerable industry experience to ultimately save both time and money.

In 2019 the UK Government amended the Climate Change Act to commit the UK to achieving net zero by 2050. They have also made commitments to achieving interim targets of a 68% reduction on emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2030 and by 78% by 2035.

Achieving these targets will require substantial changes to the way we use energy in the UK and need huge numbers of energy efficiency projects, removal of fossil fuels from our heating systems and transport networks and implementation of extensive renewable generation plant.

Considerable investment will be required in infrastructure upgrades, in energy efficient technologies and in upskilling the workforce required to make it happen. Zenergi see that launching a Graduate Scheme focused on the IT is timely and will form a key part of our growth strategy.

Our Mission

Zenergi is on a mission to do things differently. We want to help you reach your own definition of Energy Freedom, by designing our services and utility provisions around your needs.

We strive to provide excellence in all areas of service to our clients, colleagues and suppliers, based on being professional, efficient, conscientious and progressive at all times.

• Professional: We aim to ensure the highest quality of business standards at all times.
• Conscientious: We endeavour to improve team performance as well as individual success.
• Efficient: Well organised and disciplined within our working environment, we ensure productivity whilst maintaining our commitment to excellent service.
• Progressive: We support staff to continually improve skills, learn new techniques and keep up-to-date with all aspects of our job roles.

The ZenWay

Zenergi is an energy and environmental consultancy aiming to make a positive difference in the world of energy, and to do so in a manner that is simple, sustainable and achievable.

We work with organisations across the UK, arranging their energy renewals; supporting them with energy legislation and carbon reporting; identifying ways to reduce their energy use; and leading energy efficiency and renewables projects.

Our value is in the way we do business. Our single operational objective is to delight customers and this combined, with our technical service expertise demonstrates, our genuine integrity and credibility that customers want to be part of.

The Programme

This programme offers the opportunity to work in a broad range of Zenergi activities in the People division to gain all-round experience. In this programme you will do 3 rotations during your 24 months here. You will also:

• Earn a full salary
• Develop skills all employers are looking for
• Make lifelong friends and connections
• Experience real responsibility from day one

How the Programme will run

Soon after joining you will also be assigned a mentor to help you navigate your career development and make the most out of your time at Zenergi. You will have monthly meetings will your mentor to assess your progression but will report to the department lead during rotations.

The programme has been designed to lead you through the People Team. It will give you an understanding of each area so you can appreciate how each area plays a key role in our successes and how each departments activities affects and supports others.

Introduction

Your first week will be spend with your mentor understanding the company, its employees and its ethos and gain a basic understanding business. You will:

• Have group and one on one sessions with your mentor to understand your objective from the training programme
• Take part in the company induction programme on company policies, procedures, basic industry knowledge and office etiquette
• Spend time shadowing team members to build rapport
• Help with company activities

You will then move on to support the different areas of the People Division.

Area 1 - HR

The Support function exists to ensure HR services, processes and systems are in place and working in support of the business. This team will:

• Provides a quality function in HR, ensuring compliance with latest legislation e.g. terms and conditions or living wage
• Ensures the right contractual and people related information is produced from and stored in Cezanne at the right time, ensuring the processing of staff as required through the system e.g. contracts, leavers
• Owns the wellbeing of the business ensuring the systems, processes and activities exist in support of this
• Develops and delivers the company strategy relating to diversity and inclusion
• Manages the exit process for staff, including exit interviews through your team and feedback learning to the business and internally in your function
• Maintains and improves the employee engagement programme, including Zen fun and Zen Benefits
• Guides and shape internal communications aligning with our culture and manage the offices of the group, providing a consistent look and feel

Area 2 - Recruitment

• Responsible for advertising the role through the right channels, with the objective of direct recruitment when possible
• Manage the recruitment process, keeping the recruitment system up to date
• Select candidates against the role profile and provide the best candidates to the recruiting manager
• Co-ordinate and book interviews and ensure the candidate is being progressed in a timely fashion through the recruitment process
• Once a successful candidate has been selected, produce the offer letter and update the HR system
• Responsible for the onboarding of the new employee, ensuring they have a seamless starters process, and that the recruiting manager is ready for their arrival
• Provide some of the induction training, ensuring that all new staff have a consistent experience
• Feedback to candidates who were not successful the reasons why and ensure we are adhering to Data Protection and GDPR regarding the record keeping for recruitment
• Onboards the acquired staff into the Group

Area 3 - Learning Development

• Taking the requirements for training from around the group, responsible for understanding the training needs for the group
• Schedule the training across the year with our training providers to ensure the right training is delivered at the right time
• Co-ordinate with managers and staff to ensure that staff have ample notice of forthcoming training courses, with regular reminders leading up to the training date
• The booking of accommodation, for the attendee
• Ensure that learning outcomes are established before any course is completed by staff
• Ensure feedback is obtained on each course and that this feedback is used to improve future training
• Arrange follow up on learning from training courses
• Ensure that our IT system is up to date with training attended by staff
• Where a bespoke or one-off course is required, understand the objective of the training and find a suitable cost-effective provider
• Support the delivery of some modules of the Zen Academy and undertake this delivery yourself, such that we are not solely dependent on our external provider
• Update training materials such that they remain up to date and within brand guidelines

Area 4 - Business Partnering

HR Business Partners support the business in the delivery of its organisational objectives through its people;

• Supporting on organisational design and future planning
• Implement the organisational design through a ‘People Plan’, that assesses the needs of the business e.g., establishes career paths, identifies resourcing gaps, required recruitment and staff development and then implements this plan with the business
• Support recruitment processes, taking an active part in the candidate assessment
• Manages reward structure for the employees aligning to the organisational objectives and market dynamics
• Supports managers in the delivery of their people processes and holds them to account in the delivery of these activities, not to do it for them
• Uses the outcome from performance management processes, including new starter reviews and PDPs to further develop the People Plan
• Facilitates all investigatory processes, owning the process through to its conclusion
• Ensures compliance with all requirements of employment law
• Actively support the mental health of our staff, both directly and through managers
• Provide technical training to staff
• Ensure staff are adhering to the company health and safety policies

Completion

On completion of the 24-month programme you will have gained an understanding of how the People division works within Zenergi and have gained a deeper understanding of working for a Small Medium enterprise.

We want to invest in your future and ours. We hope that the end of your 2 years on our graduate scheme is just the beginning of your journey with Zenergi.

Requirements

Our programmes are development programmes, designed to give you opportunities to learn on the job, and to develop and hone your skills in a variety of areas.

They suit candidates who enjoy being challenged, are excited by trying new things and can come up with fresh ideas. The key skills we look for, and want to develop through our programmes, are:

• Acting with Integrity: Instils mutual trust and confidence; creates a culture that fosters high standards of ethics; behaves in a fair and ethical manner toward others; demonstrates a sense of corporate responsibility and commitment to all stakeholders
• Demonstrating Initiative: Works independently to solve problems; looks for opportunities to take on responsibility and takes thoughtful risks; effectively acts on new and ongoing initiatives, objectives, and solutions to problems to gain sought-after results.
• Working Collectively: Commits to working together as a cohesive team toward a common purpose to achieve the best possible outcome for clients and customers.
• Working Compliantly: Understands, encourages, and carries out the principles of integrated data management; complies with or oversees compliance with defined policies and procedures; completes all required compliance training; takes personal responsibility for compliance.
• Organising and Planning Work: Defining tasks and milestones to achieve objectives while ensuring the optimal use of resources to meet those objectives
• Delivering HighQuality Work: Demonstrates an authentic interpersonal style that engages others and encourages high performance; manages resources to achieve maximum value and efficiency with minimum costs; communicates clearly with co-workers to ensure alignment.

Why Choose A Career With Zenergi

Vision Values

At Zenergi we strive to provide excellence in all areas of service to our clients, colleagues and suppliers based on being professional, efficient, conscientious and progressive at all times. Communication through all levels is the key to our success and we pride ourselves on our exceptional quality of service.

Investors In People

It is important to us that we provide you with all the tools you need on your journey with Zenergi, therefore we encourage you to take part in the “Zen Academy”, a bespoke training program tailored to your needs. This allows you to personally develop your skills and abilities in communication, business development and customer service so you shine and fulfil your potential.

Benefits Rewards

Every day, we ask you to bring your best and to support our mission, strategy and culture. So, in turn, we aim to bring our best to you by continually assessing, refining and enhancing the benefits we offer to ensure they meet the evolving needs of our diverse team, and strengthen our ability to attract and retain amazing talent.

What Do We Offer Our Customers

Zenergi – specialising in utility procurement, invoice validation, contract management and technical services in the education sector. Watch the video to find out more about our services or click here to visit our website.

Other Information

• Duration – 2 years (*2-year graduate scheme duration but permanent contract – we are investing in the future).
• Location – All roles may require some travel to sites and other Group offices. The graduates must live in a commutable distance of a Zenergi Group office with the Southampton office being preferential.
• Salary - £20,592 p/a, £2,000 p/a KPI bonus opportunity after 6 month probation
• Hours – Full time 40 p/w (8.30am – 5.30pm, 1 hour lunch), there will be some flexibility around these hours if they do not suit
• Holiday - 23 plus BH p/a
• Travel Required – The Zenergi Group have across the UK so travel and overnight stays may be required while spending time in other departments.