Senior HR Business Consultant (FTC)
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd is seeking a Senior HR Business Consultant for an 18 month fixed term contract/ secondment.
Reporting to the HR Business Partner, this role will support the delivery of our overall people strategy and business goals.
This role is accountable for leading a team of HR professionals while partnering with leaders to shape, influence, and execute people initiatives that enable business performance.
The successful candidate will be responsible for partnering with designated areas of the business to provide guidance on key people matters such as talent management, employment law, employee engagement and change management topics.
Working closely with stakeholders, this role will partner with the wider HR team to help execute on people related topics to support the achievement of business goals.
This role may be available part-time or full time.This is because we want the best people for our roles, and we recognise that sometimes those people aren't available full-time.
Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you may need.
Your Role
As a Senior HR Business Consultant your main responsibilities will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:
Manage and coach a team of HR Business Consultants based across our Dublin & Wexford offices that provide HR support across a range of HR topics including talent management, talent acquisition, employment law, employee relations, employee engagement, benefits, HR Operations, change management and HR processes.
Drive our overall people stratgey including workforce planning and capability-building initiatives ensuring functions consider current and future workforce demographics, skills, and capabilities.
Provide expert guidance on employment matters including managing complex cases.
Influence organisational change and transformation.
Support our HR governance and risk management.
Oversee HR Business Partnering processes and ensure a high-quality employee experience.
Support our performance, reward, and succession planning cycles
Work closely with people managers to provide guidance and direction to ensure consistent application of and adherence to people related policies and procedures.
Partner with the Integrated Talent Management and Organisational Development areas to identify and support employee development and organisational development needs.
Assist in development of HR policy and procedures
Support/lead and influence change management initiatives to meet business requirements.
Support our people sustainability ambitions including internal skill development and mobility to better future proof our people.
Develop strategies for talent acquisition, development, and retention to bridge these gaps.
Manage/support the HR workstreams of HR and business projects where required including acting as a support to HR Project Governance.
Data preparation and analysis to provide recommendations for relevant meetings, e.g. on workforce composition.
Resonsible for ensuring key metrics and reports are provided in a timely manner to support overall inisght and oversight.
Partnering with the broader HR team, this role will be a key support to ensuring a strong overall culture exists, one that creates an environment in which all our employees feel included.
Supports initiatives aimed at enhancing the overall employee experience and employee engagement.
Further Accountabilities
Model behaviors that demonstrate commitment to corporate values.
Provide guidance and support for team members.
Take action to manage own personal development and encourage others to do the same.
Contacts / Relationships
This role focuses on providing outstanding HR service and support to our internal clients, primarily line managers and employees.
You will collaborate with colleagues across the business, helping them achieve their objectives and ensuring we deliver on Zurich's promise to our people.
Skills / Experience
As a Senior HR Business Consultant your skills and qualifications will include:
A HR related qualification is beneficial
HR related experience is required with generalist experience an advantage
Evidence of further development in business partnering skill areas such as employment law etc.
Strong communication, collaboration and relationship building skills necessary
Ability to multi task and manage deadlines
Additional Information
Primary work location is Dublin.
Occasional travel may be required to other Zurich locations.
Hybrid working will be faciliated as part of our way of working.
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