Key Accountabilities
Proactively partner with key business stakeholders to fully understand their business drivers and objectives. Understand how that translates into required technical capabilities and behavioural needs. Additionally, be a strong supporter and ambassador of the People team initiatives, building the business’ understanding of and commitment to our colleague experience.
Org Effectiveness & Change Management
- Own the delivery and project management of small to medium people change programs and restructurings within their business area, with a deep understanding of the “case for change” while leveraging the appropriate specialists.
- Lead on proactive talent management, partnering with the business to ensure workforce plan aligns with capability needs, bringing along the appropriate stakeholders and relevant people team colleagues for specialist advisory.
- Provide support for Mergers and Acquisitions
- Provide strategic advice on people, processes, systems, and know-how.
- Support People Team annual planning
Talent and Workforce Planning
- Build the forward-looking talent plan and maintain org charts via an automated system for the specific business area – including completion of the annual budgeting process with Finance and prioritization of resourcing needs.
- Partner with Finance and Rewards Specialists to gain a practical understanding of people costs and how that might inform the talent plan and org structures to drive and support strategic workforce planning
- Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition Partners to share approvals on new roles and provide insights on the needs of the business to inform potential internal/external recruitment strategies.
- Leverage the tools, frameworks and methodology of the Professional Learning & Organizational Development team to create succession plans for critical roles.
- Drive the talent processes across the colleague lifecycle.
Performance Management & Rewards
- Leverage frameworks from the OD&PL and Culture teams to ensure effective goal setting and other performance management tools are activated in the business
- Guide and support people managers as the first point of contact on the performance of their direct reports and team, ensuring managers have provided colleagues clear expectations and informal coaching prior to the involvement of the People Relations team
Employee Engagement
- Work alongside the Culture team and the business to facilitate employee engagement and DEI initiatives (including the annual Pulse survey) to support continuous improvement in productivity, performance, and culture.
- Manage key touchpoints with colleagues around their onboarding, development, performance and off-boarding to drive engagement, leveraging subject matter experts as required.
Capability Management
- Maintain and update the Capability Mappings for the business area in partnership with key business leaders, using data to thus proactively informing talent plan, learning strategy, career pathways and resource prioritization (i.e. decisions to build, buy, borrow, etc)
Knowledge and Qualifications
- Qualified CIPD member or global equivalent (if applicable)
- Prior strategic HR experience at a global company, particularly as an HRBP.
- Additional Org Design, Change Management or HR Program Management experience is strongly desired
- Experience with operating model transformation within a commercial industry
- Working knowledge of employment legislation and ability to flag potential risks to subject matter experts
Skills and Behaviours Required
- Strong listening, collaboration and teamwork skills across the People team and business
- Data-driven decision-making and problem solving
- Commercial mindset
- Leadership and strategic influencing skills
- Ability to navigate ambiguous situations with a calm demeanour and lead others through change
What we offer in return
- Very competitive salary + 15% performance related bonus
- True hybrid working – primarily working from home with as needed/occasional time in HQ in Abingdon, Oxfordshire
- 25 days annual leave + 3 additional discretionary days leave for Christmas + day off for your birthday; 4 paid volunteering days annually
- Pension contributions (5% matched), healthcare and vision care
To be considered please send your CV in confidence now to liz@true-recruit.co.uk.
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