Employee Relations and Policy Lead | Req ID | 48932BR | Job category | Human Resources | Sub-category | HR General | Countries (State/Region) | Oman | Location | Muscat | Role synopsis | The Employee Relations and Policy Advisor will be the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and coordinator of Employee Relations activity in Oman. They provide advice and guidance to HR and leadership, and develop and execute the ER plan for the business within the group-wide frameworks, policies and legal boundaries.

The ER and Policy Advisor plays a key role in monitoring both the internal and external environment to identify risks, trends and opportunities, and helping define and implement initiatives that ensure a positive and constructive ER environment. | Key accountabilities | Employee Relations Strategy - lead the delivery, and monitoring of the Oman ER Strategy through the engagement of key stakeholders such as Regional President, VPs, HR Team and BP Group ER team.

Employee Consultative Committee - support the Employee Consultative Committee in creating a positive and cohesive working environment.

Compliance - monitor the external environment to keep track of external employee relations environment and its impact on working environment. Lead the delivery of Employee Risk assessments taking into account both internal and external factors. Will keep abreast of changes in Employment law to ensure the Company’s policies and practices remain compliant.

Metrics - track, analyse and report ER metrics for Oman - developing key messages and actions.

Employee communication - develop, run and support implementation of appropriate employee communication / consultation / engagement processes, working with stakeholders and the legal team to ensure legal compliance.

Disciplinary/ Grievance - lead investigations & grievance / disciplinary processes, coach and guide line management & HR professionals on these processes.

Policies - review HR / Employment policies and ensure that they are relevant to the business and legal environment and that they support a consistent employment value proposition. Ensure that labour legislation compliance and respective risk mitigation factors are taken into account.

Pulse Survey - lead in the development/coordination of the action plan in response to pulse survey outcomes.

Capability - support the development of Team ER capability through coaching, mentoring, and training activity.

ER database - co-ordinate the ER database to identify common themes, risks and issues in the ER environment.

Workforce Welfare – support the creation and implementation of a Workforce Welfare strategy that supports delivery of the Khazzan project full field development (FFD).

Group ER - lead in communicating with the Group Employee Relations team in relations to ER activity and implementing Group/Segment ER Standards. | Essential Education | Minimum of University degree. | Essential experience and job requirements | At least 10 years HR experience

Strong generalist HR experience within fast-moving, complex and demanding environments where operational HR issues have to be handled on a large scale, and with a need to multi-task and deal with ambiguity

Sound knowledge of employment law and best practice for country/region, able to apply knowledge to the business

Deep knowledge of the HR policies and practices in the organisation, provides advice and policy interpretation to HR business partner teams

Skilled in the development of business specific ER/IR policy and guidance

Skilled in complex HR issues management, able to manage sensitive formal investigations | Other Requirements (eg Travel, Location) | Critical Competencies:

o Strong analytical skills and the capacity to solve complex problems

o Uses diverse approaches to make decisions in the absence of a definitive framework or where few precedents exist

o Excellence focus – has high internalized standards which are proactively upheld

o Identifies and engenders support from key stakeholders to progress HR initiatives

o Is able to appraise policy and process effectively – challenges when an alternative route is required

o Demonstrates the ability to promote teamwork in order to meet stretching personal and organisational objectives

o Articulates the rationale for change and seeks to engage others in a considered manner

o Will propose ideas and initiatives which ensure HR and business processes are applied in a fair and meritocratic way

o Has the ability to negotiate and build positive relations with various employee groups; Drives employee/employer relations and issues to deliver the best commercial solution; Displays sound knowledge of HR policy and application of employment law to difficult and discrete assignments | Desirable criteria & qualifications | Ideally worked previously in an Employee Relations specialist role.
Professional HR certification such as CIPD. | Relocation available | Yes - including international/expat | Travel required | Yes - up to 25% | Is this a part time position? | No | About BP | Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of 80,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

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BP is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. | Segment | Upstream | bp.com #tag | #Oman2013 | Application close date | 16-Jul-2014 | Removal Time | 23:59 (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) | | |