Junior People Services Advisor – Belgium

Job title:

Junior People Services Advisor – Belgium

Company

Arcadis

Job description

Job Description:Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.Role description:Operational people service delivery to all Arcadians, providing local expertise, advice, proactive solutions, and quality support through appropriate people frameworks, policies, and procedures.Reports directly to the People Services Manager or Director.Role accountabilities:Act as a trusted advisor & member of the People Services TeamAs a member of the Local People Services team, the People Advisor will establish trusted relationships with employees & line managers and provide front line advisory support on people initiatives, programs, or challenges. They will also collaborate with the business partner community and broader people services teams to support the total employee experience within a geographic area. The role will work closely with the People Services Manager to support an inclusive high performing organization, in line with the strategic People & Culture strategy.In more detail, the People Services Advisor will:

• Coach, support, and build capability in line managers to manage the employment relationship effectively.
• Coach line managers with end-to-end case management for all employee relation cases.
• Influence and coach line managers in complex cases where risk needs to be managed.
• Provide general advice and support to line manager community on all people matters, including performance management, wellbeing and employee relation cases.
• Work closely with the Global Shared Services Center to ensure the business receives efficient and high-quality people administration services.
• Facilitate the Arcadis Belgium Welcome Day and new starter inductions, as well as offboarding activities and other employee lifecycle events.
• Lead/support the development and maintenance of People policies and processes.
• Support change initiatives, including acquisitions, restructures, redundancies, redeployment, etc.
• Responsible for identifying continuous improvement ideas in People processes to drive positive employee experience.
• Share knowledge and best practice with the wider People team to build capability.
• Provide and support the Strategic People Business Partners with analytics to enable deep dives into specific common issues.
• Become a specialist in specific domains of employee relations to the wider People Services team to deal with complex queries (e.g. Global Mobility, Wellbeing, …).
• Assisting with the cyclical and operational People needs of the business e.g., recruitment, promotions, with full responsibility for operational aspects of People Services and supporting People Business Partners in operational aspects of People Services.

General

• Responsible for delivering proactive, timely, and high-quality People services.
• The role holder will be expected to work across different Global Business Areas, where required.
• The People Advisor will work collaboratively within the People Operating model to support the wider business.
• Play a key role in the local People Services network and take an active role on group wide People projects as needed.
• Role Model the Arcadis Way
• Act as a visible steward of health and safety and ensuring familiarity and compliance with Health and Safety regulations and guidelines.

Key Shared Accountabilities:

• Provide advisory services in support of strategic People programs (e.g. Talent Management, Performance & Reward, and Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging), incorporating our cultural pillars (Sustainability, Inclusion, Accountability, and Human – centricity).
• Establish trusted relationships with the employees & line managers.
• Provide front-line advisory on people initiatives and programs with a strategic people or business impact.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to co-create, develop, and support people solutions

Qualifications & Experience:The candidate should have an academic degree (preferably in human resources) and a minimum of 2 years of progressive (human resources) experience. They should have broad experience and understand the complexity of leading people issues. Further the candidate should have experiences with diverse and complex matrix businesses in and familiarity working within a People Shared Services & Centers of Excellence model.

• Good working knowledge of English, Dutch and French.
• People services experience gained in high volume, transactional environments with disciplinary, grievance, performance management and sickness absence management cases.
• Evidence of dealing with complex cases and influencing managers in decisions to mitigate risk to the business.
• Demonstrable understanding of how people issues impact the business and how HR can create value for the business.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build solid working relationships.
• Strong organisation skills are important, as well as strong attention to detail, an ability to multitask and see work through to full implementation.
• Demonstrates a pro-active approach.
• Ability to adapt in a changing environment.
• Ability to use research methods effectively, including data collection, diagnostic, and analytical skills.
• Good working knowledge of employment laws and practices.
• Experience in People data systems and processes.

Why Arcadis?We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone’s contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.Together, we can create a lasting legacy.Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & BelongingWe want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.#LI-CB3#LI-Hybrid

Expected salary

Location

Brussel

Job date

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:49:27 GMT

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