Job description Posted 23 May 2022

Role Title: HR Transformation Consultant, Group HR

Global Career Band: 4

 

Role purpose

Accountable for the successful delivery of HR priority programmes, in this case:

  • ensuring that all countries update their flexible working policies and guidance documentation, in line with a new Group framework by end of 2022.
  • Support employee engagement initiatives and communications campaigns to increase awareness and adoption of flexible working arrangements, which the new policy enables.

 

What you’ll do:

 

Accountabilities for Business, Customers and Stakeholders

  • Ensure implementation across the HR portfolio is effectively manage, including any additional Change processes.
  • Ensure clear and concise plans are in place and that these are clearly aligned with the strategy.
  • Detailed monitoring and reporting on the projects assigned, and highlight through governance when initiatives are at risk of or go ‘off track’.
  • Prepare and deliver presentations and updates to key senior stakeholders.

 

Leadership & Teamwork

 

  • Support a positive work culture within the HR Transformation function based on respect for people, integrity of actions, creativity and collaboration leading to increased productivity
  • Collaborate with all relevant stakeholders – inside and outside of the department – working closely with wider functional, regional and business line teams, building strong relationships, ensuring consensus and effectively influencing outcomes

 

What you will need to succeed in the role:

 

Functional Knowledge

  • Knowledge of HR departments and Global Service Owned areas / HR CoEs, including HR core platforms and processes
  • Strong understanding of HSBC Group structures, values, behaviours, processes and objectives
  • Good understanding of and proven experience in change and delivery methodologies e.g project management or Agile, in the context of transformation
  • Knowledge of key project risks and considerations
  • Knowledge of the external environment – regulatory, political, competitors etc.
  • Knowledge of the Global businesses and broad understanding of the role of HR in an organisation

 

Knowledge of and experience in one or more of these areas:

  • Experience in change management (i.e. managing people and organizational risks and changes that may occur as a result of implementing transformation projects/ programmes)
  • Experience in design, including understanding and ideally experience of the application of Design Thinking methods (workshop design and facilitation, development of personas and experience journey mapping etc.).
  • Experience of developing and implementing ways of working to promote agile HR and associated design methods and tools.