HR Specialist

**Role is HR business partnering focused and works closely with management consultants across SEA office**:

- **Requires excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in a dynamic and fast paced MNC environment**:

- **Requires cands with around 4 to 7 years of HR business partnering experience**

Our client is a top notch and international professional service/consulting MNC sector. The role is based in town and is within walking distance from a MRT station.

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In this 18-month contractual role (with possibility of extension + 2mths completion bonus at the end of the contract), the incumbent will provide HR business partnering support for the delivery of people initiatives for the firm’s consulting staff. The individual will work with a team of HR professionals to deliver a convincing Employee Value Proposition while exemplifying the firm’s values on teamwork and professionalism.

Other plus points including working in a top notch and blue chip management consulting MNC with good exposure to stakeholders across SEA offices.

**RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES**:
**Business Partnering (about 40% to 50% of the time)**
- Administer customized Professional Development (PD) initiatives for management consulting staff by creating, tracking and providing support for the consulting body, including mentor pairings, regular performance checks,
- Process and coordinate the firm’s flex programs (Leave of Absence, Externships, Business School sponsorships, etc.) including drawing up of agreements and deeds.
- Take an active role in coordinating People Council (leadership) meetings, preparing & updating pre-meeting materials/dashboards, note, share and track next steps
- Advise and guide employees on relevant HR and PD policies
- Maintain regular engagement of stakeholders - including PD Managers, extended PD Team (Class Captains)
- Work closely with internal HR operations team to ensure smooth transition of various outcomes/decisions - in alignment to HR policies, to necessary administrative follow-ups.

**Performance Review**:

- Work together with the PD team to run the bi-annual performance calibration work stream end-to-end with the SEA PD Lead, including preparation of the calibration materials for the Consulting Leadership team and work through the compensation planning cycle which includes compensation administration after the review cycle.
- Front/ lead discussions with Staffing team to ensure accurate reporting of employee/staff allocation dates on cases
- Quality check performance reviews based on local guidelines and escalate reviews containing performance issues and/or not written according to the firm’s standards.
- Updating and upkeep of performance review excel dashboard

**The firm’s Flex program**:

- Work closely with PD Manager to coordinate milestones of the firm’s flex programs.
- End-to-end ownership of bi-annual program administration, including drafting of office wide communications, collating and tracking of requests, proactively identifying roadblocks and recommending resolutions, updating of stakeholders and thereafter, working with employee on administrating logistics of flex program.

**People Analytics**:

- To support HR/PD leadership team with human capital excel reports (for eg tracking of people movement - new hires, attrition, flex program users, weekly case team survey results) via regular updates, proactively flagging observed trends/outliers and providing recommendations on feasible follow-up actions
- Regular and accurate upkeep of dashboard, managing data from multiple sources.
- Preparation of monthly reports to different office stakeholders

**Other duties**:
Perform other duties and projects as assigned or as responsibilities dictate, including backup cover for other team members.

**QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS**:

- Bachelors’ Degree with around **4 to 7 years of HR business partnering experience gained with MNCs**:

- **Clear, excellent and effective communication skills.**:

- **Excellent organization, prioritization and time management skills**:

- Strong team player
- A dedicated attitude with a strong sense of ownership and high sense of self-awareness and empathy
- Comfortable with ambiguity and degree of autonomy
- Strong in stakeholder management skills coupled with the gravitas to deal with senior management
- Meticulous and detail-oriented
- Maturity and ability to navigate through varied employment regulations and challenges
- Flexibility and willingness to be very hands-on in all aspects of the role
- Enjoy interacting with employees with a keen passion for creating a positive working environment
- Ability to deal appropriately with highly confidential information with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to prioritize and juggle multiple tasks simultaneously. Very adaptable
- Thrive on challenges in a fast-paced environment where quality and speed are critical
- Excellent communication skills with a strong customer-service mindset
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