Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Responsible for shaping GBS India Culture and Conduct through protecting the Bank against employee-related risk. The role holder will be a member of the Country Employee Relations (ER)teams, ensuring that the relationship between the GBS and its employees is managed appropriately within the Group ER framework and is underpinned by clear procedures, policies and relevant employment law. The role holder will provide country leadership support, advisory and guidance regarding the ER e.g. Disciplinary, Grievance, Performance, Redundancy and Case Management and will effectively manage key external stakeholder relationships with legal firms and local labour departments. The role holder responsible for maintaining positive employee relationships and ensuring compliance with employment laws and the Group ER framework

Business

• GBS India 

Processes

Translation of country legislation and regulation into pragmatic actions for country GBS teams

• Build external networks and remain up to date with legislative change / developments, maintaining and successfully demonstrating expertise within the field of ER.
• Collaborate with country HR L&C and / or external legal firms for advice and interpretation of local laws, regulations, ER policies, POSH Compliance, procedures and cases in country.
• Maintain effective communication with local labour ministries on ER matters and HR related policies and procedures.
• Will be involved in core ER Investigation process, Performance case management, ER Advisory and guidance, redundancy process , internal appeal and grievance process.

Global ER product lead

• In country/entity management of Disciplinary, Grievance, Redundancy, or Performance Management Standards end to end. 
• Define and maintain overall global product execution standards of Group Policy 

Risk Management

• Defining and managing employee related risk across the region 
• Identify, assess and monitor country ER process risks in line with overall operational risk management framework, creating and implementing suitable actions to mitigate identified risks.
• Anticipate and minimise employee related risks by developing an understanding of employee trends and current employment and discrimination law in local and international jurisdictions.
• Effective management of relevant Group policy and process dispensations across the country.
• Effective resolution of sensitive / complex disciplinary and grievance cases in the region that pose a risk to the Bank. 

Governance

• Ensuring compliance with ER Standards in respect of Disciplinary, Grievance, Redundancy, and Performance Management . 

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] 

Key stakeholders

Internal

• Global ER, FA and Conduct team
• Business Heads of HR in GBS
• GBS HR Business Partners (HRBPs)
• HR Legal and Compliance (L&C)
• GBS India Financial Crime Risk teams
• GBS India Performance, Reward and Benefit (PRB) teams

External

• Employee Representative Bodies
• Employment / Labour Government departments
• Legal firms

Other Responsibilities

• To sign and issue letters of suspension, dismissal and such other related Human Resources/Industrial Relations issues, when decided by the Bank.
• Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in the ER team and across key stakeholder areas.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience

• Confidential Investigations
• Employee Relations
• Employment Law
• HR Legal and Regulatory Environment
• Investigations Reports
• ER Advisory & Case Management
• HR: Policies, Standards and Procedures

Qualifications

Education     Degree in HR or Law (LLB, MSW, MBA, MA or equivalent degree)
Training        Labour Laws, POSH etc

Essential:

• Minimum of 12 years’ work experience as a qualified employment lawyer or ER specialist.
• An understanding and appreciation of local legislative and regulatory policies.
• Strong networking skills and a proven track record of influencing at an organisational level.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills and a keen commercial awareness

Desirable

• Degree in HR or Law
• Post-graduate qualification in a business or related disciple (e.g. MSW, MBA, MA, PGD or equivalent degree).
• Professional legal or HR background.
• A mixture of both ER specialist and HRBP experience.
• Experience of designing and delivering organisational development interventions.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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