HR Compliance Technical Lead

Your new company  

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a permanent position as HR Compliance Technical Lead for a Semi-State organisation based in Dublin City centre. A hybrid working pattern is in place. 

Your new role  

Reporting to the HR Business Partner Manager, the HR Compliance Lead will work alongside a team of HR Business Partners to ensure that strategic initiatives are translated, operationalised and embedded in the business.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and define a governance structure to ensure regular evaluation of HR effectiveness through the provision and delivery of the HR agenda and strategies
• Work effectively with the HR Business Partnering Team to coordinate and drive consistency through the delivery of initiatives, ensuring the implementation of the HR roadmap
• Liaise and support the HR Business Partnering Manager and HR Business Partners to review and plan for current and future HR requirements
• Actively seek out opportunities to interrogate processes and drive improvements and efficiencies
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for compliance issues to the HR team and provide guidance that is in line with relevant policies, processes and legislation.
• Responsible for compliance process and updates, ensuring the changes and guidance are communicated to the HR team and other relevant teams and stakeholders.
• Escalate compliance issues to HR Business Partner Manager to ensure business risk is reduced and potential issues are managed.
• Develop a process to ensure right to work checks for employees and new starters are managed, ensuring satisfactory documentation has been provided and maintained.
• Maintain accurate compliance records and tracking tools, ensuring records are kept up to date to provide accurate reporting
• Conduct audits and work with the HR Team to ensure all Return to Work conversations and exit interviews take place
• Manage GDPR, FOI, and Business Continuity activities for the HR team, including the appropriate retention and usage of personal data, ensuring that retention schedules are managed, and meet the operational needs of the HR function
• Provide data and insights to the HR Management to give context, supporting the making of decisions around HR strategy

What you'll need to succeed  

Knowledge, Skills and Experience: 

• Relevant third level qualification and/or accreditation and/or relevant experience.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience with a proven track record in governance, compliance, and process improvement experience ideally in a utility, regulated industry or multi stakeholder environment.
• Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional standards and with proven ability to deliver results at a senior level.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements and propose and implement solutions at a senior level.
• Very strong written and verbal skills with the ability to assimilate complex information.
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective strategic partnerships with key stakeholders.
• Proven track record with dealing with complex issues, proactively and in a timely fashion along with the ability to communicate complex information to others.
• Experience of supporting policies, systems and controls and driving the implementation of progressive policies.
• You will have a proven track record in change & transformation experience.

What you'll get in return  

The salary on offer is €55,937- €83,905 in addition to a range of benefits and a flexible working pattern. 

What you need to do now  

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