HR Adviser - Associate (FTC - maternity cover)

Company purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work

• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact

• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business area

The UK CIB HR Department supports CIB staff and managers in London, providing them with a full range of strategic advisory and transactional services (in terms of payroll, reward, pension and benefits, recruitment, career management, learning & development and employee relations). In regular contact with the Group HR Department of BNP Paribas S.A. (headquartered in Paris), CIB HR is the entry point for all CIB employees on any HR issue. The team in London comprises of circa 70 HR professionals. 

Job purpose 

This role is to provide support to the HR Business Partner Team. The HR Adviser will assist with the administration of the day-to-day operations of the employee lifecycle transactions providing a bridge between the HR Business Partners and the HR Administration team based in Lisbon and will take full ownership for transactions well defined by respective policies.

The HR Adviser will carry out responsibilities in the following areas: HR projects and initiatives, HRIS co-ordination, Employee Relations, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits, Administration, international mobility, joiner and leaver processes. 

Key responsibilities

• Provide HR support and advice to employees and line managers, explaining policies and procedures in a timely and effective manner. 
• Coordinate flexible working arrangements with employees and managers. 
• Work closely with the HR Connect team and Payroll to solve queries on data and payments.
• Provide support in investigations for disciplinary and grievance procedures. 
• Provide administrative support to HR Business Partners on redundancies. 
• Maintain employee files. 
• Act as a central point of contact for the wider HR team.
• Prepare information for the HR Business Partners relating to compensation, appraisals, job descriptions and deal with adhoc requests for information. 
• Collate information and analysis as required relating to HR initiatives and requests from the business. 
• Liaise with Inspection Generale & Audit on information requests.
• Assist and facilitate HR Approval processes. 
• Contribute to miscellaneous HR projects as a project administrator and co-ordinator. 
• Liaise with managers, employees and the different teams within HR to ensure a smooth onboarding and Leaver process. 
• Assisting with Employee Relations cases, including investigation support where necessary and drafting and concluding legal agreements. 
• Conduct exit interviews, report on trends and escalate issues when appropriate. Updating global database with feedback from interview. 
• Coordinate closely and notifying HR Connect and other stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate updates to HRIS and global database. 
• Coordinate cost centre and headcount changes for the business, liaising with business managers where appropriate.
• Support International Mobility cases, including right to work checks and manage Short Term Assignment missions end-to-end

Requirements

• Previous experience within an HR team desired. 
• MS Word - Must have a minimum of intermediate skills, good typing skills an advantage 
• MS Excel - Ideally will have intermediate to advanced skills, the ability to put together spreadsheets with formulae and filters, produce charts and graphs, v lookups, pivot tables 
• MS PowerPoint - intermediate to advanced skills 
• Good general IT skills and now how to navigate through databases and retrieve information efficiently. 
• Knowledge of HR System desirable 
• High level of attention to detail, and records information accurately 
• Excellent Communication skills, with good written and verbal English 
• Uses own initiative and can work independently whilst applying good judgement to escalate when needed
• Takes responsibility for own work 
• Understands and implements processes 
• Good level of numeracy 
• Appreciates and understands the need for confidentiality and deals with all HR and training issues in a discreet and sensitive way and with respect to GDPR rules
• Prioritisation & Time Management while multi-tasking 
• Ability to deal with stakeholders at all levels 

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.

• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.

• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.

• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.  

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.

• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal opportunities

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

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