HR Project Manager

ScottishPower HQ, Glasgow (hybrid)

Salary up to £82,500 + car allowance & other excellent benefits

12-month fixed term contract

Closing date- Thursday 19th of November 2026

Help us create a better future, quicker

As a member of the Solutions Team within People Strategy you will have responsibility for delivery of People Solutions and projects. Delivering on behalf of ScottishPower People and Organisation and the Iberdrola Group; ensuring delivery approaches align with Iberdrola Group principles, values, and business priorities.

Working to deliver a variety of projects, some from first principles and concepts; you will develop solutions to drive customer value and support business development by applying diagnostics to complex problems, through consultancy conversations with a focus on the employee experience.

Managing significant projects and programmes of activity for Senior Business and People and Organisation Stakeholders, you will work with agility adapting plans to manage changing priorities.

What you’ll be doing

• Work with agility within a consultancy teamworking model, focused on pace, collaboration change agency, leveraging skills & specialisms, and team & personal development
• Deliver HR solutions using established policy, tools and frameworks, highlights gaps, proposes options and recommendations and works with subject matter experts to develop revised policies, tools and frameworks
• Design and facilitate the implementation of major HR programmes to support organisational change and performance improvement in line with organisational values; facilitate the development, embedding and application of solutions in support of organisation performance
• Scope out the requirements of projects and programmes individually or collaboratively with a team, function or cross function or business input to understand project sponsor goals, rationale for change and strategies for delivery
• Lead associated processes for organisational design, business and growth plan projects and transformational programmes ensuring alignment with future capability needs and business strategy
• Gather and analyse a range of complex data, information, and situation detail to identify effective and value add solutions and ensure agreement on approach for way forward and/or delivery where no precedent exists and/or options conflict
• Proactively engage with the relevant business, expert area, or Group contact to accurately diagnose, determine and challenge to ensure the appropriate strategy, method, support or vehicle is employed to deliver integrated people solutions that support business development, address business need and maximise performance
• Maximise the business performance through development, implementation, and measurement of new significant, solutions across the organisation. Whilst taking a data-centric approach to identifying gaps and opportunities
• Responsibility for assessment of risk (including Employee Relations and Employment Law), business readiness and identification of barriers to change on an ongoing basis throughout the planning, development and implementation of solutions, programmes and projects
• Lead teams on a matrix basis as required to develop and implement solutions to drive and improve business performance
• Responsible for delivering and completing projects within agreed timeframes and reporting on progress of delivery, identifying and highlighting challenges and risks to the relevant stakeholders

What you’ll bring

As a minimum, you will bring

• Broad HR and senior consultancy experience at a strategic level
• Significant experience developing and delivering complex change and HR programmes and projects, from initiation through to delivery
• Experience of delivering organisational design at team to enterprise level
• Experienced in strategic thinking, planning and analysis skills, with the ability to translate strategy into solutions and identify people implications
• Experience facilitating cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment and shared ownership of deliverables
•  Ability to influence strategic change and organisational performance whilst managing multiple projects and programs successfully across the project lifecycle in a matrix style
• Strong facilitation and communications skills managing senior management stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead HR projects from initiation to implementation, applying structured project management techniques, managing risk and dependencies, and ensuring clear governance and reporting
• Knowledge of recognised change management methodology (e.g. Prosci)

What’s in it for you  

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.  

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include: 

• 36 days annual leave 
• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave 
• Share Schemes 
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding 
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases 
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving 
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans 
• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments 
• Life Assurance (4x salary) 
• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support 
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more 

Why ScottishPower 

ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation. 

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in. 

ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com. 

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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