HR Business Partner (Strategic Talent Partner) - Fixed Term Contract

HR Business Partner (Strategic Talent Partner)   General Information Level: Manager / Assistant Director Location:  Dublin Business Area:  CBS Contract Type:  12 Month Fixed Term Contract   The Talent Team sits within our Core Business Services (CBS) function, providing crucial support to EY Ireland’s 4,000+ employee strong workforce. The team is involved in every stage on the employment cycle; from welcoming talent to supporting them on their career journey.  Our primary focus is to create an extraordinary place for individuals to create their future and have a challenging and rewarding career however long they choose to stay with us.   We do this by collaborating with the business in leveraging our talent, developing a strong engagement culture, challenging ourselves to achieve delivery excellence and focusing on innovation. This role will help you leverage the experiences, learnings, skills and relationships that will shape your career and be inspired by great leaders so you can lead and inspire others throughout your career journey.   The opportunity   EY has an ambitious business growth plan to achieve over the next number of years and its People Proposition is central to that delivery.  As part of a global organisation, we leverage both global and local capability and opportunity to best meet our business priorities and demands.   The Strategic Talent Partner works in collaboration with our business leaders and their management teams to ensure we are developing an extraordinary place for individuals to create their future and plays a key role in building out an engagement culture thereby improving long term retention and development of our future leadership pipeline.   This role will work closely with the leadership teams across the relevant Service Lines to deliver a day-to-day talent service and develop strong personal relationships and networks throughout the partnership.   The incumbent is expected to play a major role working with their Service Lines to support business growth, the achievement of the talent strategy, employee engagement and the retention of top talent. This role will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to work in partnership with a fast-paced business with aggressive plans for future growth.   Key Responsibilities

Drive the implementation of the core annual talent processes in relation to leadership development, performance management, retention, pay review and engagement making sure that data accuracy and timelines are kept Work with the business to create, tailor and support delivery of talent agenda for designated EY Service Lines Proactively drive change initiatives searching for an opportunity for structuring, optimizing and unifying approach where possible and justified Use data to create insights in order to generate ideas and solutions Acts as a trusted advisor to the business leaders providing guidance and coaching on key people aspects including employee relations matters and performance management challenges Work collaboratively with other colleagues in Talent Team to shape and deliver an exceptional employee experience through full employee lifecycle Provides insights on current people issues and has a challenging robust point of view on business decisions and their impact on people Supports our drive to be an inclusive employer valuing diversity and inclusion

Skills and attributes for success

Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a face-paced and demanding environment while maintaining attention to detail A strong sense of ownership for full projects delivery cycle from strategic focus, through ability to translate a vision to a tangible plan, to successful delivery of that plan and operational excellence Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate clearly, coach and facilitate, and influencing senior stakeholders Demonstrable business acumen Extensive knowledge