Lead People Advisor Implementation at British Council

, , United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

People Management, Stakeholder Management, Employee Relations, HR Policies, Legal Context, Business Change, Data Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Team Leadership, Advisory Services, Organizational Insight, Market Conditions, Change Management, Problem Solving, Capability Building, Communication

Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Description

Working with people in over 200 countries and territories, we are on the ground in more than 100 countries. Manage the relationship with key stakeholders and develop an in-depth knowledge of the businesses and their change plans and the culture being driven in order to advise on people implications of the business plans. Work with Hub Lead Advisors, to support workstreams in managing Union /legal relationships with the Country Directions. Manage the relationship with the People Solutions and ER teams within the hub to support the implementation, and with relevant resources with People Experience and Insight to ensure consistent use of frameworks and processes. Provide people solutions to support the implementation of business change plans across the regions. Work in partnership with people business partners to support local management to identify the people implications of their change plans across defined organisational areas, providing local insight relating to market conditions, legal context, etc. Lead the team of geographically dispersed Advisors responsible for providing expertise, advice and specialist support, building the capacity and capability required to deliver the agreed services. Apply advanced HR functional knowledge to solve a range of complex business issues across the regions; including the use of relevant people data. Support understanding of complex problems and enable informed business-planning and decision-making through the change programme by providing relevant local knowledge and insight. Manage ER cases related to the change programmes and use standard methodologies and frameworks to drive consistency across the team. Work with ER /caseworkers where necessary. Build management capability through delivery of advisory services that build management confidence to address people-related challenges and encourages early resolution in the case of workplace conflict. Minimum/essential Experience of leading a geographically dispersed team delivering People function solutions across multiple geographies and time zones Demonstrable experience of working at a senior level with a People function team, and understanding of and ability to use, core HR policies and processes within a legal context Experience of working within external legal providers and internal CoEs, in particular, Employee Relations

Responsibilities

Manage relationships with key stakeholders and advise on people implications of business plans. Lead a geographically dispersed team to provide expertise and support for business change initiatives.