Yorkshire Water
Capability Lead (Commercial)
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Capability Lead (Commercial)
Capability Lead (Commercial)
Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £50,663 - £63,329 (depending on experience)
- Annual incentive related bonus (up to £1000 per performance year)
- Pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution)
- 27 days annual leave (25 days + 2 wellness days) + bank holidays
- Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary
- Extensive benefits package, including:
- Salary sacrifice scheme
- Health cash plan scheme
- Critical illness and dental insurance
- Life assurance flex and partner cover
- Retail savings scheme
- Online GP service
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership discounts
Job Location & Working Arrangements
- Location: Initially in Bradford, moving to Leeds Valley Park in Summer 2026.
- Hybrid working: 37 hours/week (Mon-Fri), with an expectation of 1-2 in-office days per week.
- Contract: Permanent
About Yorkshire Water
Everyone understands the basics of our industry, but we do so much more. We ensure:
- Over 5.4 million people in Yorkshire and millions of visitors have clean, safe drinking water.
- Wastewater is managed efficiently.
- Communities thrive and the environment is protected.
This is an exciting time in the water industry—driven by new legislation, investment, and evolving customer expectations.
*Our Role in Commercial Services
Our operations rely on financial stability, effective procurement, and commercial management. Within Commercial Services, the Commercial Excellence team leads our Centre of Excellence effort, driving:
- Clear standards and improved processes
- Sustainable capability across the function
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This Capability Lead role focuses on:
- Describing and embedding frameworks for capability growth
- Learning and progression pathways for talent and teams
- Ensuring high performance across the department.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the Commercial capability framework, including:
- Learning pathways
- Job families
- Progression routes
- Set standards for capability and role expectations across the Commercial Services function.
- Reshape and maintain structured talent identification, succession planning, and capability development.
- Design/implement consistent and scalable frameworks/tools for building capability.
- Collaborate with leaders to:
- Identify capability gaps
- Prioritise development needs
- Align capability frameworks with operating models.
- Embed frameworks into business-as-usual, fostering adoption and consistency.
- Clarify "what good looks like" for roles and capabilities in Commercial Services.
- Influence leaders to own capability improvement for their teams.
Skills & Qualifications
Essential
- Experience in designing and implementing capability frameworks, career pathways, or talent development approaches.
- Strong grasp of how people capability fuels performance/delivery.
- Knowledge of capability maturity models and talent frameworks.
- Ability to balance strategic and operational priorities, turning concepts into frameworks.
- Strong influence skills to align and engage senior stakeholders without formal authority.
- Experience working in complex, multi-team environments (matrixed or otherwise).
- Ability to simplify complex concepts into clear, actionable structures.
- Strong analytical thinking with a track record of identifying capability gaps, risks, and development priorities.
- Successful track record of embedding capability frameworks.
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Nice-to-have
- Experience in Commercial, Procurement, or regulated environments.
- Know-how in change, continuous improvement, or transformation approaches.
- Skills in operating model design, governance, or organisational frameworks.
Work/Life Balance
We prioritise flexibility—including job share options and flexible working arrangements—to support your personal commitments.
Closing
This is your chance to contribute to a reliable service for communities while protecting the environment. Apply today—closing date: 16th July.
Pre-employment Checks
If successful:
- Undergo Basic Disclosure Check via a Third-Party Company.
- Potential Counter-Terrorism or Security Check (depending on role).
- Medical processes (questionnaire + exams when required).
Accessibility Commitment
Yorkshire Water is committed to removing barriers. Please disclose any accessibility needs, disabilities, or recruitment adjustments required—we’ll discuss and adapt accordingly.
Kelda Group reserves the right to close this recruitment early if necessary.
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