Job Summary

The role holder will partner with business/function leaders in China to deliver the People Plan, aligned to the relevant global business/function People Plan and Group People Strategy. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Provide strategic governance and partnership to business leaders, enabling delivery of the WRB & China Regions People Plan in China
• Provide local context and insights to the Global HR Business Partner for WRB to facilitate locate adoption of the global People Plan
• Identify, prioritise and develop organisational capabilities and behaviours to build a workforce that is future-ready  

Business

• Effectively partner with, challenge and influence business leaders to deliver the right outcomes on people-related decisions, focusing on key agenda items such as Diversity & Inclusion and Wellbeing
• Be a disruptor, driving culture change and delivering global and/or local change initiatives in WRB & China Regions
• Lead country People Forums for WRB’s & China Regions and drive projects and deliverables that relate to the WRB & China Regions’ People Plan
• Collaborate with Global HRBP’s to deliver an adaptable, right-sized, right shored operating model focused on improving productivity in WRB & China Regions
• Provide advice on country-specific implications of OD activity and conduct reviews on key OD aspects to optimise the shape of the workforce

Key Responsibilities

Processes
•    Identify areas for improvement in HR processes, providing feedback and escalating issues where appropriate to relevant COE’s to enhance client experience and improve productivity within HR 

People & Talent
•    Develop and deploy an effective talent strategy to ensure high-quality succession pipelines exist for critical roles within WRB
•    Play an active role in key talent decisions, including senior hiring
•    Collaborate with colleagues within HR, including Global HRBP’s, to facilitate internal movement of key talent 

Risk Management
•    Understand and help manage the people-related risk profile of WRB, including operational and reputational risk, to Group Standards
•    Provide oversight of complex employee relations issues involving senior people, significant litigation, and high profile or broad business issues

Governance

• Embed the Group’s values and code of conduct, as it relates to the role remit, to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations form part of the culture within WRB & China Regions

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.
• Lead the China WRB teams & China Regions teams to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders
Internal
•    Business Leaders in WRB
•    HR COE Teams
•    HRBAs
•    ER Specialists 
•    HR Delivery Specialists
•    Global HRBPs

External
•    Regulators
•    Governance agencies (Federation of Unions, Ministry of Manpower/Labour)
 

Skills and Experience

•    Embed Here for good and the Group’s brand and values within the role’s remit
•    Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
•    Understand, acknowledge and comply with the requirements on individual accountabilities and responsibilities of the job set out in applicable local laws and regulations as well as SCB internal policies 
•    Effectively ensure and intensify internal controls by keeping abreast with developments of applicable local laws and regulations on accountabilities 
•    Perform job duties with diligence, contribute to efforts as an individual or as a team member so as to avoid any actual or potential legal sanctions, regulatory penalties, material financial loss, or adverse reputational impact on the Bank 
•    Be responsible for failure to follow relevant rules and processes, failure to properly perform the responsibilities and implement corrections
•    Cooperate with any investigations or reviews on regulatory failure such as accountability review 

Qualifications

• Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications: Degree or Professional Qualification
• Licences and Certifications/accreditations: Desirable - Professional certifications in HR
• Professional Memberships: Desirable - Membership with professional associations
• Band training: Not applicable
• Languages: English

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Human Resources Consulting
• Influencing Through Expertise 
• Business Intelligence
• Talent Management
• Planning: Tactical, Strategic
• Effective Communication 
• Performance Management
• Organisational Change Management 
• HR Legal & Regulatory Environment 
• Employee Relations
• Human Resources Policies, Strategies and Environment
• Talent Analytics 
   

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.