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HR Business Partner
Recruiter / HR / Admin
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Remote / WFH
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Introduction summary
Cambridge Consultants is a leading product design and development consultancy with a truly global reach. Headquartered on the Science Park in Cambridge and with offices in Boston, Singapore and Tokyo we are widely recognised for putting together multi-disciplinary teams that are passionate about our clients' success. Our people work together to identify and develop deep technology that can shape the future. We work extensively across a wide range of sectors, and the HR Business Partner will work closely with our Global HR Team and partner with our Business Unit Leader Teams across the global organisation, developing local people strategies in line with the Company and People-Team strategy, vision and goals.
A hands-on role providing high quality operational HR expertise to allocated business groups. Working alongside the other members of the People Team the HR Business Partner will provide a proactive and commercially focussed people service across the employee life cycle. The HR Business Partner is expected to contribute to delivering the People strategy by providing both transformational advice and transactional support across all key areas of HR including talent management, retention, reward, organisational design and people development – delivering proactive people initiatives and solutions that deliver measurable value to the company.
Pivotal to the success is the ability to provide strategic input, operational best practice and the ability to act as both influencer and enabler ensuring that the role adds demonstrable value to the company goals of CC.
Specific Responsibilities
This role will bring experience and knowledge of best practice HR to the organisation, supporting CC's HR and EDI strategy and HR transformation projects. Key responsibilities are:
Working with Line Managers to embed good people practices; acting as their coach, educator and enabler
Collaborate with line managers to understand business goals and support development of the people strategy to align with company objectives
Provide practical HR guidance to managers and employees
Deliver cost effective, pragmatic solutions for complex or escalated employment relations issues including performance, absence, conduct etc
Working with the Head of HR Ops, support the compensation and pay review process for designated BUs to ensure fair pay and to ensure process timescales are met
Ensure promotions, salary reviews and performance management are managed in alignment with our internal processes and benchmarking activities
Contribute to embedding any HR strategic initiatives across BUs such as, performance management etc;
Drive the Talent Management/Succession process for the business area ensuring consistent solutions are embedded to attract, retain and develop talent
Collaborate with the Global People team to shape and support the deployment of high-quality HR initiatives, policies, and processes across the employee life cycle
Support the head of HR ops with HR policies, processes and template reviews to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, mitigate operational risks and uphold HR best practices
Analyse and report on people and performance trends and metrics and identify appropriate HR solutions/recommendations for improvement
Working with the Head of HR Ops to support employee engagement initiatives, including responding to the findings from the employee engagement survey and in partnership with the relevant BU, development of clear HR plans to address any areas of concern for the business area
Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and to act responsibly on matters of data disclosure both internally and to third parties
Lead specific HR-related projects that fulfil our overall HR strategy
Experience and Skills:
Ideally CIPD Level 7 qualified
Significant work experience at a HR BP/HR Manager level
Self-starter, with good problem solving and decision-making abilities
Comfortable with taking ownership of tasks/projects
Confident in establishing relationships with many varied internal and external stakeholders with whom the role is expected to work daily
Excellent planning and organisational skills
Collaborative Team Player: works collaboratively, across a range of stakeholder groups, to deliver shared objectives. Role models 'One Team' mentality and encourages the same in others. Consistently ensures a global view.
HR Insight: a sound understanding of employment law and best practice to proactively challenge and make recommendations for continuous improvement to enhance the HR offering
Proactive, resilient & highly adaptable
Nice to have:
Experience working with highly technical customer group or in a consultancy environment
Global HR experience (supporting teams in the US & Asia)
Good understanding of EDI
Good data analytics skills
Project management skills
Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills would be beneficial
Introduction summary
Cambridge Consultants is a leading product design and development consultancy with a truly global reach. Headquartered on the Science Park in Cambridge and with offices in Boston, Singapore and Tokyo we are widely recognised for putting together multi-disciplinary teams that are passionate about our clients' success. Our people work together to identify and develop deep technology that can shape the future. We work extensively across a wide range of sectors, and the HR Business Partner will work closely with our Global HR Team and partner with our Business Unit Leader Teams across the global organisation, developing local people strategies in line with the Company and People-Team strategy, vision and goals.
A hands-on role providing high quality operational HR expertise to allocated business groups. Working alongside the other members of the People Team the HR Business Partner will provide a proactive and commercially focussed people service across the employee life cycle. The HR Business Partner is expected to contribute to delivering the People strategy by providing both transformational advice and transactional support across all key areas of HR including talent management, retention, reward, organisational design and people development – delivering proactive people initiatives and solutions that deliver measurable value to the company.
Pivotal to the success is the ability to provide strategic input, operational best practice and the ability to act as both influencer and enabler ensuring that the role adds demonstrable value to the company goals of CC.
Specific Responsibilities
This role will bring experience and knowledge of best practice HR to the organisation, supporting CC's HR and EDI strategy and HR transformation projects. Key responsibilities are:
Working with Line Managers to embed good people practices; acting as their coach, educator and enabler
Collaborate with line managers to understand business goals and support development of the people strategy to align with company objectives
Provide practical HR guidance to managers and employees
Deliver cost effective, pragmatic solutions for complex or escalated employment relations issues including performance, absence, conduct etc
Working with the Head of HR Ops, support the compensation and pay review process for designated BUs to ensure fair pay and to ensure process timescales are met
Ensure promotions, salary reviews and performance management are managed in alignment with our internal processes and benchmarking activities
Contribute to embedding any HR strategic initiatives across BUs such as, performance management etc;
Drive the Talent Management/Succession process for the business area ensuring consistent solutions are embedded to attract, retain and develop talent
Collaborate with the Global People team to shape and support the deployment of high-quality HR initiatives, policies, and processes across the employee life cycle
Support the head of HR ops with HR policies, processes and template reviews to ensure compliance with legislative requirements, mitigate operational risks and uphold HR best practices
Analyse and report on people and performance trends and metrics and identify appropriate HR solutions/recommendations for improvement
Working with the Head of HR Ops to support employee engagement initiatives, including responding to the findings from the employee engagement survey and in partnership with the relevant BU, development of clear HR plans to address any areas of concern for the business area
Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and to act responsibly on matters of data disclosure both internally and to third parties
Lead specific HR-related projects that fulfil our overall HR strategy
Experience and Skills:
Ideally CIPD Level 7 qualified
Significant work experience at a HR BP/HR Manager level
Self-starter, with good problem solving and decision-making abilities
Comfortable with taking ownership of tasks/projects
Confident in establishing relationships with many varied internal and external stakeholders with whom the role is expected to work daily
Excellent planning and organisational skills
Collaborative Team Player: works collaboratively, across a range of stakeholder groups, to deliver shared objectives. Role models 'One Team' mentality and encourages the same in others. Consistently ensures a global view.
HR Insight: a sound understanding of employment law and best practice to proactively challenge and make recommendations for continuous improvement to enhance the HR offering
Proactive, resilient & highly adaptable
Nice to have:
Experience working with highly technical customer group or in a consultancy environment
Global HR experience (supporting teams in the US & Asia)
Good understanding of EDI
Good data analytics skills
Project management skills
Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills would be beneficial
