As a People Experience Specialist, you will support the Talent
Manager in enhancing the overall employee experience by focusing on
people-centric initiatives and delivering premium HR services.
Your role is pivotal in fostering a positive work environment,
ensuring employee satisfaction, and driving engagement through
innovative HR practices.
Main responsibilities:
Operational Support
Lawyer Collaboration: Work closely with Practice
Groups lawyers in Brussels on all lawyer-related matters, ensuring
their needs are met and supported.
Mobility Program Coordination: Oversee the mobility
program placements both to and from the Brussels office, including
the receiving and sending of secondees to and from clients, while
liaising with key stakeholders to ensure smooth transitions.
Onboarding and Offboarding: Manage the new joiner
and leaver process for employees and lawyers, conducting new joiner
meetings and exit interviews to ensure a seamless experience.
Performance and Compensation Management: Coordinate
the mid-year and annual performance process, as well as the
compensation and bonus review, ensuring these processes run smoothly
and effectively.
Documentation and Reporting: Produce relevant
paperwork, letters, contracts, and reports for all HR-related
matters, maintaining accuracy and compliance.
Project Leadership: Lead or assist with ad hoc
project work covering areas such as retention, performance, and
talent management, focusing on enhancing the people experience.
Process Improvement: Maintain an overview of all HR
processes, prioritizing areas for improvement and ensuring
successful implementation to enhance the overall employee lifecycle.
Advisory: Provide comprehensive HR advice to
lawyers on all people-related matters, including performance and
capability, training programs, absence management, and flexible
working applications. As well as back up to the HR officer
supporting staff in people matters and payroll.
Travel requirements: None
About the team
Function
The Firm's People function has responsibility for recruiting,
supporting and developing all of the Firm's people, including our
Partners, Lawyers and Professional & Business Services, working
closely with the Firm's leadership to design and deliver the Firm's
people strategy, building on the Firm's core commitments to
collaboration, excellence and inclusivity. The function includes:
Talent Management
Recruitment & Mobility
Diversity & Inclusion
Leadership & Learning
Careers & Performance
Partner Services
Total Rewards
You will report to: Talent Manager, Brussels
Your direct reports, if any: None
Key relationships:
All employees in the Brussels office
Colleagues in the People function globally
Technical skills, qualifications and experience:
Bachelor's degree
Previous HR experience is essential
Experience within the legal sector or other professional services
firms is a must
Strong understanding of and key interest in the people experience lifecycle
Expertise in people experience and data analytics, with a strong
affinity for a data-driven approach
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
Experience in payroll administration matters
Working knowledge and understanding of employment law, policies,
and procedures
Ability to identify appropriate actions to resolve issues using
well-defined policies and procedures, with guidance from the Talent Manager
Ability to plan, schedule, and arrange own activities to
accomplish objectives
Ability to build rapport and develop relationships at all levels
Strong drive, delivery focus, and attention to detail
Collaborative approach, effectively working with others to achieve success
Personal qualities
These personal qualities represent the shared characteristics of high
performers across Baker McKenzie, regardless of job level and location.
Know how
Demonstrates the ability to identify the real issue, and to
anticipate requirements and potential consequences; distills a range
of possibilities by thinking in a considered, prudent manner
Has the capacity to take on new ideas and develop knowledge and
think holistically about business and address media, analyst,
employee, and client audiences
Able to move through a variety of tasks requiring different
approaches, knowledge, and expertise, with the agility of mind and
capacity for analysis and synthesis
Dedication
Driven by a strong personal sense of integrity and upholds
exemplary quality standards
Prepares thoroughly, takes responsibility, uses initiative and is
self reliant to ensure work progresses to the fullest extent possible
Hardworking and diligent with a keen understanding of client demands
Demonstrates composure when dealing with difficult situations
Personal Impact
Uses complex, coordinated influencing/negotiation strategies,
adapted to people, organizations, and/or the situation, e.g. networks
Leverages direct reports to facilitate increased collaboration
across the organization
Builds partnerships based on a common agreement that acknowledges
individual differences but creates a new commonality beyond root
belief large-scale
Creates a positive impression at all times; develops relationships
through collaboration and reciprocity
Negotiates to achieve mutually satisfactory outcomes; shows good
judgment on when to stand strong and when to compromise
Invests in, nurtures, and builds a network of productive relationships
Humanity
Respectful to others, regardless of their position, and earns the
respect of others by being transparent
Has care and concern for others and a genuine interest in others
as people
Treats delicate or confidential issues with grace and discretion.
About Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie helps clients overcome the challenges of competing in
the global economy. We solve complex legal problems across borders and
practice areas. Our unique culture, developed over 65 years, enables
our people to understand local markets and navigate multiple
jurisdictions, working together as trusted colleagues and friends to
instill confidence in our clients. This is an exciting time to join us
as we invest in and further develop our Professional & Business
Services organisation, providing rewarding and challenging career
opportunities in all of our world-class business functions.
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all. Our
unique international culture is reflected in the drawing together of a
worldwide family of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds
in all of our offices. We encourage the best people -regardless of
race, religion or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability,
sexual orientation or age - to fulfil their professional aspirations
with us.
