People Advisory Manager

Job description
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Overall
Purpose

Reporting to the Associate Director – People Operations and Advisory,
you will play a full role in the development and delivery of the RSM’s people
strategy – Make an Impact and Be our Future.

You will work in tandem with a Business
Partner for our tax service line. The
Business Partner will help develop and evolve the people strategy for tax,
and you will operationally deliver this through your People Advisory
team. You will also provide support to
the Regional Managing Partner /Office Managing Partners by ensuring people
support is delivered to a high level in relation to fostering a sense of
engagement and belonging to an office and a region.

You will lead and develop the
People Advisory team to deliver a premium experience for employees across the
whole of the employee lifecycle, promoting RSM’s employer brand and
maintaining RSM’s position as an employer of choice.

Brief Job description

Through the People Advisory team:
• Act as the focal point for the employee
experience within the allocated service line and region including
wellbeing, inclusion, engagement etc., working with the Engagement and
Wellbeing team and delivering service line and regional strategies as
appropriate
• Establish effective relationships
with relevant SLH’s, SL leadership teams and partners, RMPs/OMPs, the Business
Partner and service line people teams to drive a premium employee
experience
• Play a key role in
initiating and leading people change programmes both on a service line
basis and regionally, ensuring impact and risk are fully understood and
well managed
• Contribute to people strategy, driving high quality interactions and establishing seamless processes to support the aim of RSM to be an employer of choice
• Contributing to the culture of innovation within the firm, provide valuable insights to support employee experience issues and actively develop knowledge and awareness through a range of channels e.g.internal data, external sources, latest thinking and best practice
• Understand and
respond to current and future market trends and forces affecting the
business through developing a deep understanding of the specific service line/regional/local employment markets
• Ensure that existing people policies
and procedures are adhered to and provide commercial solutions where relevant.
Provide support, advice and training to key stakeholders with regard to
application where required
• Manage performance
(including appraisal) and ER matters (disciplinary, grievance,
mediation, capability, redundancy, outplacement etc) effectively,
ensuring employees are treated with care, support and fairness, limiting
risk to the firm and manging accurate administration and reporting
• Manage
annual employee lifecycle processes across the service line, e.g. salary
and bonus reviews, appraisals,
,
working with other
specialists within the wider people team e.g.systems, central admin team etc to maintain and develop processes and
procedures to ensure a consistently excellent experience across the
employee lifecycle
• Work with the Early Careers and Experienced
Hire teams to understand resource requirements and ensure that service
line attraction/ recruitment processes are driven forward, managing as
appropriate e.g. delivery of trainee attraction plans, resource planning
etc
• Champion
the development and use of people analytics within the service line to deliver insights, improve management decision making and focus
on resources and efficiencies
• Lead (as required) and
contribute to nationally driven initiatives that continuously improve
the employee experience
• Lead and develop the people advisory team, to continuously build capabilities and technical competence, providing development and growth opportunities, identifying improvements and managing under performance when required, and sharing best practice with the other People Advisory Managers.

Candidate Requirements
• CIPD qualified, level 7 or above
• High degree of business acumen with the interpersonal skills, courage and expertise to effectively influence business leaders
• A strong understanding and awareness of best people practice across the employee lifecycle, the importance of the employee experience and its impact on employer brand
• An effective People Advisory Manager with a proven track record of leading a team to create and deliver business focused people solutions
• Proven team skills and a strong collaborator, with the ability to partner across the people team to drive effective business support
• Knowledge of people future thinking and employment trends, and a forward focused approach to operational people development and delivery
• Evidenced ability to develop relevant and commercial people propositions and gain buy in and support from business leaders
• Track record of initiating and leading the development of people processes and delivery of change projects
• In depth knowledge of current employment legislation and extensive experience of managing employee relations effectively within a regulated environment
• Experience in delivering employee engagement, wellbeing and inclusion strategies
• A critical thinker with a strong sense of curiosity, bringing innovation, challenge and insight to the role
• Ability to identify people risk and apply effective mitigation strategies
• Experience in the development and application of
people analytics to inform both people and business decision making

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