HR Advisor

Publicis Groupe UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Work-life balance

Generous leave and holidays

Wellness program

Learning opportunities

Career development

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in London is looking for an Associate, People Strategy (HR Advisor) to support operational excellence within People Operations. You will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant, data-driven HR processes and a great employee experience.

The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable working in a complex matrix organisation, with strong analytics and a passion for using AI to improve people outcomes.

Qualifications

• Background in Human Resources Operations.
• Experience with employee lifecycle and employee relations.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to convert data into insights and solutions.
• Ability to work in a complex matrix organisation and drive change.

Responsibilities

• Managing and supporting People Strategists on performance management and talent reviews.
• Support growth initiatives, OKR setting, feedback, and promotions.
• Collaborate with Compensation on merit increases and bonus payouts.
• Drive engagement and culture programs, DE&I initiatives, and hybrid working.
• Manage employee relations cases and participate in special projects.
• Analyze data to derive insights and support people decisions.
• Coordinate with global teams to enable better practice and local activation of programs.

Skills

HR Operations

Data analysis

Excel

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Overview

Associate People Strategy

As an Associate People Strategy, you will play a key role in supporting operational excellence within the People Operations function. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless HR processes, compliance, and data integrity. This role requires a detail-oriented individual with a passion for optimizing HR operations and enhancing the employee experience.

Your Impact

In this exciting, challenging and rewarding Senior Associate, People Strategy (HR Advisor) position, you will play a key role in enabling our people to thrive. Reporting to a member of our People Strategy team (Senior HR Business Partner) and partnering closely with two team members doing the same role and other HR Business Partners to support different capabilities and industries within the business. You will be the first point of contact for your client groups and provide people operations to drive great people experiences and business impact.

The ideal candidate will be dynamic, structured thinking, a fast learner, have strong inter-personal skills, and be passionate about delivering fantastic operations for our people.

Responsibilities

Managing and Providing support to People Strategists on:

• Performance management – Support in Talent reviews and handling of individual performance cases.
• People Growth – Support all phases of our growth philosophy, including goal/OKR setting, feedback, fluid promotions, and annual impact discussions.
• Total rewards - Partner with the people strategists and Compensation team on annual merit increases, bonus payouts, and off cycles.
• Engagement and culture – Roll out of programs and activities including Core Value awards, recognition drives, DE&I work, surveys, pulse checks, mentoring, driving hybrid working and mentoring.
• Managing and supporting employee relations cases - this could involve redundancies, restructures, grievances etc.
• Participating in special project taskforces for new initiatives.
• Leveraging and Analyzing Data to understand focus areas for capabilities and industries.
• Project managing, operations management, and administrative support of talent programs. This will include note taking, planning, status tracking, and issue/risk management.
• Synthesis and analysis of data to drive insights and support data driven people decisions.
• Driving change, through effective communication and roll-out of talent initiatives to leadership, People Managers, and employees. Being the voice, and ears, on the ground.
• Advising people managers and employees on policies and processes.
• Partnering closely with People Strategy operations colleagues across the region, and globally in India and the Americas to enable better practice, synergies, and local activation of global programs.
• Partnering closely with HR lifecycle colleagues and other teams (global mobility, staffing, learning and development) on employee cases, ensuring legal compliance, and updating our HRIS and paperwork.

Qualifications

• A background in Human Resources Operations.
• Has experience of employee lifecycle, supporting employee relations, redundancies etc.
• A passion for enhancing our people’s experience throughout their lifecycle and driving business impact.
• An eye for detail and ability to run processes independently.
• A track record in pro-actively identifying opportunities for improvements and driving change.
• An ability to work in a complex matrix structured, ambiguous, constantly changing business situation.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to convert data into insights and solutions, strong excel expertise.
• An interest in using AI to create smarter working.
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to form relationships at all levels.
• Worked in a global environment (preferable).

Additional Information

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]