Job Description
Job Summary
The People Partner European Network, Americas and the Caribbean is a part-time role at 3 days per week supporting our teams in Brussels, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago. Working closely with our Regional and Divisional Directors, the role will support approximately 38 people. As we transform the approach to People Organisation & Culture, we are looking for people who are strategic, agile and collaborative. Building consistency, keeping on the ‘front foot’ of evolving people practices and bringing a proactive approach to attracting talent, people performance and development, workforce planning and enhancing the employee experience journey are important too. We are looking for someone who can develop new approaches and processes, bring people with them and collaborate in a truly global context.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a new and growing team who are at the heart of embedding our new strategy ‘Come Together’. We aspire to build great environments, deliver innovative services, listen to our people and nurture our leaders. Reporting to the Director of People, Organisation and Culture (DPOC), UK-based, it is part of a wider team of People Partners working throughout our geographical regions.
Responsibilities
Develop and implement regional people plans with the DPOC, Regional and Divisional Directors.
Devise, modify and manage the employee lifecycle journey to ensure a consistent and positive employee experience.
Plan recruitment to effectively attract diverse talent, pro-actively advising on the approach. Supporting selection directly, through training and coaching recruiting managers.
Build and manage an effective approach to managing talent, that brings more consistency across regions, improves performance and increases engagement.
Work closely with Regional Directors to manage resources effectively, build resilience and flexibility.
Identify, mitigate, and manage people and employee relations risks.
Manage the pay review cycle in region in line with Secretariat guidelines and working alongside People
colleagues.
Lead the local adaptation, modification and implementation of People Policies and Procedures in line with the Secretariat framework.
Advocate for the development of a learning organisation, where people are encouraged to proactively develop their careers.
Build trusted relationships at all levels to deliver IPPF’s People objectives while retaining line manager accountability through training and coaching support.
Recommend, devise and adapt interventions that improve engagement, wellbeing and support culture change.
Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.
Candidate profile
Qualifications & Experience
Fluent English and Spanish
Qualified HR Professional with significant experience across the full employee life-cycle.
Experience as an HR or People Partner or generalist, pro-actively advising Senior Management Teams.
Experience of advising and working across geographies and different legal jurisdictions internationally, particularly on recruitment & ER matters, would be a benefit.
Track record of developing and delivering ambitious people plans and managing/delivering projects.
Experience in the co-design/development of key people initiatives.
Qualified in the use of psychometric profiling that can be used in multi-cultural environments would be a benefit.
Track record of working successfully with diverse, multicultural and multilingual groups and experience of supporting teamworking in diverse environments.
Creative problem-solver, who thinks ahead and pre-empts risks/issues.
Understands the external dynamics, political/social/economic shifts and keeps up to date with functional/sectoral/legislative changes.
Skills
Influencing skills with the ability to challenge and support with resilience and emotional intelligence.
Good judgment and decision-making distilling the key elements of a context and balancing the different needs.
Planning and organising skills with the ability to adapt and flex to changing circumstances and deliver at pace.
Strong communication skills, verbal and written with experience of writing policies/procedures/contracts in a
user-friendly way without technical jargon and in a tone of voice that supports an inclusive culture.
Other regional languages would be a benefit e.g. French
Highest integrity and confidentiality, approachable and supportive.
Your Ethos
Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
Demonstrate an ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
An intersectional feminist who is passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights and justice, including safe abortion.
Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care.