Director People Services & Country Advice Denmark, UK, Poland and Finland

Job Description

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.

Job Description

Vattenfall Staff Function People & Culture is now looking for the right person to fill the position of

Director of People Services & Country Advice for Denmark, UK, Poland and Finland

reporting to Vice President People Services. The position is organized within Vattenfall Staff Function People & Culture - People Services, supporting specifically the countries Denmark, UK, Poland and Finland. The role is located in London, UK.

Your Job
The Director of People Services & Country Advice is entrusted with the comprehensive management of HR operations in four countries (Denmark, UK, Poland, Finland) ensuring effectiveness and efficiency.

The groupwide People Services function aims for a common service approach and common service offering towards all Vattenfall countries. Processes are designed as global as possible and as local as needed. Services are delivered through a hybrid model of local inhouse service centers and vendors for specific processes. A central service center is currently expanding its scope for global processes and back office tasks. The inhouse service teams for Denmark, UK, Poland and Finland work with local service providers for payroll. All countries work within one system landscape.

The element of Country Advice applies to the responsibilities for giving advice on a.o. local legal HR topics, in some countries specific compensation and reward questions and if applicable for that country also codetermination topics.

You play a crucial part in delivering a valuable HR service that supports the countries in scope. Your commitment extends to steering transformational plans, guaranteeing the realization of short and long-term business goals and ensuring the proper execution of the people strategy to meet business needs. A key target will be to strengthen the common processes across countries, to implement best practices and to strive for optimal allocation of tasks and synergies within the wider People Services organization.

Next to your international leadership responsibilities you will for the coming year also lead the local UK team, being ‘double hatted’ manager for a team of 5 FTE that delivers people services and country advice to our business areas and staff functions in the UK .

Location:
London

Qualifications

Who are you?

Our best candidate has a relevant University degree or equivalent and extensive experience as a leader within People & Culture and at least 5 years of experience as an HR Manager within an international organization in the UK, with the responsibility for daily service delivery/HR operations in multiple countries. You are an experienced change leader and you have a proven track record in leading international teams. You enjoy ensuring that HR daily services are running smoothly and with high quality. You are able to work and lead with different prerequisites, needs and actions within your area of responsibility.

As a person you have strong integrity and an agile mindset combined with a passion for creating true business value. As a leader you excel in communication, collaboration and relationship skills and you effortlessly interact with colleagues, managers and internal and external stakeholders at different levels in all countries through delegation, follow-up and trust.

Additional valued skills:

• Strong business acumen, being a solid partner for business with the ability to understand the details without losing sight of the big picture
• Strong credibility built through both business insight and leadership while leading change and strive for continuous development
• Self-driven, performance oriented and taking ownership
• High level of integrity and works transparently
• In accordance with the leadership focus areas of Vattenfall we expect you to excel in connecting people, accelerating learning and driving innovation
• Have a good track record when it comes to leadership and making an impact, where you have a personal interest in developing yourself, your people and team. You give feedback and ask for feedback in return
• You “live” our Vattenfall experience principles, open, active, positive and safety and challenge others to do the same
• Strong communication skills in English, both verbally and in written

Additional Information

Our offer
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information
We welcome your application in English, no later than, 2nd of January 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. Feedback will follow after the closing date.

An executive assessment is normally part of the recruitment process. By applying, you agree to use potentially existing assessment reports and talent management data during the selection process. Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidate can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiterJoany van Megen via email: joany.vanmegen@vattenfall.com.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

We look forward to receiving your application!