Senior People - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Ashurst LLP

Ashurst LLP

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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About Ashurst:

Ashurst is a leading progressive global law firm with a rich history spanning more than 200 years.

We are proud of our history and are future-focused, having expanded into new technologies through our NewLaw division, Ashurst Advance, and our consulting arm.

Our in-depth understanding of our clients and commitment to providing excellent standards of service have seen us become a trusted adviser to local and global corporates, financial institutions and governments in all areas of commercial law.

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Department/Role overview:

Main responsibilities:

As a core member of the Office's management team, support OMP's on all people-related aspects. Participate in management meetings to provide advice, support and where appropriate, challenge. Engender trust when building relationships and act as a coach as appropriate.

Develop strategic people plan to support the successful achievement of the Office's business plan and goals utilising the broader People and Culture and Business services teams as appropriate.

Participate in regular discussions with Business Services Directors on immediate resourcing and succession planning requirements in order to identify gaps and develop plans to fulfil both short term and longterm requirements.
Responsible for talent and career development. Ensure talent mapping of high performers and providing support to leaders in developing talent. Promote career conversations to enable leaders to plan for the future. Support global mobility and the enhancement of career opportunities through secondments if more creative resourcing solutions can be found.
Act as a change manager and when required lead on various key projects throughout the year, with the gravitas and credibility to influence at a senior level within the organisation.
Manage the appraisal and promotion process to ensure timely launch of programmes and engagement from all stakeholders. Advise and coach on performance management and the related issues and challenges. Champion continuous feedback processes. Manage moderation meetings to calibrate performance. Advise and coach leaders on content and structure of messages to be delivered in meetings.
Work closely with Learning and OD to support assessment of training and development requirements, designing and delivering specific initiatives.
Identify specific needs that would enhance the People and Culture service provided to stakeholders and work with Centres of Expertise to deliver solutions that meet these needs.
Provide advice and intervention to the business on complex employee relations issues such as disciplinary, grievances etc. Ensure knowledge is fully up to date with all developments in terms of employee legislation and employee relations issues.
Provide leadership and guidance to ensure the annual pay process is delivered effectively and on time. In particular, facilitate relevant salary and bonus discussions to ensure moderation across the office business maintaining objectivity and fairness; linking compensation decisions to performance; and, ensuring relevant market information is taken into account.
Lead on plans and initiatives alongside Line Managers on diversity and inclusion to help the firm achieve its goals and targets, in line with firm objectives and work to embed these within the business.
Work with leaders to coordinate and manage internal communication initiatives and to drive employee engagement., in line with firm wide business goals
Work alongside other People and Culture business partners to ensure consistency, sharing of ideas and best practice.
Analyse and present relevant data to provide information around latest thinking in the profession / Strategy and market intelligence using regular reports.
Work in close partnership with ASC people and other specialist areas of Reward, L&OD, Diversity and Trainee Development to coordinate the utilisation of appropriate skills, knowledge and strategies.
Support the Director of HR with ad hoc projects to deliver the global strategy. Lead on, or contribute to, projects to develop HR practices and processes.

Resourcing

Maintain key intelligence regarding the industry and senior leader movements throughout the market
Ensure we adhere to a globally consistent recruitment and assessment framework so that we can measure and track talent

Risk and Control:

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Essential skills and experience:

Experience in delivering high quality HR support dealing with senior stakeholders and forging strong relationships at every level.

- "Can do" ethos.

Confident and resilient and able to offer credible advice.
Able to move from strategic reviews to hands on operational matters while retaining a high level of personal effectiveness and organisation.
Able to demonstrate depth of commercial understanding o