Associate, HROD Front Office

Requisition ID

36090

Office Country

United Kingdom

Office City

London

Division

Human Resources & Org. Development

Contract Type

Short Term

Contract Length

12 months

Posting End Date

11/12/2025

Purpose of Job

The HROD front office team purpose is to deliver the HROD agenda including a governance framework that fosters effective prioritisation, and collaboration across the teams that form part of the HROD.

The FO team acts as an internal change design & governance partner working with senior leadership to support the adequate deliver against the HROD strategy .

The FO's team main focus is to drive up engagement, maximise the use of the available resources, management of the continuous improvement portfolio and ensuring compliance with the EBRD risk framework.

The Associate HROD FO, role supports the Principal FO with prioritisation and planning across HROD to deliver against strategy, operational risk and non-transformation related project portfolio management and monitoring.

The role also tracks submissions to senior committees, cascading committee papers and seeking feedback on such papers for ExCom/ Board/ BAAC

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

Governance:

• Chairs and runs appropriate governance forums involving HRMT and senior stakeholders from other business areas. Provides updates, visibility and reporting on operational and transformation activities. Engages and manages stakeholders active in the different governance forums, ensuring completion of actions and deliverables.
• Responsible for design and delivery of key HROD metrics (including adding narrative) to HRMT and relevant stakeholders to ensure that the operational performance and key change points are understood. Dashboards providing visibility and reporting on operational and transformation activities. Ensure completeness, timely delivery and appropriate circulation.
• Manages all aspects (non-Transformation/MYIP) HROD change PMO
• Monitors the timely production of papers with an adequate level of challenges and approvals prior to submission,
• The role tracks timely submission to senior committee, cascading committee papers and seek feedback on such paper for ExCom/Board and BAAC, ensuring that all actions and points have been addressed

Engagement:

• Facilitates effective collaboration and communications between center of excellence
• Manages the internal HROD for HROD communication agenda ("people plan updates"/weekly/monthly internal HROD email)
• Runs and expands the Breakfast and learn activity

Risk:

• Manage the HROD Risk compliance activity, responsible for providing adequate competency and resources to fulfill the requirements of the corporate risk framework, including: One Sum X log and monitoring, maintaining issues and incident register; preparing MD quarterly meeting materials.
• Understand the impact of new technology on the existing HROD risk maps
• Designated HROD Risk champion provides "in-house" training Risk matters
• Proactively collaborates with HR Transformation Team and other teams within HROD to drive continuous improvement.
• Champion and role model the Bank's Behavioural Competencies and Corporate Behaviours, ensuring adherence within the team(s) so that the highest standards of integrity and ethical conduct are exhibited at all times

Other:

• Information Management Coordinator for the HROD (consolidate in one person)
• Payroll release and UAT, SME

Qualifications & Skills / Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Degree, or equivalent experience in relevant field.
• Proactive, problem solving approach combined with a demonstrated ability to challenge in order to deliver business results.
• Ability to build plans and prioritisation governance structures to ensure daily delivery against longer term strategic objectives
• Proven ability to work under high degree of independence, whilst ensuring appropriate checkpoints are in place.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with a focus on effective questioning and active listening skills.
• Excellent data analysis skills coupled with strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise competing work activities, meet deadlines, follow through on completion of projects and embed change.
• Proven experience building productive working relationships, collaborating effectively across teams and influencing to deliver on objectives.
• Demonstrated experience of working in project teams operating in fast paced, unstructured environments with high levels of ambiguity
• Working knowledge of project management practices e.g. AGILE, PRINCE2
• Uses analysis and communicates it in a relevant, concise and effective manner, using excellent presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships, collaborate effectively across teams & successfully navigate through internal politics.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new skills in order to deliver business results.

What is it like to work at the EBRD? / About EBRD

Our agile and innovative approach is what makes life at the EBRD a unique experience You will be part of a pioneering and diverse international organisation, and use your talents to make a real difference to people's lives and help shape the future of the regions we invest in.

At EBRD, our Values – Inclusiveness, Innovation, Trust, and Responsibility – are at the heart of how we work. We bring these to life through our Workplace Behaviours: listening well and speaking up, collaborating smartly, acting decisively with full commitment, and simplifying to amplify our impact. These principles shape our culture and define our success. We seek individuals who not only share these values but are also committed to embedding them in their daily work, fostering a positive and high-performing environment.

The EBRD environment provides you with:

• Varied, stimulating and engaging work that gives you an opportunity to interact with a wide range of experts in the financial, political, public and private sectors across the regions we invest in.
• A working culture that embraces inclusion and celebrates diversity. Our workforce reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, bringing fresh ideas, energy, and innovation and enhancing our ability to serve our clients, shareholders, and counterparties effectively.
• A hybrid workplace that offers flexibility to teams and individuals; that is based on trust, flexibility and connectedness.
• An environment that places sustainability, equality and digital transformation at the heart of what we do.
• A workplace that prioritises employee wellbeing and provides a comprehensive suite of competitive benefits.

Diversity is one of the Bank's core values which are at the heart of everything it does. As such, the EBRD seeks to ensure that everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities and works in an inclusive environment. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member countries to apply regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic background or disability.

Please note, that due to the high volume of applications received, we regret to inform you that we are unable to provide detailed feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted (for further consideration).

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