Position Title: People Business Generalist
Open to fresh graduates or professionals with 2-5 years of HR experience
In this role, you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation, and people managers to support day-to-day people processes, workforce coordination, and change activities. You will play a key role in ensuring smooth execution, clear communication, and accurate documentation across P&C initiatives, while building strong foundations in business partnering and people operations.
This role is well-suited for someone early in their HR career who is eager to develop broad exposure to workforce planning, employee experience, and organisational change in a structured and supportive environment.
KEY RESULT AREAS / RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Partnering
- Support People Business Partners in delivering initiatives across academic and corporate units.
- Support organisational change initiatives by coordinating logistics such as impact lists, role mapping, communications drafts, and system updates.
- Assist in preparing employee communications and briefing materials related to people changes.
- Ensure timely coordination with relevant stakeholders (HR Ops, Payroll, Systems, Legal) during change implementation.
- Act as a point of contact for managers and employees on basic HR process queries, escalating where needed.
Employee Listening
- Assist in administering engagement surveys, pulse checks, and feedback exercises.
- Support data collection, basic analysis, and preparation of summary reports.
- Help track follow-up actions arising from employee feedback initiatives.and implement listening strategies such as engagement surveys, pulse checks, and targeted interviews/focus groups.
- Translate employee feedback into actionable insights and work with business leaders to drive improvements in the employee lifecycle.
- Monitor key trends and report on engagement and employee experience metrics.
Manpower Budget Planning & Ownership
- Coordinate the annual and rolling manpower planning process in collaboration with Finance and leadership teams.
- Monitor actual vs. budgeted headcount, hiring trends, and organisational cost structures.
- Ensure all resourcing decisions and restructuring plans are aligned with budgetary parameters.
KEY PROJECT DELIVERABLES
- Successful execution of planned activities related to change initiatives
- Manpower plan and budget finalized and tracked with variance analysis
- Change management and communication support across impacted units
- Accurate, compliant documentation and system updates related any form of organizational change initiatives
MINIMUM ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
- Bachelor's degree in any field
- 2-5 years of HR experience, including expertise in areas like talent, rewards, or org design, with exposure to business partnering
- Strong understanding of organisational design, change management, and manpower budgeting
- Familiarity with HR systems (SAP, SuccessFactors preferred) and use of data to inform decisions
- Experience working with matrix or cross-functional teams
- Ideal but not required: Experience in higher education or multi-entity environments, or consulting background, either in HR consulting or change management
