Job Details

Strategic and thinking partners:

• Establish close partnership with clients in thinking strategically about business model and in providing scenarios to support business strategies and direction;

• Provide in-depth analysis and insight on available and needed talent to deliver on the business at hand- taking into account local cultural context;

• Provide guidance on change process and engagements;

• Partner in implementation; and provide advice on the necessary capacity building for staff affected by possible shifts.

Fact based Analysis and Work Force Planning and Management:

• Proactive use of HR analytics to effectively map out the staffing landscape and trends in the client area;

• Partner with managers in developing their talent strategies and create an effective and holistic framework, such as help create explicit line of sight, fact find and analyze talent landscape and hiring behaviors, advise on staff development and succession planning, help establish staffing levels, skills mix, and work force diversity and advances corporate goals, including support to job definition and selection of candidates, reassignment, mobility issues, and exit strategies and processes;

• Understanding and appreciation of the work place culture of Chennai

• In-depth understanding of the clients' business and respective model, and sound identification of the emerging HR implication and decisions that affect people.

Policy Advice:

• Advise staff and managers on HR policies and practices;

• Provide expert level strategic advice to develop innovative HR approaches and solutions to complex problems. Using sound judgment, consulting with others and leveraging HR resources as appropriate;

• Contribute to policy development by actively working with the Policy Unit on the need to adjust policy and by contributing to policy reviews.

Management of Talent and Performance:

• Support client managers and staff in proactive talent and performance management throughout the year providing expert advice on motivating staff for optimal performance, on support to staff with performance deficiencies, on establishing clear performance expectations and continuous feedback and feed forward;

• Advise managers on developing a high performance culture;

• Advise client managers on talent identification and career development options;

• Provide expert level of support on managing complex cases (e.g. performance, health and exit)

• Assist in identification of learning and development needs, and as required, design and implementation of capacity building interventions, provide advice on professional development and career related issues;

• Mentor junior staff.