A professional HR person who serves as a business partner to internal clients and is responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management to include a broad range of HR services, leadership, change management, and organisational development to a diverse group regarding key business issues.

The Senior HRBP will act as employee champion and change agent and must operate as a strong team player, leveraging relationship skills and business knowledge.  The Senior HRBP will develop strong working relationships, communicating needs proactively with both the HR department and business management. 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

Organisational Development – assisting the HR Manager with organisational development as required by:

• Assist the HR Manager in executing talent management strategies including performance management, succession planning and leadership development
• Advising line managers and supervisors on employee engagement and learning and development.

Emergency Response Planning (ERP):

• Act as next-of-kin lead (Humanitarian Assistance Manager)
• Assemble to the ERP conference room in case of incidents/emergencies (24/7 duty)
• Participate in ERP drills/exercises with clients and internal desktop exercises with Bristow Norway’s bases
• Responsible for keeping the Humanitarian Assistance Manager Checklist updated and working closely with the Safety & Compliance team to improve ERP processes

Employee Relations – Manage ER issues in the workplace by:

• Advising managers on current employment legislation.
• Administering the Bristow discipline and grievance procedure, e.g. undertaking investigations, attending discipline, grievance, performance or appeal hearings as required.
• Providing independent counselling to employees and managers to resolve work related problems in relation to performance or discipline based issues
• Assisting managers with other ER issues in their area of responsibility

Metrics and reporting – provide managers with the necessary metrics to ensure they are aware of how their area of responsibility is performing, e.g. Turnover reports, absence statistics etc. by:

• Ensuring that headcount reports are accurate
• Work with managers on their workforce plans
• Assisting the HR Manager with budget information as appropriate.

Provide Policy and Personnel Information – ensuring that staff receive accurate information as required by:

• Providing current information on the company HR policies and procedures as required.
• Ensuring that all information given to staff complies with current employment law legislation.
• Recommending improvements to policies and procedures, as necessary.

Presentations, cascading and training – Cascade HR information or Train management and staff on HR initiatives, which will involve:

• Organising cascades, lunch and learn and training sessions, creating presentations and training packs as required
• Cascading information to managers on key HR initiatives as required.

Absence Management – ensure that all absences both short and long term are managed appropriately by:

• Assisting managers with absence issues in their area of responsibility by providing solutions.
• Managing long term absences including ill health capability/retirements.

Recruitment & Selection  – ensure that the right people with the right fit are recruited and contracted to Bristow by:

• Assist the HR manager with developing and executing recruitment strategies for highly skilled job groups
• Assist managers with recruitment using recruitment and selection best practice.
• Assisting with sourcing the most cost-effective ways to recruit if required, including negotiating the best terms with agencies if required, in agreement with the HR Manager.
• Assisting managers with the creation of interview questions, job descriptions and interviewing as required
• Always ensuring that the Recruitment and Termination summary is reflective of the current recruitment situation.

HR Project Work – assisting with and participating in HR project work as required by the HR Manager:

• Lead HR projects or contribute ideas as project team member
• Providing data as required to facilitate project work

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business or related field is required

EXPERIENCE:

• Progressive experience as an HR Generalist/Business Partner including corporate roles), providing broad generalist HR advice.
• A proven background in providing broad generalist HR advice including policy implementation, and compensation/benefits in a unionised environment
• Experienced in providing support to managers particularly with Discipline and grievances, recruitment, employee relations and talent  management.
• Experience in coaching and providing training for employees
• Current  Trade Union or Industry association liaison and employee relations experience within  a medium to large company
• Project Management experience
• HRIS experience is essential
• Demonstrate a real understanding of business issues
• Experience of working with change projects desirable
• A strong team player
• Experience in working with different global locations and with different cultures is an advantage

SKILLS:

• Excellent Presentations Skills
• Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Detail conscious

• Strong verbal and written communication skills at all levels

• Highly organised with the ability to organise own workload and that of other colleagues taking into account job responsibilities and deadlines
• Ability to keep a level head when working under pressure
• Inspirational team leader and effective team player

• Excellent people management skills
• Ability to work creatively and apply defined systems of work
• Dedicated to promoting a positive image of the organisation
• Proactive and enthusiastic
• Culturally aware
• Be willing to undertake any training necessary to keep on top of current employment legislation.
• Fluent English and Norwegian speaking

Please submit your application in Norwegian or English.