HR Transition/Integration Lead Essen, Germany

The role will be required to work closely with the Serco and new organisations HR teams to manage and support initiatives across the business to drive not only integration but support the delivery of shareholder value

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Main Responsibilities

As HR Transition/Integration Lead you will be responsible for:

• Work with the People Director and with other functional business areas to ensure a successful joined up project approach and delivery with the objective of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
• Understand, own and be a passionate role model for Serco values and ensure they are fully embraced across the business.
• Manage, evaluate, and deliver the HR transition/integration project plan to ensure delivery of key activities.
• Engage with the key stakeholders regularly and keep them apprised on project progress as well as any issues.
• Assess all liabilities and risks related to the acquisition and alignment with Serco ways of working. (e.g. potential redundancies, pension liabilities, disability, outstanding entitlements, legal proceedings, health & safety requirements).
• Working with the Divisional IR Director and Legal Counsel develop a proactive plan to implement a European Works Council, if required.
• Ensure all risks/issues identified, via the due diligence exercise, are identified. That these are included on the plan and tracked to resolution.
• Lead an audit approach across each country to ensure adherence to governance and local legislation.
• Work closely with the acquisitions equivalent HR lead to ensure complete integration of activity across both businesses.
• Supports the implementation of Sercos employee engagement initiatives across the business to drive a culture of exceptional customer service.
• Review risks in relation to payroll activity and ensure each country is fully compliant with local tax and social security measures.
• Ensures compliance to European standards and employment legislation, mitigating and managing risk and liabilities in the supply of people and services into differing European jurisdictions.
• Review existing disciplinary/grievance/absence procedures and ensure compliant with Serco standards.
• Work closely with the Programme Director to ensure all project tasks, risks and issues are understood and integrated into the wider plan. Any liabilities are understood and managed.
• Direct the implementation of appropriate training plans at different levels to successfully ensure delivery of the acquisition.
• Work in partnership with HR across both organisations to ensure successful delivery of the plan.
• Ensure that key regular reports on people management performance are produced in a timely manner.

Successful Candidate

Do you think you are the candidate we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring:

Qualifications:

• Professional HR qualification.
• Graduate calibre.

Knowledge:

• Generalist background having managed at an operational level in a substantial customer centric organisation.
• Good knowledge of local employment legislation (focus on Switzerland and Germany; but any experience in Austria and Italy would be an advantage).
• Experience with local authorities for tax and social security audits.

Skills:

• Experience of managing and deploying projects.
• Experience of delivering change in complex and demanding environments.
• Strongly values led individual with excellent judgement and decision-making skills.
• Self-aware yet highly resilient individual capable of challenging and being challenged.
• Ability to demonstrate high degree of confidentiality.
• Ability to lead team through change.

Experience:

• Experience of previous M&A transition/integration projects is essential
• Experience of operating within local employment law.
• Experience of managing with works council representatives.
• Experience of hands on delivery of HR services is essential.
• Experience of managing through change management processes is essential