HR Project Consultant

AXA UK; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent insurance company in Birmingham is seeking a Project Consultant on a 12-month fixed term contract. The role focuses on driving People strategy through effective organisation designs and project delivery. Ideal candidates will possess strong change management skills and experience in project management methodologies. The company supports hybrid working, ensuring a work-life balance. This position offers a competitive salary with various benefits, including performance-based bonuses and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Discretionary performance bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Private medical cover

28 days annual leave

AXA employee discounts

Qualifications

• Expertise in managing change or transformation projects in organisation design.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience in data handling and identifying business trends.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills.
• Effective organization under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and manage project delivery alongside Strategic People Partners.
• Support effective organization designs that benefit the business.
• Maintain project controls and procedures.
• Develop collaborative working relationships for project support.
• Deliver training and communications regarding change initiatives.

Skills

Change management

Project management methodologies

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Influencing senior managers

Handling sensitive situations

Job description

Description

We're seeking a Project Consultant who has strong experience in organisation design and project delivery to join our People team here at AXA on a 12-month fixed term contract. We're on a journey to drive our People strategy and agenda by coaching and challenging our leaders in their thinking and ways of working. This is a great opportunity if you're looking to facilitate effective organisation designs and the successful delivery of projects that support, and drive transformation set out in strategic People plans.

Working closely with the Strategic People Partners and business stakeholders, you'll conduct research, collect and analyse data to identify issues, provide advice, and work with the team to develop and implement innovative and pragmatic solutions. You'll use your experience of organisation design and project management to solve business problems and add commercial value seeing the project through implementation to sign off. The scope of projects ranges from organisational design review and restructures, culture, TUPE etc.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events. We're also happy to consider flexible working arrangements, which you can discuss with Talent Acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside Strategic People Partners, People Projects team and business stakeholders to scope, design and manage project delivery.
• Support, design and deliver effective organisation designs that add value to the business, our colleagues and our customers.
• Be responsible for effective project controls and procedures within given initiatives.
• Develop and sustain collaborative working relationships across the organisation, produce and deliver presentation packs and business cases for key stakeholders to support projects.
• Provide regular feedback on progress, milestones and blockers for the Strategic Partners, People Projects team and key stakeholders so they're fully engaged in outcomes and progression of projects.
• Deliver project communications such as training Managers on delivery of communications for change related initiatives, ensuring quality and consistency of messaging.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on organisation design, people policies, processes and procedures relating to project delivery.
• Analyse and utilise HR MI to provide data driven solutions and strategies.
• Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we're able to effectively manage interest. Therefore, if you're interested in joining us at AXA, please don't hesitate to apply.

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge and working experience of managing change or transformation projects specifically in organisation design.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies, prioritising and managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience in working with data together with the ability to analyse information, identify trends, link findings to business priorities, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills is essential.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to be well organised, pragmatic and calm in time pressured situations.
• Ability to influence managers at a senior level and employees at all levels.
• Proficiency in handling sensitive situations while ensuring confidentiality.
• As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.

Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.

What we offer

At AXA UK, we're appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package is reviewed regularly to reflect that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive annual salary dependent on experience
• Discretionary company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance (up to 10 x annual salary)
• Private medical cover
• 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave
• Wellbeing services & resources
• AXA employee discounts

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Who we are

AXA UK Support Functions power AXA's three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure, support and expertise to ensure our customers can always count on us. Whether you've got heaps of experience and qualifications behind you, or you're just starting out, we'll give you the support and opportunities to help you grow and develop with confidence.