People Manager | London, UK

People Manager Davies Consulting
London, United Kingdom
People Manager Davies Consulting
London, United Kingdom
Posted 1 day ago
Permanent
Competitive
Davies is currently seeking a People Manage to join its team on a Fixed Term Contract basis within our Human Resources team in London.The opportunity:The People Manager will be responsible for delivering end to end operational people processes and implementing various projects and change initiatives. This role will act as a business partner to specific practices, providing advice and guidance on all aspects of the employee life cycle and will have line management responsibility for one individual.You will:Take ownership of certain practices within the business, building strong relationships within and becoming a trusted advisor and go-to people person.Support and influence the people strategy initiatives within these practices.Delivery of high-quality day to day operational service.Challenge existing people processes to enhance value and ensure maximum efficiency in operational activities.Provide guidance and support on the performance management process.Coordinate the performance review process, including promotions, salary and bonus.Run moderation sessions in line with performance reviews and have the confidence to challenge ratings where necessary.Work closely with all line managers to build individual and collective line management skills and run a regular line management forum.Provide advisory support to employees and managers on a range of issues e.g. parental leave and flexible working requests.Manage any workplace investigations, disciplinary, grievance or under-performance cases, ensuring processes are managed fairly and accurately.Drive and instigate various projects throughout the year.Maintaining visibility and impact across the business to drive the people function's key priorities.Maintain management oversight for the benefits providers/brokers.Line manages the people coordinator within the team providing support and acting as a mentor and leading by example.Support gender pay reporting, albeit not currently a legal requirement. Support communications regarding the gender pay gap.Work to ensure all aspects of the employee life cycle are supported by necessary policies and procedures.Running exit interviews, identifying trends and sharing back with the business, making suggestions for improvement.Creation and presentation of HR KPIs, trend analysis and ad hoc reports as and when required.Support ad-hoc learning interventions such as knowledge shares and coaching.Experience:Relevant HR qualification, (country specific) e.g. CIPD level 5/77-10 years of operational, generalist HR experienceA track record in HR, providing best practice HR advice within professional services.Excellent communication skills - in particular listening, summarising and disseminationOpen, positive, pragmatic and collaborative in natureComfortable with ambiguity, with the ability to operate in a rapidly evolving and changing environment.Enthusiastic, ambitious, self-starter, with the ability and desire to learn quickly.Proven ability in influencing at management level.Experience of implementing change initiatives and improving processes successfullyConfident in (REGION) employment law and experienced in running employee relations matters.Intellectually strong, to apply themselves to new challenges and growth opportunities.Warm and sociable personal style, approachable with good sense of humour.Life at DaviesWe are expert-led specialists across banking, asset and investment management, financial markets infrastructure, wealth management, insurance, and reinsurance.What is important to you is what matters to us...Our people are at the heart of our business and that is why we are the Consultancy of choice for our clients. We recognise that the traditional 'workplace environment' has evolved and we want to nurture the benefits of this cultural shift for our employees whilst continuing to deliver expertise and an unrivalled service to our customers in our core, specialist areas.Our core values which underpin our day to day working practices are Expertise, Leadership and Teamwork.We live these values by ...Caring for the health and well-being of our colleaguesIncreasing diversity and inclusion within our workforceEncouraging and accommodating flexible and hybrid working arrangementsCreating a culture centred on interesting, complex, and challenging work and celebrating success.Enjoying a fun, friendly, supportive, and sociable team-based environmentSupporting performance driven career progression and providing access to professional skills enhancement via internal learning programsRecognising and celebrating the individual contributions of our colleaguesChampioning autonomy and empowerment of all our colleaguesAnd if that was not enough...Rewarding success and hard work!We offer a competitive basic salary and annual bonus based on performance.Benefits package includes:Private healthcare via BupaHealth cash back plan via BHSFGenerous annual leave planCompany contribution to pensionLife assuranceSeason ticket loan.Employee Referral ProgramInclusion and DiversityAt Davies, we are dedicated to building a culture of diverse perspectives and talent to support individual growth and superior business results. We strive to cultivate a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, valued and that they belong. Our global Charter summarises commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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