Lead, Employee Relations MENAP & Africa
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- To work closely with HR business partners and HR Legal to up-skill line managers in effectively dealing with Employee Relations (ER) related matters.
- To work closely with HR Business partners to provide Advisory support and to deal with ER related issues and directly managing specific cases as agreed with Head of ER.
- To develop and maintain key internal relationships with stakeholders.
- End to End management of ER cases, including disciplinary, grievance, restructures, poor performance management, and mutual separation agreements.
- Fostering a sustainable working environment and capability building.
- Lead and support the development of effective employee relations strategies that are aligned to business objectives across Region/Country and influencing Group policies and practices.
Skills And Experience
- Fact-finding skill set.
- Cultural competence.
- Training & development.
- Project Management.
- Data analysis & reporting.
- Conflict resolution.
Qualifications
- ER specialist or qualified employment lawyer.
- Proven track record and in-depth experience of ER investigations and case management.
- Strong understanding of the local legislative and regulatory landscape.
- Experience in an international professional services/ banking environment.
- Proven experience in working in a complex matrix, with demanding and fast paced client groups.
- Experience of ER product & policy development.
About Standard Chartered
We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together We
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What We Offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.