HR Business Partner

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HR Business Partner

Overview

Engages with Business Unit Heads as their partner in delivering People and Organizational agenda to ensure that they can efficiently deliver Business Goals and Priorities, aligned with the Institution's overall HR Strategy. Collaborates with Business Units in developing and implementing programs, strategies and initiatives related to plantilla / manning management, talent acquisition, employee relations, policy interpretation and application, corporate discipline, performance management, compensation management, career management, talent management, employee engagement, organizational design, employee/leadership development and training to support business goals and reinforce the Bank's corporate culture.

• Role Exposure: Business Partnership
  • Develops business units' HR strategy in alignment with Sector leadership and the broader Institutional HR strategy.
  • Manages employee relations, communication, feedback, engagement and issues resolution within the Sector and business units.
  • Manages the implementation of annual HR cycle deliverables, employee engagement, career management and talent and succession management.
  • Provides day-to-day coaching to business leaders and employees on actions relating to HR's core processes and programs.

Organization Design & Effectiveness and Culture Enhancement

• Promotes the Bank's culture by implementing people programs in partnership with Centers of Excellence.
• Partners with business leaders and Centers of Excellence in the design and development of training interventions and programs for employees.
• Partners with Centers of Excellence in the evaluation of jobs to ensure internal equity and alignment with organization goals, internal & external realities.
• Implements a mentoring/coaching system and facilitates discussions with individuals to strengthen the development process of employees for succession planning.
• Conducts and facilitates behavioral/culture-building programs for a specified target audience.
• Partners with business units in changes in plantilla and organizational structure (e.g., vacancies, reorganizations and consolidation) and ensures proper implementation.
• Manages employee movements via e-plantilla system (change in assignment/position title & separation).
• Prepares and releases advice to employees.
• Monitors bank-wide approved vs actual headcount for manpower planning.
• Monitors replacement of employees joining career management programs or those due for retirement.

Talent Acquisition

• Works with business leaders to identify talent strategies.
• Oversees external hiring as executed by the Talent Acquisition Department and internal talent movements.
• Oversees onboarding and regularization of talents under assigned business unit as executed by Centers of Excellence.

Industrial Relations and Corporate Discipline

• Ensures and promotes corporate discipline and compliance to policies in partnership with Employee and Industrial Relations Division.
• Instigates and facilitates the administrative process for non-operational or behavioral cases of business units, including offenses and sanctions identified in Bank policy.
• Initiates investigation and verification of data and coordinates with business units for such cases.
• Drafts, prepares and releases approved Show Cause Letters, Decision IOLs, and other documents related to resolution of such cases.

Management Reports

• Ensures preparation of timely and accurate management reports.

Others

• Facilitates offboarding of separated employees due to resignation and retirement.
• Acts as overall lead coordinator for assigned programs.
• Ensures compliance with appropriate regulatory requirements and bank policies.
• Recommends improvements in policies, systems and procedures to enhance operation effectiveness.
• Ensures proper management of the database.
• Performs other related functions as assigned from time to time.

• Minimum of 7 years experience as a strategic HR Business Partner.
• Strong working background in HR Management and HR best practices gained from years of experience in progressively responsible HR roles.
• Demonstrated project and people management skills.
• Experience addressing cultural change and transformation.
• Immersed in strategic thinking, development and execution.

Rank: Junior Officer

Unit: Enterprise Services Sector / Human Resources Management Group / HR Business Partnership Division / HR Business Partnership

Location: GT Tower, Makati City