Director of People & Culture

25 أكتوبر، 2022

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Job Summary:

As Avertra continues to grow, we are seeking an energetic, proactive, creative, and communicative Director of People & Culture to develop and grow our exceptional team, attract the top applicants, spearhead career path planning to ensure our employees’ sustainable professional and personal growth, and maintain and develop our global culture. This position is one of the most critical roles in the company, as it will provide guidance to our leadership layer and pave the way for our People & Culture growth at Avertra, which is a facet we believe to be one of the most critical at our organization.

The Director of People & Culture would enable the development of an environment where our team can thrive by designing, developing, and implementing strategies to recruit, develop, and retain top talent. They would not only be proficient in creating and developing strategies, but also roll their sleeves up and not shy away from getting hands on and working on the tactical execution.

The ideal candidate for this role would possess good judgement, exceptional interpersonal skills, and a passion for people. They would also be a confident leader with demonstrated experience in uncovering operational gaps, identifying opportunities for improvement, and proposing creative and pragmatic solutions through a change management lens. They would also have solid experience in companies that are in hyper growth mode, and therefore possess a fire-fighting mindset in order to be able to keep up in a dynamic and fast paced environment. Additionally, the suitable candidate would have an automation first mindset, whereby they always look for ways to move away from manual tasks to adopt a system driven approach.

Lastly, as Avertra prides itself on diversity and contributes its strength to it, this candidate must be a champion of diversity and embrace all cultures, genders, religions, sexual orientations, and races to continue promoting equity and equality at Avertra.

Main Job Responsibilities:

Leadership:

Prepare and analyze metrics and provide reports that support decision making in specified areas in People & Culture
Creating the right leadership structure for a global team by adapting and modernizing industry best practices
Ensuring that company policies are enforced and employees are treated fairly
Mentoring and grooming staff in the People & Culture organization

Talent Management & Culture:

Review and propose process streamlining strategies in across the talent lifecycle
Manage Performance Review process and assist with goal development, by ensuring that individual goals are derived from department & corporate goals
Partner with internal stakeholders to implement strategies for employee engagement and retention
Oversee Talent Assessment and Development to ensure that leaders are aware of best practices around helping their teams develop on a professional and personal level
Develop strategies around employee retention and career progression
Drive the Performance Management function development and execution
Develop Avertra’s training strategy, management, and execution
Drive Skills Gap Analysis to ensure that training and development roadmap is up to date and accurate
Oversee development of Standard Operating Procedures & Job Aids
Create and maintain manuals around Learning & Development
Implement new, and enhance existing staff recognition and reward programs
Work with People Operations team to enhance global policies and ensure that compliance is implemented
Work with Talent Manager to enhance procedures around:

o Onboarding and offboarding

o Talent Acquisition & Development o Employee Happiness & Culture

Needed Competencies:

Leadership skills
Communication skills
Time management
Creativity
Analytical skills

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Human Resources, or any relevant field
Master’s degree preferred

Experience:

8+ years of HR experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Familiarity with all aspects of HR, including compensation, recruitment, benefits, training
Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are essential. Ability to lead meetings and presentations, and ability to interface with all levels of staff with tact and diplomacy
Ability to advocate for both staff and management
Highly proactive style of work, with a demonstrated track record of developing innovative approaches
Highly skilled at project management; proven success working in a fast-paced environment and delivering against multiple work streams
Fluent in change management strategies and best practice; proven success in implementing change across an organization
Experience with companies that have been in hyper growth mode
A fire fighting mindset and willing to keep up in a fast moving environment
Combination of strategy as well as tactical execution and not afraid to be hands on
Automation mindset by moving away from manual tasks to adopt a system driven approach
Being able to thrive in a multi religious, multi sexual orientation, multi cultural environment
Equity and equality mindset