Head of Recruitment and L&D (1 year fixed-term contract)

Job Title: Head of Recruitment and L&D (1 year fixed-term contract)

Business Unit: Human Resources

Contract Type: 1 year Fixed Term Contract

Location: Sandyford, Dublin / Hybrid

Role

BNP Paribas Ireland is currently searching for a seasoned HR professional to provide a maternity cover for the role of Head of Recruitment and Learning and Development.

The role is responsible for managing and implementing effective recruitment processes and learning and development activity for BNP Paribas in Ireland, reporting in the of Head of Human Resources Ireland. 

The role requires someone who is passionate about all aspects of recruitment and learning and development activity.  The position is also a management position overseeing one team member.

Roles, Responsibilities & Deliverables include but are not limited to:

• Managing the end-to end recruitment flow for BNP Paribas CIB and Greenval, including:
  1. Ensuring that headcount validation is duly achieved to prior to recruitment commencement
  2. Performing quality reviews of job descriptions
  3. Posting roles 
  4. Actively sourcing candidates and reducing dependency on external agencies where possible
  5. Acting as the link with partner agencies where required, and reviewing and managing the service provision of partner firms
  6. Screening and interviewing candidates
  7. Acting as a source of counsel and reasoning with the business to make sure objective decisions are made to foster the future success of the business
  8. Ensuring that data driven decisions are made and audit trails (inc. pre-screening, interview notes and recruitment approvals) are captured prior to extending candidate offers
  9. Forming an effective link with the HR Operations team to help manage candidate pre-screening and onboarding
  10. Produce MI on the recruitment topic as required by the Head of HR

• Managing and implement the learning and development strategy for BNP Paribas in Ireland:
  1. Help ensure BNP Paribas offers a competitive, relevant and robust training offering to employees
  2. Responsible for all aspects of L&D procurement and vendor management
  3. Assist with sourcing and exceptional training requests for individual employees and business areas in line with business requirements
  4. Own the Bank’s talent programme locally, as well as other talent initiatives such as the local Expert’s Programme and Female leadership programme.  Responsibilities include managing the nomination and selection processes for these cohorts, as well as the planning and implementing the development offering to foster staff development and engagement
  5. Own and run key campaigns for the Bank including its annual campaign dedicated to career growth and internal mobility, and its annual diversity and inclusion week in alignment with the Bank’s global campaigns
  6. Be a key point of contact for, and ensure good cohesion between, the Bank’s various employee resource groups in Ireland

• Managing the recruitment and HR Project Analyst within the team
  1. Lead, manage and develop any team members in scope to deliver a high-quality service and continually improve the employee experience

• Collaboration and co-ordination with the wider HR team.
• Support ‘One HR’ culture, mutual accountability and respect within HR team
• Act as a role model & brand ambassador for the BNP Paribas culture.

Competencies and skill requirements:

• Knowledge of financial services and the funds industry.   Prior experience working in financial / professional services environments would be beneficial.
• Proven track record managing recruitment activity, a recruitment team and/or learning and development for an organisation.   Prior people management experience is beneficial but not essential
• Strong communication, interpersonal and active listening skills.  The proven ability to influence and interact effectively with senior stakeholders is key, and people care is important for us
• Up to date knowledge of Irish employment market trends
• Culture fit with HR (collaborative spirit, interest in people issues, operating with discretion…).
• Out of the box thinking to propose and apply innovative solutions to the business
• Adaptability – every day is different at BNP Paribas, and we need someone who, like the rest of the team, is not afraid to ‘roll their sleeves up’ to help-out the wider team as required
• Work experience in a multicultural environment, partnering in a collaborative manner
• Strong attention to detail and situational judgement skills
• Organisation skills and the ability to manage priorities & projects through to successful delivery in a timely manner, and within budget

About BNP Paribas

At BNP Paribas, we center our values on what drives the company forward. Our driving forces are Agility, Client Satisfaction, Compliance Culture and Openness.

• Agility: we want to behave more simply to embrace useful innovation and digital transformation.
• Client Satisfaction: we believe that our success lies in being the customers’ and clients’ preferred choice. We seek to listen carefully to them and work closely with them.
• Compliance Culture: We believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics.
• Openness: We promote open-minded attitudes towards our stakeholders. We aim for everyone in Group to feel included, to have their say and be empowered. 

Our strengths are based off four key areas of Stability, Expertise, Responsibility and Good Place to Work.

• Stability: we build upon our solid, long-term oriented management, our diversified and integrated business model and our international footprint.
• Expertise: We build upon our recognized and expanding knowledge of our teams.
• Responsibility: We build upon our culture of responsibility and integrity to ever better serve the interest of our customers.
• Good Place to Work: We foster a stimulating workplace where people are treated fairly and with respect. 

Why Work with Us?

• We are the bank for a changing world and aim to build positive change together with our employees. 
• We are a team of passionate people who genuinely care about what we do and the impact our work delivers to our clients. We operate in a highly collaborative, open-minded environment that embraces innovation and creativity. 
• Our remuneration and benefits packages are generous, with competitive salaries, a discretionary bonus scheme, company pension contribution, comprehensive private healthcare packages, and numerous other benefits.
• We have a genuine commitment to work-life balance throughout the whole organisation. We are also committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and actively promote equal opportunities. 
• Development and mobility is actively encouraged. We are a learning company – there is real opportunity to grow, develop and expand your skills, experience and career path. 
• We are a global company operating in over 60 countries with over 180,000 employees from over 150 nationalities. In Ireland we have approximately 600 employees across Dublin and Galway working in Corporate Institutional Banking (CIB) and BNP Paribas Security Services (BP2S) and Greenval.

Compliance Culture: We believe in promoting clear rules to foster a strong culture of compliance and ethics.  We would expect any incoming member of staff to respect all financial security related legislation, including: anti-money laundering (AML); countering the financing of terrorism (CFT); international financial sanctions and embargoes (IFS); anti-bribery and corruption (ABC); KYC; ongoing client related data screening; and transaction monitoring.  BNP Paribas have clear policies on these topics which all staff are expected to familiarise themselves with upon successful entry to the Group.

Equality and Diversity 

BNP Paribas is an equal opportunities employer and proudly cultivates a diverse workforce. We believe that diversity of experience enhances our service offering to clients and leads to a better working environment. We encourage applications from the best candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, parental and caring status, or religious belief.

By submitting your application, you agree to BNP Paribas completing a background check and screening in advance of any potential offer being made