HR Consultant

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The Human Resource Consultant (HRC) is a trusted HR sparring partner to functional / business heads and their management teams and delivers comprehensive HR services to meet the needs of line managers and employees. The HRC works in close collaboration with the Centres of Expertise, HR Rewards and Performance Management, Strategic Recruitment, Julius Baer Academy and Business Management. The HRC also helps to further develop the HR function’s expertise in respect to advising and coaching line managers and employees, and to design, implement and maintain best-practice standards in this context. The HRC participates in HR projects through his/her expertise in the everyday HR service delivery

YOUR CHALLENGE

HR Advisory

Provides advice on all human capital matters, supports functional / business heads and their management teams in people-related issues, planning and decision-making by being an effective sounding board

Advise and coach line managers to ensure adherence to regulatory and statutory requirements throughout the employee life-cycle

Client Management (internal & external)

Support the implementation of the HR strategy in accordance with the strategy of the Bank and the strategy of the business

Support/coach functional / business heads in their Human Capital Management activities (Strategic Workforce Management, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Low Performer Process etc.)

Collaborates with the various HR Centres of Excellence, locally and also with Zurich

Maintain good working relationships with external recruiters and vendors

Recruitment

Utilises suitable channels to facilitate the sourcing of candidates for open roles

Provides insightful and balanced assessment of shortlisted candidates for managers to make sound hiring decisions

Propose hiring terms that are in line with the Bank’s compensation philosophy and balanced against external benchmarks and internal equity

Manages the hiring approval process

Performance Management and Compensation

Partners functional / business heads and their management teams in managing the performance management process of goal setting, mid-year reviews, year-end reviews, performance rating calibration, and potential evaluation exercises

Supports the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process with managers

Manages the compensation process with managers (e.g. salary benchmarking job matching, ad-hoc / year-end compensation review processes, etc)

Staff Issues and Disciplinary

Deals with staff issues in a fair, sensitive and balanced manner

Supports managers and control functions in dealing with disciplinary-related issues and breaches including conducting fact-finding sessions

Staff Development, Talent Management and Succession Planning

Supports functional / business heads and their management teams in:

Identifying and managing talents

Succession planning for leadership and critical roles

Initiatives that support staff development

Projects

Lead internal projects as assigned from time to time

Participate and contribute to other internal projects

Regulatory Responsibilities &/OR Risk Management

Demonstration of appropriate values and behaviours including but not limited to standards on honesty and integrity, due care and diligence, fair dealing (treating customers fairly), management of conflicts of interest, competence and continuous development, adequate risk management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations

YOUR PROFILE

Personal and Social

Strong Ability to influence and partner with senior leadership

Forward thinking and solution driven

Ability to balance business needs with people strategy along with excellent communication skill

Rational thinking

Abel to empathise and connect with people

Professional and Technical

12-15 years of HR generalist experience, preferably in a banking environment

Competent in the broad spectrum of HR functions (e.g. recruitment, performance management, compensation, employee relations etc)

Keep abreast of the latest developments in statutory and regulatory requirements as well as best practices

Experience in engaging stakeholders at different levels as a HR advisor

Experience in driving HR initiatives and Branch projects

We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool.