Junior Business Partner, P&C at Standard Bank Group

JOB DESCRIPTION
Data

• Adhere to P&C data policies in line with Standard Bank Group (SBG) data standards so that quality data is consistently and appropriately stored, used and managed.
• Monitor and ensure the accuracy of all people related data within P&C core systems, ensuring changes are processed accurately and timeously.
• Proactively identify downstream impact of data changes and manage, where applicable, with stakeholders.
• Adhere to SBG data security standards, ensuring compliance with data regulations, data privacy and data protection policies to ensure the organisation processes personal data of data subjects (employees, customers, and other individuals) in a compliant way.

People

• Research and submit best practice and market trends data, as requested, to support people decisions made in business.
• Analyse workforce data and formulate recommendations, as requested, to support the formulation of integrated solutions to meet the needs of the portfolio/s.
• Maintain up to date system information; sourcing and extracting reports, to support business requests within area of responsibility.
• Support employees with P&C system/information related queries, providing advice as appropriate and directing employees to People First for support when required.
• Consult with, and provide advice to, business stakeholders and/or employees within work area; responding to standard P&C requests as appropriate, seeking guidance from a more senior business partner for complex requests; in support of the People Promise.
• Manage "life cycle" events, assuming responsibility for effective implementation; initiating assistance from more senior business partner when required.
• Support the consistent and effective implementation of P&C initiatives, by providing appropriate information and resolving standard issues for various stakeholders within the designated area of responsibility; enabling a personalised workforce experience.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the P&C value chain and the interrelationships between components, engaging with various stakeholders in work conducted to support the facilitation of an effective ecosystem of partners.
• Track and monitor key people and culture metrics, identifying trends and ensuring value is extracted from such data.
• Identify, recommend and/or implement practices that enhance the employee experience related to P&C activities.

Risk, Regulatory, Prudential & Compliance

• Advise business stakeholders in designated area/s on application of P&C policies and procedures to ensure that people decisions made in the business do not introduce risk to the business.
• Adhere to and advise on the P&C risk and governance framework to ensure that risks are appropriately mitigated in the portfolio/s.
• Interrogate the appropriate use of data to create insights, through predictive analytics, in order to optimise the solution offering and inform decision-making processes.

Organisation Design

• Identify and facilitate cross functional touch points; ensuring engagement between areas in blending new functions, jobs and roles.
• Process the onboarding function, as allocated, in accordance with stipulated processes; partnering with and supporting business to ensure successful onboarding of new staff.
• Maintain organisation structures for the designated area/s, ensuring integrity of information is reflected through collaboration with the Organisational Management team.
• Prompt Line Managers to validate current structures and forward planned changes, amending where necessary, to maintain an up to date view of organisational status.
• Support Line Managers, with reference to the appropriate toolkits, in ensuring the correct processes are adhered to when designing jobs.
• Adhere to Organisational Management and Organisational Design policies and procedures (including job description, job titling and job grading processes), when completing related work.

Financial Management

• Collaborate with the finance team when notified of people movements within work area, confirming compliance with budgetary requirements; contributing to accurate information on costs.
• Work with business stakeholders to assess financial impact of decision making and people initiatives, supporting overall cost initiatives.

Technology & Architecture

• Address technological concerns of internal stakeholders related to P&C systems used;
• provide context to the user/owner of the system to support the efficient usage thereof.
• Support the implementation of CoE business systems, identifying issues related to their usage and initiating the appropriate action with the relevant stakeholders; promoting effective and efficient usage of all P&C systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree: Human Resources

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Establishing Rapport
• Team Working
• Examining Information
• Following Procedures
• Articulating Information