Job Summary

The Delivery Performance team will be responsible for the execution of strategic projects linked to Talent, Organisation Design, Culture and Leadership in line with our People Plan and One HR Book of Work. The role will involve collaborating closely with colleagues across HR to execute and drive key initiatives, ensuring that they are implemented effectively and are linked to tangible outcomes, to build and sustain a high-performing and inclusive work environment.

The role holder will shape and deliver projects according to agreed timelines, budget, scope and in line with the Bank’s standards. They will work in an agile squad and deliver at pace, ensuring alignment across Heads of HR, CoEs and HR Advisory as required to deliver shared outcomes. The remit for this role is global – meaning that the role holder can be deployed on projects across the Bank’s footprint, not just in service of the location within which they sit.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute on people priorities determined by the One HR Book of Work, through the planning and delivery of time-bound projects aligned to the People Plan and strategic business challenges linked to Talent, Organisation Design, Culture and Leadership
• Work closely with HR leaders who are responsible for identifying strategic people problems and setting the people agenda, to understand organisational needs and contexts and embed these into work shaping and project delivery
• Communicate project progress against agreed outcomes to key stakeholders according to defined cadence
• Leverage HR data and analytics to assess the effectiveness of ongoing projects, informing the definition of future initiatives as well as ongoing prioritisation.
• Adopt and practice agile ways of working through project delivery to improve the flexibility and responsiveness of the HR function to changing business need
• Collaborate effectively with Centres of Excellence (CoEs) where relevant to ensure that initiatives are aligned with defined processes, frameworks and leading practice, adapting according to specific Business and Function requirements
• Monitor efficiency and effectiveness of delivery against tangible process outcomes, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement

Skills and Experience

Role Specific technical competencies 

• Agile Ways of Working 
• Programme Management 
• Talent Management 
• Effective Communication
• Influencing Through Expertise
• Data and Analytics
• Stakeholder Engagement 
• Organisational Design 
• Culture and Leadership
• Commercial Acumen 
• Work definition / ‘shaping’

Qualifications

• Desirable Professional certifications in HR
 

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.