Wood is currently recruiting for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join our team in Abu Dhabi, UAE
JOB OBJECTIVES
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 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 Coordinators and Advisors, Shared Services and Centres of Expertise
- Pro-actively contribute 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 feedbackLead by personal example and encourage all employees to conduct their activities in accordance with all applicable laws and the group’s standards and policies
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
Internal: HR business unit team, business leadership teams, business partners, \ Centres of Expertise, Shared Services, all employees, functional interfaces.
External: Client contacts; local working groups/industry bodies.
LEVEL OF INFLUENCE & DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY
This role operates with a certain degree of independence on HR activities in their area of responsibility ensuring advice and support is in line with the agreed policies, principles and practices as determined by group, the HR business unit team, centres of expertise and as constrained by legislative requirements. A key influencing role, with final decisions resting with the business.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Qualifications
- Degree qualified in HR related or business management qualification preferred
Job specific experience
- Experience in generalist HR advisor/business partner capacity (typically around 10+ years) within a dynamic organisation
- Experience in Regional labor laws and HR practices
- Experience in Oil and Gas or associated industries
- 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 of
- 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
Experience of
- Supporting safety delivery and continuous improvement
- Achieving challenging performance targets
- Demonstrated a commitment to continuous learning and development
- Demonstrated technical excellence
Personal attributes
- 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
- 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
Ability to
- 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
