HONG KONG - HR Advisor/Senior HR Advisor

JOB DESCRIPTION

About Herbert Smith Freehills

As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.

We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.

The Opportunity

Our competitive advantage is our people and our culture. Our HR team works closely with the leaders of the business to recruit exceptional people, nurture their development and guide their career. As a member of the HR team, you could be working as a business partner assigned to a particular practice group, or in one of our specialist areas, including graduate or lateral recruitment, global mobility or reward. No matter what your position, you’ll play a core role in shaping the future of the firm.

We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join us as an HR Advisor/Senior HR Advisor  to join our Greater China Human Resources team based in our Hong Kong office.

In this role, you will be working in a close-knit and supportive HR team, and acting as a first point of contact for key stakeholders within designated client groups in relation to complex HR issues. You will provide expert guidance and support in relation to a range of employee issues including performance and capability procedures. In this critical role, your other key responsibilities will include:

Effective management of designated portfolios through business partnering, performance management, case management, HR advice, mobility coordination, D&I stream support and staff movement management;

Provide Partners, Managers and employees with general HR policy advice, guidance and administration;

Support HRM cyclical events such as the performance management process, promotions process, remuneration review, talent review, budgeting processes;

Provide support across the region to development and deploy HR regional/global initiatives and projects across various designated portfolios;

Joint management of HR Administrative Assistants.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

Tertiary qualification in Human Resources/related discipline or equivalent experience;

3-7 years' experience HR experience gained from international law firms/professional services industry;

Strong attention to detail and organisational skills;

Comfortable operating autonomously on an agreed plan;

Confident interacting with people at all levels of the organisation;

Experience managing multiple clients and multiple stakeholders;

Networks and builds positive and genuine working relationships internally and externally;

Strong client services focus, whilst maintaining confidentiality;

Strong team ethic, able to work collaboratively in a team;

Effective planning, scheduling, prioritisation and time management skills;

Ability to understand new concepts quickly and put learning into action.

Team

Human Resources

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Hong Kong

Contract type

Diversity & Inclusion

At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

We understand that you have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to create a working environment based on mutual trust and respect, in which you can perform at your best whilst maintaining sustainable balance across your life.