HR Business Partner - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

At M&G our purpose is
to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly.

As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clientsand identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities.
To help us achieve our vision we're looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliverresults and keep it simple.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the HR Business Partnering team as an HR Business Partner supporting the Retail and Savings part of the business.

The HR Business Partnering team creates a strong relationship with the business to understand and interpret their needs and business challenges; contributing to business unit objectives and proactively driving out the underlying people implications.

The HR Business Partner supports the overall aims of the function(s) they are aligned to by working closely with the their senior leadership team (SLT) to develop and implement effective HR strategies (people plan) that drives people and commercial performance.

They will build trusted relationships to understand business strategy, people demographics and organisational culture and from this interpret short and long term people requirements / goals to address areas of concerns and deliver on strategic priorities.

Key responsibilities for this role:

Build strong relationships with their stakeholder group member in order to firstly understand their strategy and priorities
Work with their stakeholders/senior stakeholders to ensure an effective people plan is in place to support delivery of the strategic plans
Support develop and implementation of any transformation agenda of the respective business area(s), driving through any potential restructures to conclusion in conjunctions with any areas of specialism across HR and the wider business as necessary.
Understand the key people metrics within the business area e.g. absence, attrition, hiring, disciplinary, grievances; providing insight and solutions to the business within the overall HR framework
Work closely with the Resourcing Partners to ensure a seamless end to end recruitment process for all levels including senior hires
Work closely with the business and the Talent function to ensure appropriate talent, succession and diversity & inclusion plans are in place
Provide innovative, informed and pragmatic solutions to a variety of complex HR issues taking full account of internal policies, HR best practice, legislative practice, equality and regulatory requirements
Manage the implementation and execution of the cyclical HR processes with the aligned business e.g. performance management, pay reviews, talent reviews
Support the implementation of wider HR projects as required
Deliver business outcomes by working closely with areas of expertise in the HR function and beyond
Support continuous improvement of the HR operating model across the HR Business Partner team alongside CoE's to enhance the services and capabilities of the HR function to our customers
Work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls you are responsible for to support improvement of the overall control environment, customers outcomes and to reduce operational risk

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

To be successful in the business partnering team, the individual will:

Be able to build trusted relationships with multiple stakeholders
Have and area of specialism and/or experience in a broad range of HR specialisms including, but not limited to, transformation and change, employee relations, recruitment and talent management
Awareness of employment law and case law and ability to translate this into commercial advice
Knowledge of discipline, grievance, absence and TUPE experience
Familiar with different data sources and be able to interpret this

Personal Attributes:

Ability to work collaboratively across the stakeholder group and HR function with ease
Adaptable and flexible in the way that they work within a fast paced and constantly changing environment
Resilient in the face of challenge
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Have the ability to selfmotivate and work autonomously
Good judgement and ability to evaluate a range of potential solutions, considering the impact for customers and risk
Robust ability to manage conflict

Qualifications:

Previous HR Generalist is required (in a regulated environment preferable)
CIPD qualified

Business Partnering - Role level assessment:
Manager/Expert

For people managers, accountable for managing and motivating others to ensure quality of delivery to customers and stakeholders
Applies judgement to deliver outcomes, evaluating a range of potential solutions, considering the impact for customers, cost and risk
Manages conflicts that may impact delivery
Challenges upwards given knowledge of delivery and awareness of complex systems and the broader picture
Identifies and anticipates need for changes to continuously improve quality and efficiency of output
Manages resources and risks using expert judgment, knowhow and experience

Recruiter :
Martyn Jack

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent.

Regardless of gender, ethnicity,age, sexual orientation, nationality or disability we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take