Human Resources Director

Role: People Operations Partner/ HR Manager Duration: 6 Months Location: Addlestone (only one day per week required in the office, four days working remote) Pay rate: £275 - £331 per day The ideal candidate will have good experience with Collective Consultations. Execution of Business Change Projects:

• Primarily responsible for leading all aspects of UK collective consultation process including training of line managers, running elections and administering meetings and documentation.
• Work closely with People Partner Lead on global transformation project ensuring all aspects of administration and due diligence is maintained for all aspects of the project.
• Maintain a mind-set of continuous improvement to identify opportunities to improve the services provided by HR.

Ways of Working:

• Collaborate with Legal, Ethics & Compliance, HR Business Partners and Centres of Excellence. to provide the appropriate level of support required.
• Work supportively and collaboratively with teams across HR.
• Maintain a proactive approach, taking the initiative and managing self effectively.
• Build relationships and trust with key stakeholders.
• Seek opportunities to continually improve the services provided by HR.
• Is responsible for delivering a legally compliant HR service in line with identified needs.
• Will report to the People Partner Cluster Lead and will work closely with others across the broader HR function and directly with the business.

Competencies: Customer Focus:

• Acts to support a culture where everything is done to enhance value to patients.Intentional about meeting/exceeding customer expectations.
• Proactively seeks feedback to improve service provision.

Innovation & Change: · Continuous improvement approach: takes personal ownership to improve ways of working and leverage/share best practice. Results Orientation:

• Ability to work autonomously and make evidence-based decisions: judgement to know when to seek guidance or escalate.
• Methodical with ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.Tenacious to follow up and resolve outstanding matters and explore options.
• IT literate (Intermediate stage) to type/ create and edit reports, trackers etc. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and eLearning and online systems (e.g. LMS, ZINC, TMF etc. databases).Intranet and web.
• Good written and verbal communications including ability to prepare updates, summaries, emails to employees and managements.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Collaborates: values others views and perspective.Able to challenge respectfully and propose alternative solutions.
• Proactively shares knowledge, and adapts approach to build consensus and respect diverse views and cultures.

Developing & Inspiring: · Proactively shares knowledge and best practice and encourages others to develop. Working as One: · Takes personal ownership and acts as a role model of ethics and compliance treating everyone with respect. Experience:

• Education – Bachelor Degree.
• Years of working experience: 5+ years.
• Experience in managing high risk employment-related cases from intake to investigation to resolution.
• Proven experience function as a natural collaborator who is authentic, transparent and aligns with the Astellas values and code of conduct.
• Proven success partnering and collaborating with stakeholders’ cross-functionally and at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to exercise sound judgement based on policies, procedures, practices, and risk factors.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to inspire trust and confidence and effectively influence the decision-making process.
• Self-starter and ability to manage a workload of varying complexity to a high standard
• Experience across core HR functions (e.g. Compensation, Benefits, Performance Management, etc.) with specific experience in HR process design, transaction support and employee administration.
• Fluent in English and at least one other European language.
• Continuous Improvement knowledge.
• Personal computer skills, including MS Office and Outlook.