Legal Associate

Alumni Services is a global digital transformation management consultancy with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, the UK, and Australia providing high-end expertise to industry-leading clients to drive real business improvement through disruptive technologies.

Pay: $10,000 - $12,500 a month

Job type: Permanent

Location: Pulled from the full job description

Note: This description includes the role of People Lead within Alumni, focusing on people strategy, culture, and operations.

The People Lead is responsible for the design, delivery and management of the People Strategy for Alumni in alignment with business priorities and planned growth. The role acts as a strategic advisor within the leadership team and as a key culture carrier, ensuring that all Alumni staff are aligned with the values framework of the organisation: Integrity and Accountability; Collaboration; Sense of humour and perspective; Positive pragmatism.

Business Partnership and Organisational Design

• Support growth of the organisation through long term people planning and design
• Culture owner, protecting and integrating the Alumni culture into the employee lifecycle
• Design and implement development and training programs
• Develop assessment processes for talent review, succession planning, performance management, and career development
• Manage, train and develop the People team in line with Alumni growth (one direct report)
• Provide leadership coaching and support across all entities
• Report to the board on people activities on a quarterly basis
• Own culture and engagement initiatives including biannual Employee engagementPulse, Culture geo leads and Escape

HR Operations

• Employment relations – mitigate business risks, ensure alignment with employment law and labour relations; manage underperformance and employee exit strategies
• Total Reward – design compensation, mobility, benefits, health and wellness
• Regulatory alignment across entities; ownership of HRS and people data management; creation and update of people policies

Talent Acquisition/Resource Management

• Design, plan and coordinate talent acquisition programs to meet staffing needs
• Develop sourcing strategy and recruitment tools/partnerships
• Manage recruitment flow, identify talent gaps and build sourcing pools
• Head-hunt in Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, Australia; global head-hunting for Associates
• Resource management of the Associates pool; support outcome-based engagements
• Improve and run Associate community engagement; act as the face of Alumni to Associates
• Embed and showcase Alumni culture and values to Associates; encourage Associate sales and commercial mindset
• Oversee employment branding and employee value proposition
• 10+ years HR experience with strong Resourcing and Generalist background
• Hands-on and strategic; creative solutions across the employee lifecycle; respond to people needs
• Outstanding stakeholder management and engagement skills
• Experience in regional or global roles; apply best proactive employment legislation across geographies
• Experience in the Consulting sector and/or startup environments preferred

• 10+ years HR experience with strong background in Resourcing and Generalist roles
• Proven ability to be both hands-on and strategic
• Excellent stakeholder management and engagement skills
• Experience in regional/global roles and in the Consulting sector or startup environments preferred

Please be aware that some items in the original description pertain to other domains (e.g., regulatory roles in different industries) and have been consolidated to reflect the primary focus on the People Lead position at Alumni. If there are regulatory-specific requirements relevant to this role, they should be added explicitly in a separate section.