International People and Culture Business Partner

International People and Culture Business Partner

Team: People and Culture

Responsible to: Director of People and Culture

Key Relationships: People and Culture team, Managers, staff and associates across ARTICLE 19,

Focal points in regional offices and affiliates.

Contract: Permanent

Working Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours a week

Salary: £44,650 gross per annum

Location: London, UK (Article 19 is a flexible employer and encourages a hybrid working environment. The frequency of time in attending the office and working from home is to be agreed with the successful candidate).

At Article 19

ARTICLE 19 is an international think–do organisation that propels the freedom of expression movement locally and globally to ensure all people realise the power of their voices.

Together with our partners, we:

• THINK: We develop cutting-edge research and legal and policy analysis to drive change worldwide.
• DO: We lead work on the frontlines of expression through our 9 regional hubs across the globe.
• PROPEL: We propel change by sparking innovation in the global freedom of expression movement.

We do this by working on 5 key themes:

• promoting media independence;
• increasing access to information;
• protecting journalists;
• expanding civic space; and
• placing human rights at the heart of developing digital spaces.

For over 35 years, ARTICLE 19 has worked for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. We do this by combining research, campaigning, and cutting-edge legal analysis.

Explore our impact since 1987

Your contribution to the team

Your role as International People and Culture Business Partner will drive HR excellence across Article 19 whilst embracing our values in all that you do. You will strengthen people capability and enable staff to do the work they care about the most. You will possess in depth understanding of teams and regions and bring about change, improvements and solutions by combining your HR expertise with overall business knowledge. As a solutions focused business partner you will help achieve team goals and be the first point of contact for the team and region you manage from end to end, thus strengthening teams through cross matrix working.

You will provide operational support across the employee life cycle appropriate to country context and shape best practice for people management that reflect our values.

Working collaboratively with the P&C team you will embrace continuous improvement of systems, policies and practices across ARTICLE 19 with an opportunity to participate in and lead on values based initiatives.

Our Values

Integrity

• We hold ourselves to the high standard we set for others.
• We are coherent on matters of law and policy wherever we work in the world.
• We value visibility, objectivity and the accuracy of our work.

Transparency

• We know good information can enable powerful action.
• We are clear, open and honest in our dealings with each other and the outside world.

Collaboration

• Our network of supporters and partners is the lifeblood of our organisation.
• We seek to build productive and inspiring relationships based on the trust our partners, supporters and donors place in us.

Diversity

• We respect each other and we listen to each other.
• We actively defend those whose voices are marginalised.

Accountability

• We say what we mean and we do what we say, speaking with once voice wherever possible.
• We work hard to make sure our learning and reporting is the best it can be.

Tenacity

• We never give up
• We are tenacious and will find every possible avenue to seek changes in law and practice to secure the freedoms associated with our mission.

Innovation

• We are proud of our expertise and are always ready to share what we know.
• We seek to explore the boundaries of our field for benefits of the freedom we protect.

What you can expect in a typical day

Communications, Advice, Coaching and HR Support

You will serve as a trusted partner, coaching staff and managers and providing them with advice and guidance on all aspects of the employee life cycle. You will also:

• Build and maintain meaningful relationships and regular communications with key stakeholders
• Establish strong relationships with focal points in regional offices and affiliates to buiild capacity and support the implementation of people policies and practices appropriate to the country context.
• Develop people plans and deliver projects in line with a consistent approach to people management whilst responding to complexities and challenges
• Keep up to date with UK and international (Article 19 region specific) employment law developments to ensure compliance and support focal points in the interpretation and application of local labour law.

ER Management – Case work, Resolution, Restructure, Performance Management

You will be the first point of contact in developing people solutions across the full employment relations spectrum whilst ensuring staff feel heard, respected and supported in a safe space and maintaining confidentiality. You will also:

• Proactively respond to queries or concerns, promote early resolution, advise managers and ensure compliance with policies and procedures and employment legislation.
• Lead and resolve employee relations cases including dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, performance issues, and redundancy in compliance with local labour laws and in-line with our brand.
• Drive and own the performance management process through regular communication and briefings, sharing tools and reporting on KPI’s. Follow-up with managers and teams to identify learning needs and development solutions for these plans.

Recruitment, Induction and Onboarding

You will lead and guide hiring managers on all recruitment activities including:

• Drive best practice recruitment and foster strong understanding of DEI practices
• Lead on advice and guidance including training on tools and regular briefings
• Develop and shape a robust onboarding process in line with regional/local practices

Policy and Procedures

You will be instrumental in shaping and delivering policies and procedures with the team, ensuring they are fit for purpose and compliant with local labour law. You will also:

• Bring P&C policies, practices and procedures to life, helping to create and shape our culture
• Work closely with the P&C team with research, preparing of drafts, co-ordination of the consultation process and communication activities to support implementation of policies.

Other duties

• All staff cover for each other during leave or if someone is out sick. This means you may have to occasionally take on tasks outside the normal scope of your job.
• You may be required to step in and provide support on other HR tasks. This doesn’t happen often but if it does, it’s all hands on deck.

What you will bring to the Role

Knowledge and Skills

• You will be CIPD qualified, working towards a qualification or come equipped with relevant experience.
• Be up to date with knowledge of employment law and HR best practice in the UK. Working knowledge of employment law in Europe, North America, Asia will be an advantage but not essential
• Proven ability to develop strong relationships and solutions focused
• Coaching and listening skills, underpinned by a collaborative and supportive style of working.
• Strong influencer, ability to consult with a diverse group of people.
• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English and one other ARTICLE 19 language is desirable (Arabic, Bangla, French, Spanish and Portuguese).

Experience

• Experience of providing advice and support to managers and focal points in multiple countries on a range of people issues, some with complexities
• Demonstrable skill of developing and maintaining positive employee relations including supporting people through change, emerging employee issues, grievance, disciplinary and conflict resolution.
• Strong experience in all aspects of recruitment, induction, performance management and personal development.
• Experience of delivering training/briefing sessions on good practice.
• Experience in the development and implementation of People and Culture policies and practices.
• Demonstrable skill of working in a multi-cultural work environment and with a commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunities.

Other

• Knowledge and/or experience of working for a human rights organisation will be an advantage.
• Commitment to work with our vision, mission, core values and objectives.
• This role may be required to travel to regions where we operate

Our Reward Package

• Salaries are determined by our salary scale.
• We offer comprehensive benefits including a range of well-being, dental and vision plans; employer pension and provident fund contributions (as applicable); generous paid leave and public holidays; paid parental leave (as applicable); extended illness leave; wellness days and a year-end organisation-wide closure***. Please note benefits are localized based on the office/region.***

Our Culture

We are a people centred and flexible employer, friendly and a passionate global organisation who live and breathe the same mission and values. We strive to be agile and work collaboratively and are committed to DEI and staff wellbeing.

Our commitment as an equal opportunities employer

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate individuality and encourage you to join us and be your authentic self at work with the freedom to have responsibility, autonomy, and creativity within your role.

How to apply

If you have a passion for DEI, want to apply your proven experience of ER, change processes, wellbeing and want to learn more about how you will contribute to a world where people can freely express their voice and to support colleagues in this journey, apply using the link below:

https://article.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=6cd9755b-3ddf-409c-af9f-32cfa5ea9dbc

referring to the JD and submit your application by:

Application Deadline: 10th January 2024

We appreciate that no candidate will meet every requirement of the role, if your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified, and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you. If you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements for the recruitment process or the role, please contact [email protected]