Role: People Operations Partner/ HR Manager
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Addlestone (only one day per week required in the office, four days working remote)
Pay rate: £275 - £331 per day
The ideal candidate will have good experience with Collective Consultations.
Execution of Business Change Projects:
· Primarily responsible for leading all aspects of UK collective consultation process including training of line managers, running elections and administering meetings and documentation.
· Work closely with People Partner Lead on global transformation project ensuring all aspects of administration and due diligence is maintained for all aspects of the project.
· Maintain a mind-set of continuous improvement to identify opportunities to improve the services provided by HR.
Ways of Working:
· Collaborate with Legal, Ethics & Compliance, HR Business Partners and Centres of Excellence. to provide the appropriate level of support required.
· Work supportively and collaboratively with teams across HR.
· Maintain a proactive approach, taking the initiative and managing self effectively.
· Build relationships and trust with key stakeholders.
· Seek opportunities to continually improve the services provided by HR.
· Is responsible for delivering a legally compliant HR service in line with identified needs.
· Will report to the People Partner Cluster Lead and will work closely with others across the broader HR function and directly with the business.
Competencies:
Customer Focus:
· Acts to support a culture where everything is done to enhance value to patients. Intentional about meeting/exceeding customer expectations.
· Proactively seeks feedback to improve service provision.
Innovation & Change:
· Continuous improvement approach: takes personal ownership to improve ways of working and leverage/share best practice.
Results Orientation:
· Ability to work autonomously and make evidence-based decisions: judgement to know when to seek guidance or escalate.
· Methodical with ability to prioritise and meet deadlines. Tenacious to follow up and resolve outstanding matters and explore options.
· IT literate (Intermediate stage) to type/ create and edit reports, trackers etc. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and eLearning and online systems (e.g. LMS, ZINC, TMF etc. databases). Intranet and web.
· Good written and verbal communications including ability to prepare updates, summaries, emails to employees and managements.
Communication & Collaboration:
· Collaborates: values others views and perspective. Able to challenge respectfully and propose alternative solutions.
· Proactively shares knowledge, and adapts approach to build consensus and respect diverse views and cultures.
Developing & Inspiring:
· Proactively shares knowledge and best practice and encourages others to develop.
Working as One:
· Takes personal ownership and acts as a role model of ethics and compliance treating everyone with respect.
Experience:
· Education – Bachelor Degree.
· Years of working experience: 5+ years.
· Experience in managing high risk employment-related cases from intake to investigation to resolution.
· Proven experience function as a natural collaborator who is authentic, transparent and aligns with the Astellas values and code of conduct.
· Proven success partnering and collaborating with stakeholders’ cross-functionally and at all levels.
· Strong analytical skills and ability to exercise sound judgement based on policies, procedures, practices, and risk factors.
· Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to inspire trust and confidence and effectively influence the decision-making process.
· Self-starter and ability to manage a workload of varying complexity to a high standard
· Experience across core HR functions (e.g. Compensation, Benefits, Performance Management, etc.) with specific experience in HR process design, transaction support and employee administration.
· Fluent in English and at least one other European language.
· Continuous Improvement knowledge.
· Personal computer skills, including MS Office and Outlook.