Job Summary:
Our Junior People Partner is responsible for the implementation of Group-wide policies and procedures as well as implementing brand-specific People strategies within their area of focus. The role holder will be accountable for supporting multiple brands, with a lens on continually monitoring, reporting, and enhancing the local employee experience. The role is required to focus on both HR operations and strategic imperatives, requiring a solid HR background and the ability to collaborate and partner at all levels in the business.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic:
Through guidance from the Head of People /People Partners, implement the Group’s HR policies and procedures and support with brand or business unit specific projects, campaigns or initiatives:
Support the business unit People team with recruitment, performance management, succession planning, retention, talent development, compensation and rewards, employee relations, and employee engagement.
Work closely with the business unit People Data Analyst and People Partners to manage workforce planning locally, ensuring vacancies are managed in line with the approved budget and executed as per the correct recruitment process and present final outputs to brand leaders.
Escalate or respond to employee feedback to ensure local approaches motivate and develop employees to deliver high quality, customer‐centred services.
Be an active and effective member of the Leadership Team, and stakeholder meetings representing the voice of our People and providing guidance around Group HR polices, approaches, and Culture transformation.
Lead the development and implementation of local People strategies.
Operational:
Implement brand-specific employee onboarding, training, and development programs to improve the depth and breadth of employee’s skills set and to raise awareness around behavioral, technical, and leadership competencies.
Work with the Group’s Talent Acquisition team to ensure internal and external recruiting strategies result in relevant, high caliber candidates being identified.
Work closely with Group HR to implement the annual performance management cycle.
Partner with Group Rewards to review and monitor the effectiveness of employee commission schemes and put forward recommendations for change.
Support with the delivery of employee profiling to identify our HiPoS and to support development discussions; educate teams around career paths and support all succession planning and talent development activities.
Collaborate with the learning team to assess training needs so relevant and inspiring training and development programs are available and monitor the brand’s training budget and individual’s learning consumption.
Use all available HR data to ensure HR analytics supports all reporting, action planning and decision making and put forward business requirements when needed.
Work closely with People Data Analyst to update reporting lines and cost center allocations
Champion both Group and brand-specific Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, with a key focus on culture change, nationalization, and employee wellbeing.
Collaborate with the Group’s People Experience team to design employee engagement surveys, and be accountable for the necessary action planning and improvement goals.
Manage all people and process-related employee communications, using My Chalhoub and other inspirational approaches to embed key messages.
Participate in the recruitment process through assessment centers or competency-based interviews.
Review all proposed internal transfers within the vertical and provide recommendations.
Respond to or escalate all employees’ grievances and follow through till resolution.
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