HR Manager
Turner
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HR Manager (12-month maternity cover)
Would you like to work for a leading global media organisation? Are you an experience HR practitioner? If so, we'd love to hear from you. We are currently recruiting a HR Manager to join the HR team in London for a 12-month fixed-term position.
In Europe, Middle East and Africa, Turner currently broadcasts 69 channels in 20 languages to 125 countries. It is headquartered in London and operates local offices across the region. The brand portfolio includes EMEA's number one international news brand CNN International as well as Turner's leading kids brands, Cartoon Network – home of global hit animation series such as The Amazing World of Gumball and Boomerang, featuring timeless classics such as Scooby-Doo, Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes.
The HR Manager is responsible for the proactive delivery of the full range of HR services to leaders and employees across Turner client groups in the UK and Northern Europe (Commercial & Creative), as well as the central Licensing & Merchandising team. For the central groups with employees outside the UK & Scandinavia, the HRM will work in partnership with the local HRM in the relevant territory. As the HR subject-matter expert for the UK, the HR Manager must be proactive and show accountability for the hot topics in the region e.g Office Move and change management.
The successful candidate will partner closely with the relevant business leaders (SVP/VP level) and their teams on culture change, employee relations, team dynamics, workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, development and retention, and performance management. This role collaborates with the specialist HR teams (Reward, Talent Acquisition, HR Employee Services) to ensure consistency and best practice. Functional responsibilities will include: Recruitment, Organisational Design, Talent Management, Learning and Development and Employee Relations. As part of this role, occasional travel to Copenhagen may be required.
Key duties and responsibilities include:
• Provide end-to-end HR generalist support to your client groups, working closely with the Specialist teams in Reward, Recruitment, Talent Management when specific expertise and assistance is required.
• Build effective working relationships with the Management team and other stakeholders within the business to an extent where you understand their challenges and can identify appropriate HR interventions to support them and are regarded as a trusted partner for strategic, operational and best practice advice on a range of HR issues.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships within the supported business units, providing a model of HR professionalism. Stay abreast of business objectives and initiatives, unit performance and issues and all requests for HR services in support of objectives, initiatives and issues.
• Ensure a good understanding of the financial drivers of your business and competitive market activity in order to ensure HR is well placed to provide commercial advice and respond to current and future business and market challenges.
• Provide coaching and counselling to management on leadership and employee development issues with creative and strategic HR value-added recommendations in support of clients' requests.
• Support Managers in identifying and planning appropriate development interventions for their teams. Encourage focus and ownership in them managing the talent profile within their areas through the use of succession planning tools.
• Advise and coach managers on specific performance, conduct, absence or employee relations matters and ensure that all disciplinary and capability issues are dealt with in good time, sensitively, appropriately, and in accordance with local employment law.
• Guide leaders and managers on changes to structures, job roles and definitions, reporting lines, new ways of working, process improvements, role eliminations etc and ensure adherence to consultation requirements where relevant.
• Support and advise on the implementation of the company's Diversity strategy and related policies and procedures, particularly in relation to recruitment, promotion, career development, and creating an open, inclusive and appropriate culture within Turner where differences are respected and valued.
• Undertake and manage projects and new initiatives as directed to support the achievement of the HR and Business strategy.
Knowledge and experience required
Essential:
• Degree in HR or a related field
• Experienced HR practitioner with significant generalist experience
• Working knowledge of UK employment law (other country labour laws are a benefit)
• A completer/finisher, able to get things done, who is attentive and responsive to the needs of the business and collaborates effectively with the wider HR team.
• Strong analytical skills, capable of understanding and assimilating information quickly, taking commercial needs into consideration whilst balancing risk and exposure to the broader organization.
• Able to confidently and independently manage complex HR issues in the assigned groups, underpinned by a detailed understanding of legislative and best practice requirements.
• Effective change agent, who can lead by example and support the implementation of change across the business.
• Able to inspire confidence in the Management team, and key stakeholders both within HR and outside of HR, through effective relationship-building, ongoing partnership and communication.
• A real hands-on attitude, someone that can be proactive in identifying areas of improvement not only across the business but also in the HR team.
• Experience and exposure in working with and partnering with remote teams across a global matrix organization is critical.
Desirable:
• HR certifications are a plus
• Foreign language skills would be advantageous
Working from our office in London, you will have the opportunity to work for a truly global media company. With global scope and local focus, we'll find and share stories that matter to our diverse audiences and clients.
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Please note that this role is a 12-month fixed-term position.