Strategic People Partner

About AXA: AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them

As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance

We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence

AXA UK Support Functions look after our three customer-facing business units, providing the infrastructure and expertise to make sure we can be there for our customers

Job overview: As Strategic People Partner, you'll play a critical role in collaborating with ExCom and Senior Leaders to translate the strategic vision of the business into a People Strategy, which drives tangible business outcomes

You’ll be a trusted advisor who provides expert consultancy and deep specialist knowledge

You’ll be responsible for the creation and implementation of their strategic people plans at a functional level

Delivering people initiatives which foster a culture of growth, drive employee engagement, and grow our business

Key responsibilities: Understand and influence the business strategy and identify opportunities to increase alignment with the strategy, by helping business leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational knowledge skills and behaviour's

Act as the UK Lead for broad People topics across AXA UK

Ensure progress is tracked and reported, and stakeholders are kept engaged and up to date at a UK transversal level

Build close and effective relationships with the COEs to secure their expertise to deliver on the People Strategy

Design and deliver organisation development interventions to increase organisational efficiency and embed the desired culture and behaviour changes

Lead organisation design projects to develop operating models that deliver desired business outcomes within your function

Diagnose gaps between current and desired organization performance and deploy actions to resolve gaps, including organization redesign, process change, coaching and training

Work with the COE’s to deploy appropriate talent solutions to fill identified skill gaps

Act as the advocate for leading the talent management and development plans for the business unit with a focus on building the capability of leaders, building skills and capabilities of the workforce, and ensuring succession plans are in place

Identify culture gaps that are a risk to delivery of the business strategy, and ensure a plan is in place to address the gaps

Lead on any Culture change required to address the culture gaps identified

Due to the number of applications we expect to receive for this role, we reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the listed closing date to ensure we’re able to effectively manage interest

Therefore, if you’re interested in joining us at AXA, please don’t hesitate to apply

Work arrangements: At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers

You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future

Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events

Your skills & experience: Confident in engaging with executive-level stakeholders, possessing the credibility and resilience to challenge senior leaders and communicate difficult messages when necessary to advance business objectives

Proven ability to effectively influence and integrate commercial objectives with people strategies within dynamic organizations experiencing rapid growth, significant change, or transformation A practical, results-driven HR leader with a strong commercial mindset, equally adept at handling complex employee relations issues and presenting strategic people plans to executive leadership Trusted advisor with a deep technical knowledge of HR

Ability to interrogate and analyse multiple data sources

Organisational and industry awareness with passion for bringing external thinking to the table

Working collaboratively with Trades Union colleagues (AXA Insurance) and employee representative groups (AXA Health) influencing as appropriate

Ability to effectively operate in complex, ambiguous context

Able to manage differing needs of multiple stakeholders (e.g

Matrix org) As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom

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We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don’t discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics

If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we’re proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge

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We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.