People Advisor
The role involves ensuring smooth cooperation with Divisional People Partners, Centres of Excellence, and People Operations, and inputting to processes and ways of working where applicable. The People Advisor will actively drive change in the people teams.
This position partners with Talent Acquisition to scout and build relationships with local stakeholders for recruitment. Collaboration with the People Counsel team is also part of the role.
The People Advisor serves as a point of contact and country subject matter expert for employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and grievances. Guidance is provided to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and employment laws to ensure compliance and maintain positive employee relations.
Responsibilities include onboarding and offboarding new employees on location, working closely with line managers, talent acquisition teams, local IT points of contact, and responsible divisional partners. Payroll and employment contracts, along with related paperwork, are managed. Relations with local employment financial institutions such as the Labour Office, Health/Social/Pension insurance companies are also managed.
Data must be updated on time and in full in line with contracts and divisional direction, including communication to local payroll for job/cost centre changes, pay increases, and personal data updates. The role requires staying up to date on country, state, and local employment laws and regulations, ensuring HR policies, procedures, and practices follow relevant legislation.
Partnership with Compliance and Risk ensures employee data integrity and the implementation of relevant trainings. Responsibility for Health and Safety compliance requirements locally is also included, building up competencies locally.
Adaptation and implementation of relevant and selected People Strategic initiatives locally is key. Local initiatives on Talents, Learning & Development are also to be ensured. Partnership with local Functional Leaders is required to understand and translate business needs into relevant actions concerning people, culture, and organisation, including local values activation plans and hybrid working.
The role drives engagement, CSR, and DEI activities locally. Initiatives to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention are implemented. Partnership with the Divisional People Partner is undertaken to gather employee insights and address areas for improvement. Ways to engage on-site and remote employees are identified.
Support for the performance management process, including goal setting, performance evaluations, and development planning, is provided. Administration of employee benefits programmes, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other fringe benefits, is overseen. Close work with benefits vendors, brokers, and the people operations team is expected. Support for local trainings and relevant programmes to enhance employee skills and capabilities delivery is also part of the role.
Acts as a subject matter expert internally and liaises internally with Legal and externally with immigration teams on relocation support, including immigration matters where applicable.
- Ensure smooth cooperation with the Divisional People Partners, Centre of Excellences (CoEs) and People Operations; input to processes and ways of working where applicable; actively drive change in the people teams.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition to scout and build relationships with local stakeholders for recruitment.
- Collaborates with People Counsel team when needed.
- Serve as a point of contact and country subject matter expert for employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and grievances.
- Provide guidance to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and employment laws to ensure compliance and maintain positive employee relations.
- Responsible to onboard and offboard physically any new employee on location, working closely with line manager, talent acquisition team, local IT point of contact and responsible divisional partner
- Manage payroll and employment contracts and related paperwork.
- Manage relations with local employment financial institutions such as Labor Office, Health/Social/Pension insurance companies.
- Ensure data are updated on time in full line with the contracts and divisional direction, including communication to local payroll (job/cost centers changes, pay increases, personal data updates).
- Stay up to date on country, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
- Ensure HR policies, procedures, and practices are following relevant legislation.
- Partner with Compliance and Risk to ensure employee data integrity as well as relevant trainings are implemented.
- Stay responsible for Health and Safety compliance requirements, building up competencies locally.
- Adapt and implement the relevant and selected People Strategic initiatives locally.
- Ensure local initiatives on Talents, Learning & Development are implemented.
- Partner with the local Functional Leaders to understand, translate business needs into the relevant actions when comes to people, culture and organization, including local values activation plans and Hybrid working
- Drives engagement, CSR and DEI activities locally.
- Implement initiatives to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention.
- Partner with Divisional People Partner to gather employee insights and address areas for improvement.
- Identify ways to engage on-site and remote employees.
- Support the performance management process, including goal setting, performance evaluations, and development planning.
- Oversee the administration of employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other fringe benefits.
- Work closely with benefits vendors and brokers and people operations team.
- Support the local trainings and relevant programs to enhance employee skills and capabilities delivery.
- Act as subject matter expert internally and liaise internally with Legal and externally with immigration teams on relocation support, including immigration matters where applicable.
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in HRM or related field, or experience equivalent (required).
- Sound knowledge of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations specific to the country (required).
- Customer in centricity, high-level communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills as well as accuracy (required).
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment (required).
- Proficiency in HRIS systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and other relevant HR software applications (required).
- German and English fluent (required).
- The minimum monthly salary for this position is according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Overpayment will be considered depending on qualifications and working experience.
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