About International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

IPPF is a global non-government healthcare provider and a leading advocate of reproductive health and rights for all. Founded in 1952, IPPF has evolved into a movement of 150 member associations and collaborative partners with a presence in over 146 countries, 25 of them in East and South East Asia and Oceania and 8 of them in South Asia Region.

Our work is wide ranging, including sex education, maternal care and responding to humanitarian crises.  We pride ourselves on being local through our members and global through our network.  At the heart of our mission is the provision of integrated healthcare to anyone who needs it regardless of race, gender, sex, income, and crucially no matter how remote. 

The Role 

Role:                                   People Partner – East & South East Asia and Oceania/South Asia

Division:                             People Organisation & Culture

Grade:                                F

Type of role:                     Full-time, hybrid

Responsible to:                Director of People Organisation and Culture,

                                           dotted line to Regional Director, East & South East Asia and Oceania and South Asia

Location:                           Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia or Delhi, India

Salary:                               Competitive and based on location

Job Summary

Operating in an internal consulting model, this role will be the People Partner to two Regional Directors and their senior leadership teams located in Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi and Suva in Fiji.  There is also a small Finance hub based in New Delhi.  In total, an employee group of around 85.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of two vibrant regional teams and also as part of a global professional People, Organisation & Culture team of People Partners to support Secretariat transformation and cultural change.

Responsibilities

Role Purpose

Todevelop and implement People Plans that support our Strategic Framework objectives, deliver optimal performance and enable an environment that engages and develops diverse talent.

Context

• As we transform the approach to People Organisation & Culture, we are looking for people who are strategic, agile and collaborative.
• Building consistency, keeping on the ‘front foot’ of evolving people practices and bringing a proactive approach to attracting talent, people performance and development, workforce planning and enhancing the employee experience journey are important too.
• And we need someone who can develop new approaches and processes, bring people with them and collaborate in a truly global context.

Management responsibility

• You will have a dotted line reporting of the Senior Officers for HR & Office Admin (one based in Kuala Lumpur, one in New Delhi and one in Fiji) who will provide support to the teams in their location and to you on the ground on HR admin and processes (contracts, recruitment etc.), HR Information systems, payroll and first line of HR enquiries.

Deliverables:

• Develop and implement a regional people plan with the DPOC, Regional and Divisional Directors.
• Devise, modify and manage the employee lifecycle journey to ensure a consistent and positive employee experience.
• Plan recruitment to effectively attract diverse talent, pro-actively advising on the approach. Supporting selection directly, through training and coaching recruiting managers.
• Build and manage an effective approach to managing talent, that brings more consistency across regions, improves performance and increases engagement.
• Work closely with directors to manage resources effectively, build resilience and flexibility.
• Identify, mitigate, and manage people and employee relations risks.
• Manage the pay review cycle in region in line with Secretariat guidelines and working alongside People colleagues.
• Lead the local adaptation, modification and implementation of People Policies and Procedures in line with the Secretariat framework.
• Advocate for the development of a learning organisation, where people are encouraged to proactively develop their careers.
• Build trusted relationships at all levels to deliver IPPF’s People objectives while retaining line manager accountability through training and coaching support.
• Recommend, devise and adapt interventions that improve engagement, wellbeing and support culture change.
• Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.
• Be part of a global people partner team, sharing knowledge, growing expertise and working collaboratively on global people interventions.

We are looking for each People Partner to take the lead on a global initiative so interest/skill/expertise in employee engagement, talent acquisition, employer value propositions or workforce planning would be a positive.

Candidate profile

Expertise

• Qualified HR Professional with significant experience across the full employee life-cycle.
• Experience as an HR or People Business Partner working with and pro-actively advising Senior Management Teams.
• Experience of advising and working across geographies and different legal jurisdictions internationally, particularly on recruitment & ER matters, would be a benefit.
• Track record of developing and delivering ambitious people plans and managing/delivering projects.
• Experience in the co-design/development of key people initiatives.
• Qualified in the use of psychometric profiling that can be used in multi-cultural environments would be a benefit.
• Track record of working successfully with diverse, multicultural and multilingual groups and experience of supporting teamworking in diverse environments.
• Creative problem-solver, who thinks ahead and pre-empts risks/issues.
• Understands the external dynamics, political/social/economic shifts and keeps up to date with functional/sectoral/legislative changes.

Skills:

• Highly collaborative, flexible and open-minded approach to finding the right solution to meet the needs of the people in your regions.
• Influencing skills with demonstratable ability to both constructively challenge and support with resilience and emotional intelligence.
• Good judgment and decision-making distilling the key elements of a situation and context balancing the needs of the business and the needs of people.
• Demonstrable planning, organising skills with the ability to adapt and flex to changing circumstances and deliver at pace.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written with experience of writing policies/procedures/contracts in a user-friendly way without technical jargon and in a tone of voice that supports the culture.
• You will need excellent English speaking/writing.  Other regional languages would be a benefit, as would French.
• Highest integrity and confidentiality, approachable and supportive.

Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrates ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care in sex work.

IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.

Selection process

• Read the job description linked below for details about this position and the skills/experience needed
• Complete the application form linked below and submit your CV.
• Send completed application forms to [email protected] 

Candidates who are short-listed will be invited to a Teams interview and presentation.  Preferred candidates will be given the opportunity to have a face to face meeting in the regional office to meet some members of the team. 

All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.

Equality Statement

Equality and diversity are at the core of who we are and what we do. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

The role

Division                     People Organisation & Culture
Location                    London, UK
Responsible to         Director People, Organisation and Culture       
Type of Role             Full-time, hybrid
Salary                       Up to £71,000 pa
 

The People Partner European Network, Americas and the Caribbean is a crucial role, supporting our teams based in London, Brussels, Mexico City, Turks and Caicos and New York.   Working closely with our regional and divisional directors, the role will support about 100 people in total.  It will also lead on our approach to global talent management across IPPF, setting global principles for how we want to attract and grow our talent, and rolling these out to local teams. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new and growing team who are at the heart of embedding our new strategy ‘Come Together’.   We aspire to build great environments, deliver innovative services, listen to our people and nurture our leaders.  Reporting to the Director of People, Organisation and Culture (DPOC), it is part of a wider team of People Partners working throughout our geographical regions.

What are we looking for?

• As we transform the approach to People Organisation & Culture, we are looking for people who are strategic, agile and collaborative.
• Building consistency, keeping on the ‘front foot’ of evolving people practices and bringing a proactive approach to attracting talent, people performance and development, workforce planning and enhancing the employee experience journey are important too.
• And we need someone who can develop new approaches and processes, bring people with them and collaborate in a truly global context.

Management responsibility:

• You will line manage the HR Officer based in Mexico City and matrix manage the HR Officer based in London with the Global Operations Manager.

Deliverables:

• Develop and implement a regional people plan with the DPOC, Regional and Divisional Directors.
• Devise, modify and manage the employee lifecycle journey to ensure a consistent and positive employee experience.
• Plan recruitment to effectively attract diverse talent, pro-actively advising on the approach. Supporting selection directly, through training and coaching recruiting managers.
• Build and manage an effective approach to managing talent, that brings more consistency across regions, improves performance and increases engagement.
• Work closely with directors to manage resources effectively, build resilience and flexibility.
• Identify, mitigate, and manage people and employee relations risks.
• Manage the pay review cycle in region in line with Secretariat guidelines and working alongside People colleagues.
• Lead the local adaptation, modification and implementation of People Policies and Procedures in line with the Secretariat framework.
• Advocate for the development of a learning organisation, where people are encouraged to proactively develop their careers.
• Build trusted relationships at all levels to deliver IPPF’s People objectives while retaining line manager accountability through training and coaching support.
• Recommend, devise and adapt interventions that improve engagement, wellbeing and support culture change.
• Support and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.

We are looking for each People Partner to take the lead on a global initiative.

Expertise:

• Qualified HR Professional with significant experience across the full employee life-cycle.
• Experience as an HR or People Partner or generalist, pro-actively advising Senior Management Teams.
• Experience of advising and working across geographies and different legal jurisdictions internationally, particularly on recruitment & ER matters, would be a benefit.
• Track record of developing and delivering ambitious people plans and managing/delivering projects.
• Experience in the co-design/development of key people initiatives.
• Qualified in the use of psychometric profiling that can be used in multi-cultural environments would be a benefit
• Track record of working successfully with diverse, multicultural and multilingual groups and experience of supporting teamworking in diverse environments.
• Creative problem-solver, who thinks ahead and pre-empts risks/issues.
• Understands the external dynamics, political/social/economic shifts and keeps up to date with functional/sectoral/legislative changes.

  Skills:

• Influencing skills with the ability to challenge and support with resilience and emotional intelligence.
• Good judgment and decision-making distilling the key elements of a context and balancing the different needs.
• Planning and organising skills with the ability to adapt and flex to changing circumstances and deliver at pace.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written with experience of writing policies/procedures/contracts in a user-friendly way without technical jargon and in a tone of voice that supports an inclusive culture.
• Other regional languages would be a benefit – French and Spanish.
• Highest integrity and confidentiality, approachable and supportive.

  Your Ethos:

• Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.
• Demonstrate an ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.
• An intersectional (pro) feminist who is passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.
• Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity/expression and supportive of worker’s rights and access to health care.

IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy.

Selection process

• Read the job description linked below for details about this position and the skills/experience needed
• Complete the application form linked below.
• Send completed application forms and CVs to [email protected] by 7th May 2024.

  Candidates will be long-listed and contacted to complete a short call to assess suitability from both sides.  Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a Teams Interview, with a presentation.  Preferred candidates will be invited to a face to face meeting to discuss the role in more detail and answer any questions they may have.

All candidates will receive an update regarding their application after the closing date. We advise candidates to add the role email to their safe senders list and regularly check their spam folder.

Equality Statement

Equality and diversity are at the core of who we are and what we do. Staff are expected to work collectively and individually to promote a constructive and sensitive approach to others from a variety of backgrounds, where the work of others is valued and respected.

IPPF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers, contractors and partners to share this commitment. Anyone employed with IPPF agrees to sign and adhere to IPPF’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Policy