HR Business Partner - Consulting Firm

Role: Business HR

Designation: Associate Director

Business line: Management Consulting

Job summary:

Skills needed:

- Should understand People Strategy and can contribute creatively towards it (should have played some role in their previous experience towards this);

- Someone who is a quick learner and can pick up nuances on the business well

- Knows HR functional stuff in practice - example if there is an attrition problem, how has the person solved it well in his/her previous experiences;

- Functional knowledge wise strong on basics and fundamental of Human Resources domain in terms of processes, policies etc;

- Be able to work effectively with other COEs in a matrix relationship and contribute constructively

- Also be able to work with impact and gravitas with business stakeholders and teams

- Should have exposure of HR best practices to an extent so that the person can bring in a fresh perspective.

Behaviorally:

- Ability to work successfully with senior stakeholders / leadership, to be able to hold one's ground in their presence;

- Need someone who is assertive (and not aggressive) in his/her work approach;-

- Understands that while hierarchy may be important, expressing one's own constructive point of view is important, shouldn- t let hierarchy get precedence over work;

- Personality should be able to inspire HR team - so that they look upto the person and hence manage the team well;

- Should display the maturity to navigate through complex situations and not get hassled