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AVEVA HR Business Partner, Northern Europe in Malmo, Sweden
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.
We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.
If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/
HR Business Partner - Northern Europe, Malmö Sweden
The HR Business Partner, covering Northern Europe (Nordics & Netherlands), based in our Malmö office, Sweden, will be part of a wider EMEA HR Business Partnering team supporting our People Team in ensuring smooth and efficient business operations. In this role you will support our employees, local leadership and operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands, whilst partnering key stakeholders with a presence in the region, such as functional and market leaders.
The role will provide consultation on all people matters, ensuring that HR processes and procedures can deliver business strategies and growth plans, and that global projects and initiatives are delivered compliantly within the region. This will involve collaboration and negotiations with Trade Unions and Works Councils.
Supported by a strong People Team, the HR Business Partner will focus on building capability and capacity of leaders and managers to embed good people management practices and works closely with HR colleagues in the COEs and other regions to deliver an effective and aligned People function.
Responsibilities
Providing first line HR business partnering support, addressing matters escalated by the HR Services Team. Advise managers and employees on all employee relations and other people matters.
Build the capability of line managers and leaders to effectively manage and own the employment relationship throughout the employee lifecycle, intervening as required to manage business risks.
Work with internal stakeholders to understand the people management priorities that will drive and deliver business plans and use this insight to develop effective and innovative HR solutions.
Work with Functional HR Business Partners and local managers to understand and evaluate the talent and succession needs for their area of the business and support them to provide effective talent management interventions and career coaching conversations with their teams.
Lead the business relationship with the local Works Councils and/or Trade Unions, fostering a culture of openness and trust.
Trusted advisor to the business on the Works Council legislation and scope.
Horizon scanning externally to identify and understand key employment legislation changes across the portfolio, supporting and delivering training to and regularly updating internal stakeholders.
Regularly reviewing, updating, and improving employee policies across the portfolio, ensuring that they are legislatively compliant, visible, and accessible to all stakeholders.
Provide advice and support to the COE’s on all day-to-day matters, from Talent Acquisition to global initiatives.
Skills & Qualifications
Knowledge of HR lifecycle – understands the employee lifecycle and implements the drivers within it.
Trusted advisor – builds stakeholder relationships quickly and is credibly interested in the stakeholder and their business challenges.
Commercial awareness and good business acumen – ensures deliverables and decisions reflect the business needs and uses data and insight to influence business priorities and activities.
Collaboration – works to break down silos, by leveraging and sharing knowledge of other teams and functions.
Skilled influencer – actively influences and manages relationships with stakeholders to enable the successful delivery of activities and projects.
Process excellence – plans, manages, and evaluates processes to ensure workflows are effective, efficient, and agile. Making incremental improvements to processes, controls or ways of working based on feedback and insight.
Strong understanding of local employment law and best practice in at least one of the Nordic countries or the Netherlands. Experience or knowledge in multiple countries highly advantageous.
A demonstratable ability to prioritise multiple activities, projects and demands.
English language skills - verbal and written
Demonstrable experience of business partnering with evidence of career progression within a People function.
Experience of working in a People Team, showing knowledge of HR policies, processes across the whole employee lifecycle.
Beneficial Skills & Qualifications
CIPD Level 5+ qualified or working towards the qualification (or local equivalent), or graduate/post-graduate education in Human Resources Manager
Experience of working within a complex matrix organisation with a European reach and preferably in a technology/software company
Knowledge of workforce planning, organisational development and/or organisational design tools and techniques.
Experience working with Unions and Works Councils
Fluency in a Nordic language or Dutch is an advantage, but not essential.
AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.
Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.
Empowering you with pioneering tech
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.
We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.
If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/.