People and Culture Business Partner

South Pole is an energetic, global company offering comprehensive sustainability solutions and services. With offices spanning all continents across the globe, we strive to create a sustainable society and economy that positively impacts our climate, ecosystems and developing communities. With our solutions, we inspire and enable our customers to create value from sustainability-related activities.

Our Corporate Functions team is the “enablement engine” of South Pole. Behind the scenes, we provide the business with world-class solutions and best practices that sustain business growth and success. We cover key areas such as Finance, HR, Office Management, Legal, IT, Operations, etc. If you are a smart, ambitious and dynamic professional with a strong passion to make a real difference in the fight against climate change, the below position may be right for you

**Job summary**:
The (Senior) People & Culture Business Partner for Corporate Services will be responsible for providing broad P&C advice and support to the designated business unit(s) within the business line. This role will evolve with time into a regional Europe BP position as we are growing and expanding our presence globally and in Europe in particular. This position reports to the People & Culture Lead Corporate Services and Climate Investments and will partner with the management team(s) of the designated business unit(s), two more P&C Business Partners within the Corporate Sevices and Climate Investments business partnering domain and the COEs, to understand our key business challenges and provide world-class HR solutions and support in alignment with the overall People & Culture strategy. This is a position that requires someone who is comfortable working on practical and administrative issues, as well as supporting the business more strategically.

**Main tasks & responsibilities**:

- Key point of contact to partner with and advise managers at unit level on a broad variety of HR matters (recruitment/staffing plans, performance, compensation, talent development, training, recognition, diversity, engagement, terminations, wellbeing, etc.).
- Drive a broad range of HR solutions and processes to meet the evolving needs of our growing business
- Together with the main leaders of the unit, plan the staffing needs for each area
- Ensure that the recruitment process is carried out in a timely and quality manner through direct coordination with the recruitment team assigned to the unit.
- Be responsible to keep the headcount in the respective unit(s) updated to ensure strong and solid analytics
- Drive the annual salary review process within your business unit(s) together with the leadership teams
- Participate in the performance management process and facilitate performance calibration meetings at business unit level as well as prepare analytics to identify opportunities
- Process promotions within your business unit, ensuring they are adequately justified and align with HR policies, business needs and employee development plans
- Support/challenge any change initiatives around bonus schemes
- (Co) Identify and in conjunction with COE Talent Development, implement training needs within the business unit, in collaboration with the Talent, Learning and Development team
- Support employees and managers by proactively focusing on employee development, coaching them individually, and facilitating workshops and learning sessions as needed
- (Co) Drive the internal talent review and succession planning activities for the business unit
- Contribute to the design of career development pathways and communicate these to all employees within the function
- Raise awareness of any possible retention risks within the business unit, propose and implement solutions to address these, in alignment with our overall HR strategy and values
- Raise awareness of any issues affecting employee engagement and work with managers and the broader HR team in a proactive way to address these

**Requirements**:
Essential
- University degree in a relevant field of study
- Extensive relevant experience as HR BP, of which several years in a role with a regional or global focus
- Strong cultural sensitivity
- Broad understanding of core HR processes, with relevant experience in recruitment, staffing plans, performance management, compensation and benefits, learning and development, talent management, employee engagement, etc.
- Outgoing personality who is comfortable interacting with senior management on a broad range of complex HR matters
- Proactive and driven approach, able to identify challenges and suggest solutions before problems arise
- Strong business acumen, able to understand business challenges and translate these into effective HR solutions
- Innovative thinker, who is able to define effective solutions to global HR challenges
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Proficient English oral and written mandatory; an