Senior People Advisor, APAC

Company Description

About Ramboll

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. We have more than 18,000 experts working across our global operations in 35 countries. Our experts are leaders in their fields, developing and delivering innovative solutions in diverse markets including Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, and Management Consulting. We invite you to contribute to a more sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we do

We believe in the strength of diversity and know that unique experiences and perspectives are vital for creating truly sustainable societies. Therefore, we are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone can flourish and reach their potential. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and encourage you to contact our recruitment team to discuss any accommodations you need during the application process.

Job Description

Are you excited about helping managers and employees on a broad scope of people topics? Are you motivated by developing a newly established HR function and take responsibility for developing services in your region? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our HR department as our new Senior People Advisor and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role

As our Senior People Advisor, you will join our newly established, global People Advisory team. Together with your two People Advisor colleagues in Singapore, you work in close collaboration with the HRBP team in the region, as well as colleagues from the global HR Operations team in India. You will support employees and managers in the APAC region on a broad scope of people processes. As an experienced member of the team, you can take independent responsibility for tasks within your own scope of responsibility.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Advising managers on employment policies and guidance in own region, based on your knowledge of labour law and HR processes in multiple countries within own region​
• Guidance to employees and managers on the best use of ServiceNow, Workday, available reports and other supporting technologies and resources​
• Providing process support and advisory on global HR processes. This can include responsibility as “champion” or process expert for one or several global people processes (e.g. Salary review, employee survey, talent review, succession planning) and providing training and support in implementing them regionally or within specified market​
• Active participation in HR processes, such as onboarding activities or different people related campaigns organised in own geographies​
• Execution of employee case management, including topics such as leave management (parental leaves, sick leaves and similar)​
• Providing and seeking employment law advice on both collective and individual cases and topics​
• Contribute actively to develop HR policies, procedures and documents within own region​
• Participation in HR projects as relevant and required​
• Active participation in local or regional activities in accordance with the HR agenda. Currently, these include support in several Merger & Acquisition cases.

Qualifications

About you

As a member of a global team, you are expected to take active part in developing our processes and ways of working, and ensuring we provide our services to the employees and managers with a “One HR” mindset. You will actively guide and mentor other members of the People Advisory team. As Asia-Pacific is a large region to cover, we expect you to bring experience from handling employee cases in at least 2-3 countries in the region and to be willing to further expand your knowledge.

• An experienced HR generalist with knowledge of global and local regulatory variations ​
• Knowledge of employee relations processes and case management​
• Customer service orientation and ability to translate business requirements into service delivery​
• Proficient in using HR technology, preferably with Workday experience. Skilled user of Microsoft Office applications.
• As a person you are curious, and you have a customer focus​
• You have a pragmatic approach to solving problems and an ability to transform your learnings into growth​
• You have an improvement mindset and can combine this with your understanding of customer needs to create a great service to our employees and managers​
• Ability to work across cultures and in virtual teams​
• Previous experience from working in a people function, or similar relevant experience as project manager or process expert​
• Strong English language skills spoken and in writing​
• Relevant educational background (university degree in a relevant field)​

Additional Information

What we can offer you

• Commitment to your development
• Leaders guided by our Leadership Principles
• A culture that welcomes you as the unique person you are
• Inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application with your up-to-date CV at the latest on 30 September 2024. We invite diversity in all its forms and encourage applicants from all groups to apply.

We recognise that some candidates only apply when they tick every box. However, passion and potential often outweigh a perfect resume and Ramboll’s supportive learning culture can help you grow. So if this role resonates with you but you don't meet all the requirements, we encourage you to apply. You might be the perfect fit for this opportunity or another within our team.