HR Advisor - Talent Consulting CoE - 12-14 months FTC - UK Wide in Belfast

HR Advisor – Talent Consulting CoE (L2)

12 - 14 Month Fixed Term Contract 

The opportunity
The Talent Consulting Centre of Excellence Team (CoE) sits within the Firm’s Strategic Talent Consulting Function, which Partners with the business to translate business strategy into Talent solutions.

The Talent Consulting CoE was set up to strengthen the delivery of operational activities on behalf of the Talent Consultants and enable Service Line Strategic Talent Consultants to focus on driving and embedding organisation and cultural change. 

As part of the Talent Consulting COE Team, the HR Advisor role provides support to the Talent Consulting CoE HR Managers and the Service Line Strategic Talent Consultants in a consistent and efficient way, across FSO and UKI, to deliver on the Talent agenda (circa 18,000 employees). 

The HR Advisor provides a commercial and professional HR service to the business with particular emphasis on annual pay planning, LEAD – performance and development process, HR projects and HR analysis and policy advice.

Your key responsibilities

• Supporting on delivery of key HR annual operational activities such as pay review, Talent programme nominations, our Leadership promotions process and the Firm’s performance and development process, LEAD
• Provide HR coordination support on acquisitions, redundancy and TUPE programmes. Representing HR at individual consultation meetings, providing support to the Business Representative.
• Support the HR Managers in the Talent Consulting CoE and SL STC’s to deliver projects on employee engagement, D&I, Talent Management, and other key strategic programmes
• Other HR tasks/activities as required by the HR Managers and STCs such as reviewing non-standard changes to terms and condition requests, facilitating focus groups, drafting Talent letters, and maintain accurate Talent Pipeline MI.
• The HR Advisor will also work with the Reporting & Analytics Team to transition scheduled and adhoc reporting and analytics in the short term, whilst supporting business critical activity in the short term.
• Participate in various Talent Team projects as requested, in areas such as Diversity & Inclusiveness, Employee Engagement and Communications
• Respond to adhoc operational queries sent to our Talent Consulting CoE mailbox
• Collaborate with other Talent functions including ER, D&I, Talent Analytics, Recruitment and Talent Development
• Team with Talent Shared Services to ensure consistent and efficient process are maintained to deliver a high-quality service

To qualify for the role, you must have 

• Previous experience of working in a large corporate HR environment at HR Advisor Level, involved in core generalist activities, and ideally within a HR Business Partnering function
• Certificate or Diploma in Personnel Management (CIPD) either partial or full completion or desire to work towards this in future

What we look for

• Excellent Excel skills (e.g. v-look ups, pivot tables, power BI, V-next, Teams files etc.) to analyse and manipulate large data files and validate large amounts of data.
• Microsoft Office suite skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills, as well as the confidence to deal, professionally and assertively, with senior business clients either verbally or in writing when providing advice
• Evidence of being able to prioritise effectively, juggling multiple tasks at times of competing demands on workload and deliverables, while being able to maintain a strong focus and attention to detail at all time
• Ability to maintain confidential information in a professional manner
• Interest in broader HR activities, keen to learn, inquisitive about our business

What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with MyReward you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note
Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity & inclusiveness here. We ask because it matters! 

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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