People Partner – Italy & Croatia (Maternity Leave Replacement)

The People Partner supports the Area Italy & Croatia in developing and maintaining DNV’s culture and business goals through professional and consistent HR deliveries throughout the unit. The People Partner shall advise, challenge, support and partner with the Management Team in HR related matters and is responsible for driving the People strategy and local initiatives and projects.

The People Partner shall plan, co-ordinate, support, follow-up and improve the HR activities within Area Italy & Croatia in accordance with the framework in the DNV strategy, budget, the DNV Management system (DMSG) and other instructions given by the Regional People Manager, People Director and Chief People Officer. The People Partner shall actively promote, support and facilitate the fulfilment of DNV's Purpose, Vision and Values, Leadership in DNV principles and shall foster a culture of cooperation across the Business Area. The People Partner shall have, at all times, DNV’s best interest in focus.

The People Partner will be key in supporting the Team with HR reporting, analytics, projects, and other initiatives, while ensuring that annual HR processes are aligned and consistently delivered.

Part of the People team of Business Assurance, the People Partner will report to the Regional People Manager Europe.

Main responsibilities include but not limited to:

- Development of an employee-oriented company culture that emphasizes quality, continuous improvement, high performance, key employee retention and development, and high performance
- Support the implementation of annual People processes relating to compensation, performance review, talent management, succession planning and employee engagement
- Partner with management to identify priority areas to address people related issues with a view to design, plan and implement HR solutions
- Provide advice and services to Managers on People topics related to workforce planning, hiring, employee engagement, performance management, people development and training.
- Lead HR related projects and initiatives as requested and agreed with People Director & Regional People Manager
- Participate in business, manager level and team forums to understand the business drivers and provide input into future plans of Area Italy & Croatia
- Monitoring of local legislation and ensure local HR requirements and practices comply in Partnership with GSS HR local team
- Challenging and supporting line managers on managing people performance, including development, deployment and retention
- Build talent pipeline activity plan, using local resource and networks, identify opportunities to enhance succession pipeline.

- At least 2 years of broad HR experience, ideally in multinational environments, in several HR fields such as change management, recruitment, people development, training, employee engagement, etc.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field, with a specialization in Human Resources being a strong plus.
- High quality written and excellent oral English communication skills. Fluency in Italian will be considered a plus.
- Experience of working closely with senior stakeholders to gain buy-in and being able to support HR and company initiatives
- Good understanding of Human Resources recognition and engagement programs and processes
- Strong project management skills with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities concurrently
- Excellent people and interpersonal skills including ability to “read” people and their contexts
- Highly collaborative with demonstrative ability to develop and maintain effective and positive working relationships
- Able to challenge the status quo, think ‘ outside of the box and promote innovative ideas
- Positive attitude and strong work ethics
- Able to handle high level of complexity and ambiguity

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