Hr senior business partner - expression of interest

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Wood is currently sourcing for an HR Business Partner to join our local team in Angola, at this stage it is an "Expression of Interest" from suitable candidates who wish to confirm their interest.

The Senior HR Business Partner is responsible for the delivery of the people agenda in their area of operational responsibility, partnering with managers in the business, providing advice and counsel in people management practices in support of delivering and executing the business plan.

Please note this position is only open to National Angolan personnel.

Location: Luanda, Angola, West Africa

Rotation \ Work Pattern: Residential position 5-day week \ 8-hour day

Duration: TBC

RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Objective:

The Senior HR Business Partner is responsible for the delivery of the people agenda in their area of operational responsibility, partnering with managers in the business, providing advice and counsel in people management practices in support of delivering and executing the business plan.

The Senior HR Business Partner will have significant business partner experience and be responsible for a business area across multiple clients, services or locations with the ability to work independently on most elements of the role.

The role provides guidance and coaching for effective people management and is responsible for developing and implementing solutions to support leaders across the entire employee life-cycle. This role works in conjunction with the Centres of Expertise to deliver employee engagement tools; talent management; workforce planning and resourcing; organisational effectiveness; change management and risk mitigation through effective employee and industrial relations. This role is responsible for developing effective leadership and appropriate development of people and skills within their area of responsibility.

The role acts as counsel on people related issues, forming robust stakeholder relationships with customers, with a significant amount of influence required.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Act as key support to business managers, ensuring delivery of HR objectives through effective relationships and engagement with Shared Services and Centres of Expertise
• Responsible for day-to-day HR decisions, ensuring that support and advice are aligned with both business and functional objectives
• May lead and/or execute the implementation of HR programmes across the employee life cycle
• Identify, understand and address areas of risk in area of responsibility through robust people management processes
• Lead complex case management, supported by HR Advisors, Shared Services and Centres of Expertise
• Pro-actively contributes to the business decision making process by providing guidance and advice across all areas of the employee life cycle
• May lead and/or execute the delivery of HR tasks during acquisition and integration activities in area of responsibility
• Coaches and influences managers to develop their leadership efficacy in line with Wood culture, values and behaviours.
• Drives robust people development and performance management throughout the business area, to build and retain skills needed to deliver the operational business in the short to medium term.
• Coaches and influences managers
• Promotes the talent management process within business area and understands the benefits of such process
• Understand reward methodology and oversees reward decisions for managers served business area
• Gain good understanding of recruitment plan for managers served and takes an active involvement in selection of key and/or strategic roles.
• Act as representative for the company at appropriate industry, client, trade union events/forums.
• Support development and succession opportunities within the HR team
• Work in partnership with Shared Services & Centres of Expertise to ensure and assure HR service excellence within agreed KPIs
• Responsible for timely and accurate reporting of HR metrics and robust analysis and recommendations in support of business decisions
• Advise and influence the business in the way they plan, lead and manage change and its impact on people and working practices
• Support employee communication and engagement
• Support and participate in emergency response activities
• Support the creation of an organisational culture which fosters innovation and collaboration, continuous improvement and change
• Responsible for HR policy application, ensuring compliance with relevant group standards, regulatory requirements and operating procedures
• Assure quality on all aspects of delivery, proactively seeking and addressing customer feedback
• Lead by personal example and encourage all employees to conduct their activities in accordance with all applicable laws and the group’s standards and policies

QUALIFICATIONS

What makes you remarkable?

Education & Experience:

• Degree level qualification in HR or business management preferred
• Several years experience in generalist HR advisor/business partner capacity within a dynamic organisation
• Experience of managing change, including working cooperatively in business partnership
• Knowledge of people practices and applicable legislative frameworks
• Experience of dealing with industrial and employee relations issues

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Business performance and how it can deliver and add value to its customers
• Business service offering and customer base
• Roles performed in groups/departments served
• Awareness of external factors
• Changing regulatory environment
• Current and future industry trends
• Supporting safety delivery and continuous improvement
• Achieving challenging performance targets
• Demonstrated a commitment to continuous learning and development
• Demonstrated technical excellence

Personal Attributes \ Abilities:

• Connect, establish and maintain effective, cross-cultural working relationships with all levels of the organisation and externally
• Consistently model the group’s values
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Portuguese
• Energy and compassion
• Has a service orientation to internal clients, being responsive to needs, effectively managing expectations
• Able to handle both routine tasks and be an agile learner taking on new responsibilities
• A commitment to continuous learning and development
• Generate trust and credibility
• Deliver a customer-focused climate that delivers on expectations and strengthens relationships
• Focus on improving safety standards and behaviours
• Influence key stakeholders
• Work effectively across organisational and geographical boundaries