Job Summary

Standard Chartered is looking to build upon its continued success by adding a Talent Acquisition (TA) Partner to its HR function in Singapore.

The role will be responsible for managing the end-to-end talent acquisition process to drive the delivery of the Technology & Operations (T&O) strategy for the lateral hiring across the function. The TA Partner will be required to work in close partnership with the TA Leadership team, HRBPs and other COEs to provide consultative and operational support to deliver a comprehensive and value-added service, ensuring all TA activities are aligned and effectively communicating the employer brand.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Design and deliver innovative sourcing strategies and solutions to meet business growth needs
• Proactively pipeline and partner with recruitment agencies to identify relevant candidates using a variety of channels
• Online advertising (careers website, external job board postings) and automated electronic candidate searches
• Alumni and internal referrals
• Drive the delivery of T&O TA strategy and partner with key stakeholders to deploy targeted TA solutions
• Drive and support key initiatives like strategic workforce planning, differentiated solution for hiring in critical areas and partner with other teams to drive operational excellence

Business

• Partner with COEs and HRBPs to facilitate and execute successful internal deployment initiatives
• Advise hiring managers on shortlisted candidates to progress to the next stage, ensuring the right decisions are made, challenging the business' recommendations as required
• Manage conflicts in stakeholder expectations, cost constraints, employee experience and HR best practices in solution design

Processes

• Efficient end to end applicant management for each JR, including timely review and shortlisting of applications, promptly updating applicants and responding to any queries, arranging interviews & briefing candidates for interviews
• Conduct preliminary assessments, as required, assessing candidates' talents, fit and readiness and setting realistic role expectations
• Ensure compliance with relevant operational and people risk controls and employment legislation
• Escalate any issues and risks, as appropriate so that they can be appropriately tracked and manage
• Complete identification, legal right to work and address verification during the interview process

People & Talent

• Collaborate effectively with all stakeholders to drive a great candidate and hiring manager experience
• Create and maintain a culture of open communication at all levels which subsequently filters through to excellent customer engagement
• Role model valued behaviours, leading by example

Risk Management

• Work with CoE teams to ensure all end-to-end TA processes across T&O are followed in line with policy to mitigate any risk exposure.
• Understanding of operational risks in areas of responsibility
• Proactive risk management, remain vigilant in identifying and managing forward-looking risks, flagging potential problems to relevant stakeholders in advance of issues arising
• Minimise operational loss and audit failures and take proactive measures to respond to issues once they have arisen
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, learning from past failures to ensure constant control and governance awareness and prevent reoccurrence
• Ensure all reporting and metrics are delivered to pre-agreed standards.
• Embed the Group's Valued Behaviours and Code of Conduct across the team.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• T&O management & business leaders
• HRBPs
• Careers & Capability team
• Performance & Rewards Benefits
• Employee Relations

Our Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years of deep talent acquisition experience at senior levels across complex, multinational environments
• Ability to deal with high recruitment volumes as well as specialist vacancies with a specific focus on prior Technology & Operations hiring
• Understanding and experience of developing sourcing strategies and managing multiple recruitment channels to deliver recruitment targets within budget.
• Experience in working with PSLs, and good knowledge of the marketplace, competitors and best practices
• Sound communication and influencing skills, ability to network effectively, establish credibility quickly and build sustainable relationships with candidates and hiring managers
• Commercial awareness & business acumen
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills; multi-cultural awareness & sensitivity
• Ability to deal assertively with conflict, and remain positive when under pressure

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Tactical & Strategic Planning
• Talent Acquisition or Recruitment
• Talent Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Management

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments

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Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers