Job Description | Human Resources Business Partner
Department: Human Resources
Location: Manchester / London / Edinburgh
The Team
The HR team in the UK consists of over 100 people. We have specialist
teams in Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment and Management, Learning
and Development, Systems and MI and Reward. The HR Operations team are
based in offices across the UK, working as one team to deliver a
business partnering service to our fee earning and business services teams.
The purpose of the HR Business Partner role is to work with and
influence key stakeholders and partners to improve business
performance by identifying areas for improvement and facilitating
change initiatives. This HR Business Partner role will support various
fee earning departments based across regional offices.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering
Work with the senior HR team to develop the HR function and ensure
that it is meeting the strategic objectives of the firm.
Position HR as a strategic business partner within client groups
and contribute to business planning and strategic discussions by
providing commercial advice and support on all HR Operational issues.
Develop and sustain strong business relationships with client
groups to become a trusted advisor.
Coach and support Partners, Managers and Team Leaders in their
development of their people management skills.
Work with the wider business to ensure initiatives and solutions
have full support ahead of implementation. Influencing and
supporting change management across the practice.
Propose new ideas that may lead to better strategic decisions.
Work with the groups to ensure the structure of the practice areas
is appropriate to meet the strategic aims of the various teams.
Advise, plan and deliver on re-organisations, restructurings,
redundancies and transfers.
Work with and support the HR Advisors as appropriate on the
implementation of various policies and practices including
maternity, flexible working, mentoring, equal opportunities,
headcount management, and dismissal.
Work with the senior HR team to communicate and share expertise
with the wider team.
Work with L&D colleagues to ensure that fee earners have the
right skills, experience and knowledge to manage people effectively
and to help and support them when gaps are identified. Facilitate
and assist with L&D programmes as and when required.
Career Development and Talent Management
Work with Partners to support ongoing and effective career
development conversations across the client groups.
Coach client groups in the delivery of effective feedback and
constructive performance management based discussions.
For the client groups, lead the annual fee earner performance
moderations process, working as a project team with the Senior HR
Manager, other HR Business Partners, and the HR Advisors.
Lead the Talent Management process for the client groups,
collating and acting upon the data to manage promotion decisions and
succession planning.
Salary Review
Keep up to date on market intelligence on salaries and
remuneration for the fee earning groups and feed that back into the
salary review process.
Run and implement the salary review process for client groups.
Projects
Working with the senior HR team and the business on various
change-management projects within the firm
Essential Skills & Experience
Graduate or equivalent and ideally GCIPD qualified.
HR Professional with previous experience of building effective
relationships with senior stakeholders.
Preferably legal or professional services experience.
Experience of managing junior staff preferable.
Strong team player essential.
Commercially astute and a good understanding of the practical
application of HR.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong influencing skills and able to build credibility quickly.
Integrity and discretion.
Ability to inspire confidence and respect at all levels.
Flexible in thinking and approach.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global
law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and
commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction,
energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a
comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal
services and commercially minded legal advice to businesses
operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating
in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and
inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities
and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities
through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and
minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480
partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people
overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
For more about the firm, its
lawyers, offices and areas of expertise and for the latest industry
thought leadership please visit www.clydeco.com
Our Values
Our values are the principles that
guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and
strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:
Work as one
We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a
firm-first mentality to achieve success
Excel with
clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to
deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the
centre of everything we do
Celebrate
difference We help each other to be at our best and
believe our differences result in greater achievement
Act boldly We
seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising
that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and
professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to
be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to
fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services
career development. They vary across levels and different business
areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness
This is the job description as constituted at present; however the
Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the
changing needs of the business.
