Description

The Team

Clyde & Co's HR team in the North America consists of 20 people. We have specialist teams in Recruitment, Learning and Development and Reward. Our generalist team works as one team to deliver a business partnering service to our fee earning and business services teams.

The purpose of the Senior HR Advisor role is to work with and influence key stakeholders and Partners to improve business performance by identifying areas for improvement and facilitating change initiatives. This Senior HR Advisor role will support various fee earning and business services teams based across regional offices.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering 

• Work with the senior HR team to develop the HR function and support the delivery of the people strategy whilst meeting the strategic objectives of the firm.
• Position HR as a strategic business partner within client groups and contribute to business planning and strategic discussions by providing commercial advice and support on all HR Operational issues
• Develop and sustain strong business relationships with client groups to become a trusted advisor.
• Partner closely with client groups to coach and advise managers regarding employee matters, including but not limited to performance management, including utilization, employee relations concerns, compensation, and promotions. 
• Work with Partners and recruitment colleagues to determining hiring needs, preparing business cases and requisition resource forms (RRF).
• Coach and support Partners, Managers and Team Leaders in their development of their people management skills.
• Propose new ideas that may lead to better strategic decisions.
• Work with L&D colleagues to ensure that fee earners have the right skills, experience, and knowledge to manage people effectively and to help and support them when gaps are identified. 
• Facilitate and assist with L&D programs as and when required

Career Development and Talent Management

• Work with Partners to support ongoing and effective career development conversations across the client groups.
• Coach client groups in the delivery of effective feedback and constructive performance management-based discussions.
• Lead the Talent Management process for the client groups, collating and acting upon the data to manage promotion decisions and succession planning.
   

Salary Review

• Keep up to date with market conditions and contribute to information to annual salary review process.
• Help facilitate career conversations inclusive of compensation awards.
   

Projects

• Working with the senior HR team and the business on various HR projects within the firm.
   

Essential Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• HR Professional with four years+ experience of building effective relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experienced in several areas of human resources.
• Experience working in a legal or professional services environment.
• Strong team player essential.
• Commercially astute and a good understanding of the practical application of HR.
• Outstanding planning and organization skills with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong influencing skills and able to build credibility quickly.
• Integrity and discretion.
• Ability to inspire confidence and respect at all levels.
• Flexible in thinking and approach.
   

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specializing in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimizing the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.

For more about the firm, its lawyers, offices and areas of expertise and for the latest industry thought leadership, please visit www.clydeco.com

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavors and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

Work as one - We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success.
Excel with clients - We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the center of everything we do.
Celebrate difference - We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement.
Act boldly - We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognizing that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth.

Business Services Competencies 

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal, and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness
 

This is the job description as constituted at present; however, the Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.     

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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