People and Reward Business Partner
People and Reward Business Partner
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Job Description
ABOUT US
Hostelworld Group the global hostelfocussed online booking platform inspires adventurous minds to meet the world and come back with lifechanging stories to tell. Our customers are not your average tourists they crave cultural connection and unique experiences that we make possible by providing an unbeatable selection of hostels in unmissable locations all in the palm of their hand.
It is the social nature and community feel of hostels and their environment that enable travellers to embrace journeys of discovery adventure and meaning. We have more than 13 million reviews across 17800 hostels in more than 179 countries making the brand the leading online hub for social travel. The website operates in 19 different languages and our mobile app in 13 languages.
Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Dublin Hostelworld has a growing highcalibre team of 230 people within Technology Product Global Markets HR Finance & Legal and Marketing Teams across our Dublin London Porto Shanghai and Sydney offices. Hostelworld is listed on the London Stock Exchange and Dublin Euronext. You can read more about our story here.
THE OPPORTUNITY
This People &Reward Business Partnervacancy arises as a team member prepares to take a period of family leave. Were excited to welcome a new person to our People team on a full or part time basis (four days) to support the people agenda in three of our functions (Global Markets; Finance & Legal; and Analytics & Insights) as well as execute the Total Reward agenda across our company.You must be based in and have the required permissions to work in Ireland.
THE ROLE
As a People Business Partner youll ensure that our teams have support to meet business and people goals. You will do this through coaching and developing leaders as they build and maintain inclusive and high performance teams. Working closely with our Chief People Officer and peer HRBP your work on Total Rewards will support managers to plan and communicate reward investments to our people. Youll also support our Board of Directors through Remuneration Committee data and analytics.
The role will require you to be able to see the big picture as well as roll your sleeves up. There is always lots to do across all the activities in the employee life cycle as well as shaping the organisation to ensure we have the right people in the right roles to support business goals. That requires an ability to focus on short term activities as well as developing capabilities and talent for the future.
Business Partnering: For the functions you support you will build trusted relationships with managers and senior leaders providing HR insights support and coaching on workforce planning talent acquisition and development performance management employee relations and organisational design as follows:
- Employee Engagement & Retention:Drive initiatives to enhance employee engagement retention and development with a focus on building a strong inclusive culture that supports the needs of a diverse hybrid workforce.
- Performance Management: Lead and guide performance management processes helping managers and employees navigate feedback growth and development conversations. This will involve supporting people that are not meeting our high expectations through performance improvement processes.
- Talent Acquisition and Development:Partner with leaders to identify skill gaps and talent needs. You will work with the Talent Acquisition Team to source and screen candidates for roles in the functions you support. Youll also assess skills needs across those functions. Working with the Learning and Development Manager you will support activation of development interventions at the team and individual level.
- Change Management: Support change initiatives by providing coaching and guidance on the people side of change ensuring smooth transitions and minimized disruptions.
- HR Metrics & Analytics:Use data to inform decisionmaking analysing key HR metrics like turnover employee satisfaction and productivity to identify areas for improvement and measure the impact of HR initiatives.
- Employee Relations: Act as a trusted advisor for managers and employees on complex employee relations issues fostering an open and supportive environment where concerns can be raised and addressed effectively.
Reward Execution: Across all teams you will utilise your experience in employee reward programmes to execute and continuously improve compensation and benefits activity. You will ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our companys goals and values. You will analyse large volumes of data to provide timely insights that drive reward decisions.
WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR
Youre likely working in a startup environment and want to keep that way of working while getting the benefit of learning from 25 years of experience in a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Or you could also be in a large organisation and want to have an opportunity to work more closely with business decision makers. You could also be coming from some other experience that will allow you to bring:
Experience & Qualifications:
- 5 years experience as HR Business Partner (experience within in a fastgrowing ecommerce environment an advantage)
- Previous experience administering and providing insights from data on Reward Programmes
- Experience working across a number of functions and building strong business focused collaborative relationships with their stakeholders to influence and drive business performance
- Demonstrated ability to influence people build strong relationships and drive the People Strategy
- An understanding of people metrics that can help support people related decisions
- Preferred: A Bachelors degree in Human Resources Organisational Behaviour or a related field
Knowledge & Skills:
- Relationship Builder: How you work with others matters to us. You wont hear anyone say thats not my job. We require people to have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation.
- Business Acumen: Ability to translate business objectives into people solutions understanding the broader company strategy and how HR can drive success.
- Data Driven: We use data to influence and drive decisions. Youll bring analytical and project management skills proven ability to design clear processes and a very detail oriented yet flexible approach to problem solving.
- Communication: Highly effective communicator who is comfortable presenting to all levels within the organisation. Youll be able to draw on your experience driving an inclusive culture recognising the many different cultures and languages of our team. You will have strong English language skills both written and verbal.
- Coaching: Proven facilitation skills with the ability to promote active discussion and engagement. You have experience coaching across diverse group and levels.
- Cultural Fit: We build inclusion into everything we do. To integrate into our culture youll have a passion for travel curiosity about the solo travel experience and a commitment to fostering a positive inclusive workplace culture.
- Preferred: Experience working with Compensation Benchmarking system.
- Note previous experience working with a Remuneration Committee is desirable but not expected for the role.
WHAT WE OFFER
We operate in a hybrid way. The People Team typically come together in person once a week. Joining our team youll find a very collaborative and supportive team. We support each other to grow and develop. In addition we offer:
- Competitive salary & benefits
- Enhanced annual leave plus 3 Wellbeing Days per year
- Paid family leave (maternity paternity surrogacy & adoption)
- Agile working (plus a Working from Abroad Policy!)
- Support for your ongoing growth & development
- Inclusive people policies (sickness menopause compassionate and fertility leave)
- A chance to give back to your local community with 5 paid volunteering days
OUR BEHAVIOURS
- Grow others We fundamentally believe that investing in growing others benefits everyone whether its helping them develop hard or soft skills. We want learning and growing to be part of our DNA to help makes us a better team together.
- Master it We are obsessed with our area of expertise and enjoy developing our skills. We rarely take things at face value; we investigate interrogate and always look for the why and wherever possible we use data to find the best solution.
- Collaborate We are in it together for the tough stuff and the celebrations too. To achieve the best results we need expertise from all areas of the organisation and we wholeheartedly welcome diverse thinking.
- Adapt We work fluidly adapting to new information and the evolving environment while staying committed to our goals. Innovation and experimentation fuel our projects and were never afraid to pivot.
- Deliver Our focus is always on the end result; we value outcomes over activity. We collaborate to deliver work at speed without dropping any of our other behaviours.
We believe in talented and diverse teams that reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we operate. Everyone brings different perspectives and experiences. We lay out the above requirements to guide applicants to the experiences that we believe will allow you to be successful in the role. If you dont meet them all please consider applying if you think you can still perform the role as described.
Employment Type
Full Time
