Assistant HRBP

Job description

Job Title: Assistant HRBP
Salary: Circa £36,000 per annum plus Unilever benefits
Location: 100VE

Business Context and Main Job Purpose:

The role of Assistant HR Business Partner supports the delivery of HR Strategy working closely with the HRBP's of the Global Finance team. The primary focus of this role will be data analytics and data management, as well as management of HR Information Systems. This role will consolidate key HR information for HRBPs (e.g. headcount data, people moves, diversity stats, etc.) and will provide data inputs into other HR processes (e.g. HR Planning, Organisation design and People forums). This all will be provided by reassuring high level of data accuracy, and will enable drawing insights and actions to drive better business decisions.
In addition this role will support International Assignees and employees in the function, by interfaces with HR services and Global mobility teams to ensure delivery of core HR services to the business.

Additional focus will be managing daily ad hoc transactional requests and operational support to HRBPs, and will involve working with line managers. While many key stakeholders are UK based, this role requires the ability to work across team and geographies, making this a global role in a matrix organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Consider the bigger picture at all times by making connections and drawing conclusions about the impact of activities and issues on each other within their area of responsibility.
• HRIS champion – implement & utilize HR solutions with a robust understanding how the organisation works, both in terms of processes and organisation.
• Data accuracy management - Position management maintenance and data quality checks.
• Collect, collate and analyses metrics, data and feedback on the impact of the changes, and provides reports and insight on their progress. (e.g. T&O, People forums, HRP, FTEs)
• Manage IA processes across Global Finance groups.
• Ensure that talent data records are accurate and maintained, reflecting ongoing changes and appointments using Talent+
• Support the HR Business Partner in providing the data to build the implementation of initiatives to increase the efficiency of the organization.
• Understand and confidently use the tools and resources available e.g. Excel, MBI workbook
• Promote the use of MBI data over creating additional reports (i.e. turnover, retention, new hires)
• Run ad-hoc reporting and data analytics if these are not available in MBI.
• Assist and support HRBP and Line Manager with elements of recruitment (e.g. requesting correct position numbers).
• Support all managers and employees on ah-hoc queries.
• Take the lead in understanding the technology used in existing HR solutions and provides guidance and support to the HRBP team, line managers and employees on these tools.
• Bring in thinking on up to date HR practices to support creative solutions to current challenges
• Raise risks and opportunities with their manager that could impact the performance of the organisation

Key interfaces:

Internal:

• Global Finance HR Team
• Unilever Expertise teams
• HR Services (Globally)
• Line managers Finance department globally
• Employees Finance department globally

External:

• CIPD
• External legal support (when required)

Skills & Experience required:

• Graduate Level
• Previous HR experience
• Experience in HR data reporting and analysis
• Experience of working in a matrix organisation preferred

Unilever Leadership Behaviours:

Growth Mindset

• Takes emerging changes and threats in the market into account and in most situations responds to them effectively and quickly.
• Sees opportunities to position the organization better.
• Identifies evolving business requirements in order to adjust his/her actions.
• Is oriented towards company's success.

Consumer and Customer Focus

• Gets involved into the implementation of solution within client's organization, is able to give support.
• Manages to develop relations with external partners by using his/her expertise and credibility.
• Is able to go the extra mile to exceed customers' expectations.
• Manages to come up with original idea for the client.

Bias for Action

• Is able to make a decision for which sufficient, but not all information is available.
• Reacts when realises that a decision or plan is not working.
• In some situations dares to take calculated risk to let business evolve in a positive direction.
• Strives for goals, having deadlines in mind.

Accountability and Responsibility

• Does his/her best to keep his/her promises and to stick to made arrangements.
• Is able to take responsibility for mistakes made by (project) team members.
• Strives to set transparent rules and respect them himself/herself.
• Is fully aware of the objectives of the department/area.

Build Talent & Teams

• Notices learning opportunities for his/her employees and/or peers.
• Is open to cooperation with people who differ in gender or background.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the UK and Ireland. We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment. We are developing brands for people's lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow - making sustainable living commonplace.

Working at Unilever means that you get to take part in this exciting journey and work with amazing people who are really passionate about our large portfolio of famous brands. We want to improve billions of lives and you too can join us in making a sustainable difference.

HOW TO APPLY

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Or to apply now, click on “Apply to this job”. All candidate applications are reviewed in accordance with the criteria outlined for the job role. Please note that the closing date for the receipt of applications is 25/11/2015.

Candidates who have applied online can track their application through the candidate tracking link or, if you have any additional queries, you may contact the Recruitment hotline number on 0800 0284390.