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* Position HR as a strategic business partner within client groups, partnering with business leaders to ensure HR strategies align to overall business strategy, performance and objectives.
* Work with the senior HR team to develop the HR function and ensure that it is meeting the strategic objectives of the firm.
* Develop strong relationships with client groups and a good commercial understanding of how the business operates, strategic drivers, and financials, ensuring support is aligned.
* Collaborate with CoEs and other HR BPs to develop and implement effective people initiatives that enhance employee engagement and foster a positive organisational culture. This includes driving engagement with employee surveys, analysing feedback, and supporting the business to implement action plans to address areas of improvement.
* Partner effectively with the Centres of Excellence to understand their offering. Work with CoE’s to develop HR solutions which support the objectives of the practice areas.
* Collaborate with business leaders to develop and implement strategic workforce plans that align with the organisation's goals and objectives. This includes identifying future workforce needs, skills gaps, and succession planning.
* Drive stakeholder discussion and decision making around complex transactional work.
* Utilise HR analytics and metrics to inform decisions and measure the effectiveness of HR initiatives. Continuously assess and adjust strategies based on data insights.
* 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.
* Working with the senior HR team and the business on various change-management projects within the firm.
* Oversee the execution and management of cyclical activities, including, Talent Management, Performance Moderation, Salary Review, Engagement Survey, Promotion processes.
* Propose creative and commercial ideas that may lead to better strategic decisions.
* Work with the practice areas to ensure the most appropriate structure is in place to meet the strategic aims. Advise, plan and deliver on re-organisations, restructurings, redundancies and transfers as required.
* Work with and support the HR Advisors as appropriate on the implementation of various policies and practices including family leave, flexible working, mentoring, equal opportunities, headcount management, and dismissal.
* Work with the senior HR team to communicate and share expertise with the wider team.
* Foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture by supporting in addressing/mediating employee concerns. Ensuring performance management and employee relations issues are addressed promptly and appropriately, ensuring compliance with employment law and company policies.
* Manage complex employee relations, address grievances, and mediate conflicts.
* Proactively address workplace challenges and drive positive organisational change to foster a committed, high-performing workforce.
* Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, preferably legal or professional services
* Experience in working within a matrix structure with delivery through COEs within a HR function
* Strong knowledge of HR practices, policies, and employment laws
* Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
* Ability to use data and metrics to drive decision-making
* Strategic thinking and planning
* Talent management and development
* Organisational development and change management
* HR functional expertise
* Commercially astute and a good understanding of the practical application of HR
* Graduate or equivalent and ideally GCIPD qualified
* Strong influencing skills and able to build credibility quickly with the ability to inspire confidence and respect at all levels
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering
* Position HR as a strategic business partner within client groups, partnering with business leaders to ensure HR strategies align to overall business strategy, performance and objectives.
* Work with the senior HR team to develop the HR function and ensure that it is meeting the strategic objectives of the firm.
* Develop strong relationships with client groups and a good commercial understanding of how the business operates, strategic drivers, and financials, ensuring support is aligned.
* Collaborate with CoEs and other HR BPs to develop and implement effective people initiatives that enhance employee engagement and foster a positive organisational culture. This includes driving engagement with employee surveys, analysing feedback, and supporting the business to implement action plans to address areas of improvement.
* Partner effectively with the Centres of Excellence to understand their offering. Work with CoE’s to develop HR solutions which support the objectives of the practice areas.
* Collaborate with business leaders to develop and implement strategic workforce plans that align with the organisation's goals and objectives. This includes identifying future workforce needs, skills gaps, and succession planning.
* Drive stakeholder discussion and decision making around complex transactional work.
* Utilise HR analytics and metrics to inform decisions and measure the effectiveness of HR initiatives. Continuously assess and adjust strategies based on data insights.
* 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.
* Working with the senior HR team and the business on various change-management projects within the firm.
* Oversee the execution and management of cyclical activities, including, Talent Management, Performance Moderation, Salary Review, Engagement Survey, Promotion processes.
* Propose creative and commercial ideas that may lead to better strategic decisions.
* Work with the practice areas to ensure the most appropriate structure is in place to meet the strategic aims. Advise, plan and deliver on re-organisations, restructurings, redundancies and transfers as required.
* Work with and support the HR Advisors as appropriate on the implementation of various policies and practices including family leave, flexible working, mentoring, equal opportunities, headcount management, and dismissal.
* Work with the senior HR team to communicate and share expertise with the wider team.
* Foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture by supporting in addressing/mediating employee concerns. Ensuring performance management and employee relations issues are addressed promptly and appropriately, ensuring compliance with employment law and company policies.
* Manage complex employee relations, address grievances, and mediate conflicts.
* Proactively address workplace challenges and drive positive organisational change to foster a committed, high-performing workforce.
Essential Skills & Experience
* Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, preferably legal or professional services
* Experience in working within a matrix structure with delivery through COEs within a HR function
* Strong knowledge of HR practices, policies, and employment laws
* Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
* Ability to use data and metrics to drive decision-making
* Strategic thinking and planning
* Talent management and development
* Organisational development and change management
* HR functional expertise
* Commercially astute and a good understanding of the practical application of HR
* Graduate or equivalent and ideally GCIPD qualified
* Strong influencing skills and able to build credibility quickly with the ability to inspire confidence and respect at all levels
When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.
We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.
Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
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