HR Business Partner

Job Description:

Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in over 145 countries and regions, it has a proven track record of nurturing and developing innovations, combining the talents of its global network of leadership brands to develop impactful and integrated growth solutions for clients. Dentsu delivers end-to-end experience transformation (EX) by integrating its services across Media, CXM and Creative, while its business transformation (BX) mindset pushes the boundaries of transformation and sustainable growth for brands, people and society.

Role Purpose

As a HR Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our people strategy and culture. You will be a strategic advisor, change agent, and advocate for our employees, working closely with senior leadership to align HR initiatives with business goals. Your focus will be on driving talent management, organisational development, employee engagement, and diversity and inclusion efforts. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced and creative environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Partnership:

• Collaborate with senior leaders to understand business objectives and develop HR strategies that support organisational goals.
• Provide expert HR guidance on talent management, succession planning, and workforce development.
• Partner with leadership to identify and address employee relations issues, ensuring a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
• Working with colleagues in the HR Centres of Excellence, lead on communication, implementation and measurement of key people initiatives and programmes to support a vibrant, fast paced, and high-performance culture.

Talent Acquisition and Management:

• Develop and implement talent management programs to attract, retain, and develop top talent.
• Lead performance management initiatives, including goal setting, performance reviews, and development plans.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):

• Champion DEI efforts, promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and respected.
• Develop and implement strategies to attract and retain diverse talent.
• Lead initiatives to raise awareness and foster a culture of inclusion.

Organisational Development:

• Support the HRD to drive change management initiatives to support organisational growth and transformation.
• Support the HRD to facilitate organisational design and restructuring efforts to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide coaching and support to managers and employees during periods of change.

Senior Business Relationships

• Building strong, trusted partner relationships with senior functional leaders. Establishing creditability as a strategic business partner through developing a robust understanding of the business direction and landscape. 
• Supporting senior leaders to be role models who demonstrate strong leadership behaviours and accountabilities, and cascade this through their teams.

Change Management 

• Leading and advising senior leaders on key organisational people change management initiatives (organisation culture change, business process re-engineering, reorganisations, organisational design).

Data and insight 

• Utilising data and insight to support leaders, drive informed decision making and as a measure of output and initiatives.  

Qualifications + Skills

• Extensive HR generalist experience, including organisational design and change management.
• Proven ability to lead the strategic HR agenda in partnership with senior leaders, leveraging Centres of Excellence as needed.
• Experience in supporting internal functions stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated success in driving DEI initiatives and promoting an inclusive workplace.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, matrixed, and complex environment.
• Experience within a communications agency or professional services environment is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Workday is advantageous.

What we offer

• This is a 6-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) role.  
• Our offices are based in London, we operate under hybrid working arrangements and you will be expected to work from the office at least 2 days a week.
• As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

Location:

London

Brand:

Dentsu

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)