Our HR systems and processes are a critical success factor to enable this strategy. This role will sit across two workstreams that are looking at how our global TE can be better organized and better funded. This includes designing HR systems and processes to accommodate the effort reporting of technical experts, and supporting the recruitment of technical experts across the organization. This role be responsible for working with the global and regional HR leadership to ensure we follow Save the Children policy and global HR best practice. In addition, this role may support some work to support country offices in TE attraction and retention.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Good organisational planning skills and a proven ability to work with a large degree of independence, managing own workload and priorities and identifying opportunities to add value to the business.
• Proven record of accomplishment of change management within a multi-disciplinary and multi-site organisation.
• Adaptable and flexible and be able to manage changing priorities.
• Supporting and influencing others, enabling effective working as a member of a team and in collaboration with staff and volunteers with full commitment to organisational goals.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, collaborative style and approach, and ability to work effectively across cultures.
• Interpersonal awareness including listening and being able to consider different perspectives.
• Building relationships with team, managers, staff and volunteers.
• Proven experience of managing a wide range of UK employee relation’s casework and operating successfully in an advisory capacity with a generalist approach.
• Demonstrates strong business acumen, ensuring that HR policy or development activity addresses the business needs, providing consistent, business relevant advice to senior line managers and other HR staff.
• Proactive with plenty of initiative.
• Knowledge and good understanding of diversity issues including some understanding of issues around gender, age, cultural sensitivity and a commitment to SCI’s values and principles of equal opportunities.
• Competent in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills and an excellent communicator with a high level of written and verbal English.
• Enthusiastic individual who has a positive attitude and is comfortable dealing with employee relations issues.
• Previous experience being involved in HR project work
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, confidence to communicate appropriately with clients at all levels, both internally and externally.
• Experience in a UK generalist HR role within a large, complex global organisation.
• Sound knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice across the full spectrum of HR activity including working with external counsel
• Experience of reviewing and drafting HR policies, procedures and guidelines and of developing and implementing systems (including IT systems).
• Experience of working closely with specialist HR staff including Reward, L&D & Recruitment Specialists.
• Awareness of good HR practice in relation to child safeguarding.
• Strong eye for detail, particularly when issuing/drafting legal documents e.g. secondment agreements, employment contracts.

Desirable

• Experience in Save the Children movement, especially with HR systems and processes in Country Offices
• Understanding of the HR Oracle systems (including Taleo and ORC)