Human Resources Business Partner Europe - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Location:
Edinburgh or London, UK

Salary:
Starting range for this role will be £32,000 in UK, and £38,000 for London specifically - Offer will be commensurate on experience

Closing Date:
July 2nd

About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible.

To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong.

We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.

The Program

In this role you will be part of the Mercy Corps Europe people team whilst also enjoying benefits of being part of the Global people team.

This team of people specialists work together ensuring Mercy Corps attracts, develops, and retains the best global talent to enable it to be a world-class, cutting edge, humanitarian organization, creating transformational change in the world.

Our aim is to drive strategic thinking and planning at all levels of the organization; driving talent management to support team members achieve their highest potential, delivering great practices that promote the organizational culture.

To achieve this, we align conversations on developing all colleagues; enhance everyone's experience with HR services, keep the organization focused on what has the greatest impact; leverage our comparative advantages in the crowded and competitive international relief and development landscape; and assure we are constantly learning from our work and the external environment.

The Position:

This role sits in our Europe people team and reports to the HR Director in Europe.

The responsibility of this role is to act as a Business Partner to all colleagues based in UK and across our European location, ensuring a positive, equitable and consistent employment experience for all.

You will act as a strategic, thought leader, working in partnership with our European leadership teams helping to guide, advise, mentor and coach them with their employee and team related questions.

You will be accountable for strategic and operational matters which arise as a result of business priorities. You will collaborate with your peers across the European and global people teams to deliver great service to all.

You will be asked to promote our Mercy Corps values and behaviours and role model these with all those you connect with in your role.

There will be many opportunities for you to lead and manage projects which prioritise the well-being of our people.

We want you to be a problem solver, who can respond quickly to challenges in the workplace and the wider external regulatory environment; anticipate potential barriers and find opportunities to overcome these which meet the needs of the business.

You will be our champion of global people initiatives across Europe promoting consistency of systems and processes in support of our people.

We are looking you to be innovative, be curious and challenge our current ways of working to continuously improve the way we work.

Essential Responsibilities:

STRATEGY & PLANNING

Advocate for proactive people focused policies and initiatives that align with Mercy Corps' strategic priorities and promote positive organisational culture.
Remain current in your knowledge on trends in global human resource management, particularly in the international humanitarian aid sector.
Collaborate closely with members of the people team and peers across Mercy Corps to ensure a 'one Mercy Corps' approach to how we work.
Provide input to people team Centres of Expertise and Operations on systemic challenges and work with others to find solutions.
Anticipate and adapt to changing people's needs and actively participate in transformation across business to meet these needs.
Be an external networker, participate in HR forums, networks and discussions; enjoy developing and learning through these networks, and bring new thinking into the organization whilst also positioning Mercy Corps externally in the HR space.

HUMAN RESOURCE ADVISORY

Drive the process to identify HR initiatives and solve people management issues in a manner that complements Mercy Corps culture and programming priorities.
Develop meaningful relationships with the European Senior Leadership Team (ESLT); partner to review strategic objectives, identify opportunities and challenges, collaboratively solve problems, while demonstrating confidence in their role as a leader and advocate on HR issues.
Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to daytoday management of team members, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the legal department as needed/required.
Contribute to developing global, regional, and departmental data which forms part of quarterly and annual reporting with trends, metrics and KPIs.
Be the first pointofcontact for performance management questions and participate in the development and casc