Consultant, Talent Business Part...
Agoda -
New Cairo, Cairo
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The Opportunity
We are looking for someone to be part of our Regional Business Partners Team (based in Cairo) as a Regional Talent Business Partner, Our team works closely with key stakeholders including our Legal/Compliance team, HR Business Partners, Employee Relations team and the Senior Management Team to support employees in challenging circumstances, and we seek to identify trends and share insights to adjust our people management practices to get the best talent outcomes. We advise and enable managers to make the best possible decisions, challenging practices that go beyond legal obligation to protect our unique culture at Agoda.
In this Role, you’ll get to:
- Elevate Compliance and Policy Expertise: Act as the go-to specialist on ER Matters, guiding managers in adhering to company policies, local laws, and regulations.
- Enhance Manager Effectiveness: Coach and support managers in addressing employee performance issues and misconduct, leveraging data-driven insights to refine strategies and actions. Critically evaluate systemic issues in manager capability and practices, and escalate them appropriately to business leaders for sustainable resolution.
- Lead Investigations and Employee Relations processes: Conduct impartial investigations into grievances and serve as a dedicated Employee Relations partner, identifying trends and insights to inform procedural improvements.
- Drive Performance and Policy Enhancements through Analytics: Analyze performance management data and past misconduct cases to develop recommendations for capability building, policy revisions, training enhancements, and more effective management practices.
- Address specific regional needs to ensure consistent inclusive support, with a stronger connection within the broader TBP and People Teams
- Provide regional regulatory and cultural insights to facilitate entity related decisions
- Optimize Performance Management and Offboarding: Spearhead improvements in performance management systems and refine offboarding processes, incorporating data from different sources to enhance employee experiences.
Job Requirements
What you’ll Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Law, or a related field is required.
- 5+ years in Employee Relations or HR Generalist roles, with a proven track record of handling complex employee relations issues.
- Extensive knowledge of employment laws and regulations in the relevant region, with the ability to interpret and apply them in various scenarios.
- Hands-on experience managing and executing restructuring/change management projects
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Ability to cope well with ambiguity and change
- High level of discretion, confidentiality, and ethical standards in handling sensitive information and situations.
- Sound judgment and the ability to make well-informed decisions, balancing legal compliance with business needs.
- Proficiency in using data and analytics to inform decision-making processes and improve employee relations strategies.
- Fluency in written and spoken Arabic (Egyptian) and English, with strong communication skills to effectively convey complex information.
It’s Great if you Have:
- Curiosity, ready to challenge current practices and perspectives
- Great attention to detail
- Great sense of ownership and reliability
- Multicultural or International Experience
- Humility, flexibility, good interpersonal skills
