Human Resources Senior Officer

Wavestone; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Wavestone is seeking a Human Resources Senior Officer to secure HR operations within the CTO Advisory unit (~500 people). The role works with the HR Manager to implement strategies, projects and annual plans and to support engagement and retention across the business.

As an HR business partner, you will consult with line managers, provide guidance, analyze trends, resolve employee relations issues, improve relationships and productivity, and propose corrective actions, while promoting diversity

Qualifications

• Around 5 years of experience in HR development activities, ideally from a consulting background.
• Ambassador of the Positive Way promoting values within scope.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, orally and in writing.
• Ability to build trustful relationships with any interlocutor.
• Ability to understand and connect to consulting stakes and teams.
• Agility and flexibility in time and priority management.
• Capable of managing change within the organization.
• Analytical, goal-oriented and resilient.
• Ability to work in English.

Responsibilities

• Roll out and execute the HR action plan and budgets.
• Analyze HR KPIs and trends to monitor progress.
• Provide high-level support to Career Development Managers.
• Implement diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
• Ensure employee experience from onboarding to offboarding; manage Talent Management.
• Lead HR interviews with junior and senior consultants.
• Identify flight risks and psychosocial risks and propose solutions.

Skills

HR development

Communication

Relationship building

Consulting mindset

Change management

Analytical thinking

English proficiency

Job description

Wavestone is a consulting powerhouse, dedicated to supporting strategic transformations of businesses and organizations in a world that is undergoing unprecedented change, with the ambition to create positive and long-lasting impacts for all its stakeholders.

Drawing on more than 5,500 employees in 17 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, the firm offers a 360° portfolio of high-value consulting services, combining seamlessly first-class sector expertise with a wide range of cross-industry capabilities.

Wavestone is listed on Euronext Paris and recognized as a Great Place to Work®.

We are looking for a Human Resources Senior Officer to secure our HR operations within one of our Business Unit : CTO Advisory (~500 people). HR team currently composed of 5 people.

The HR Senior Officer works closely with the HR Manager to implement HR strategies, impactful projects and annual actions plans of Wavestone, playing a key role in engagement and retention to support of the business objectives.

Acting as an HR Business Partner, the HR Senior Officer consults with line management, provides daily HR guidance, supports the HR Manager in analyzing trends and metrics, resolving employee relations issues, improving work relationships and productivity, and suggesting HR corrective actions.

Main responsibilities

• Support the HR Manager in the roll-out and execution of the HR action plan of Wavestone and/or local actions decided on the scope, steering the HR budgets, training plans and contributing to HR projects, locally or at a Wavestone level
• Support the HR Manager in analyzing HR KPIs and their related trends to monitor progress of HR action plans, defining relevant and pragmatic corrective actions when needed, providing clear overview of the HR situation on their scope
• Provide high level support to Career Development Managers (CDM) of junior to senior consultants mainly, regarding policy appropriation, best practices, employee behavior, performance management and development.
• Help to implement initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in compliance with the company’s CSR commitments
• Ensure the quality of the employee experience, from onboarding to offboarding, driving the Talent Mangement process for Junior to Senior Consultants, monitoring and improving constantly its efficiency, partnering with CDMs
• Facilitate regularly HR interviews with junior and senior consultants to assess their level of engagement, improve work relationships, increase productivity and enable retention
• Identify potential issues, particularly flight risks, and psychosocial risks, and proactively solve them, either by your own or by mobilizing the relevant stakeholders, suggesting solutions aligned with operational stakes

Qualifications

• Around 5 years of experience in HR developpment activities. Ideally coming from a consulting background.
• Being an ambassador of the Positive Way to contribute to spreading Wavestone’s values within their scope and serve as a role model (>> Positiveway book )
• Ability to communicate effectively and confidently with all types of stakeholders, both orally and in writing (with clarity and simplicity)
• Rapidly establishing trustful relationships with any type of interlocutor
• Ability to understand and to be connected to consulting stakes & teams
• Agility and flexibility in organisation (time and priority management)
• Capable of managing change within the organization.
• Analytical and goal-oriented rather than process-oriented
• Demonstrating self-control and resilience
• Abilility to work in English

Why joning us ?

• Talent-Centric Approach: Wavestone places talent and corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the heart of its strategy. The HR Director of Wavestone, the Recruitment Director and the Head of CSR are members of the Executive Committee of the firm
• Strategic HR Function: The HR function is strategic, expected to add value, promote organizational values, and stay at the forefront of HR practices—not merely a support function.
• Great Place To Work: The company is recognized as a Great Place To Work, ranking number one in its category among organizations with over 2500 employees.
• Ambitious Business Project: The company is experiencing significant growth both in France and internationally, driven by an ambitious business project.
• Demanding Work Environment: Employees operate in a challenging work environment, engaging with high-level stakeholders.