Investec is a distinctive Specialist Bank serving clients principally in the UK and South Africa. Our culture gives us our edge: we work hard to find colleagues who'll think out of the ordinary and we put them in environments where they'll flourish. We combine a flat structure with a focus on internal mobility. If you can bring an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to learn and collaborate to your work, this could be the boost your career deserves.

People Consultant

The People Consultant role provides deep People & Organisation (P&O) consulting and advice using coaching skills. The role partners with leaders advising expertise around the full employee life cycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance, mobility, succession, retention, employee relations and off-boarding. This work is enabled by partnering with the business and P&O Leads to embed the people strategy for their area.

If you're looking for more exposure to seeing initiatives through in an organisation where you can bespoke your consulting offering to a highly engaged people-centric business then this is the role for you.

What will you be doing?

• Consult to the employee life cycle in partnership with P&O Leads and other P&O specialist teams
• Supporting leaders and P&O Leads regarding people strategies and their implementation
• Consult on performance related ER issues and informal processes
• Ensure the employee experience is lived through the culture and the way we do things
• Partner with business areas to formulate ideas, optimize solutions and enable and support People Strategies
• Support the belonging inclusion, diversity and representation through the work
• Consult, support & coach on:
• Recruitment and the new joiner / on boarding experience from a consulting perspective
• Driving performance rigour
• Transformation work (restructures, consultations etc)
• Succession planning
• Internal mobility strategies
• Facilitation and mediation skills as needed
• Consult to the annual Salary & Bonus process
• Understanding the family and absence processes and consulting to these along with the specialists

What are we looking for?

• You will have a solid, proven record of HR consulting in ambiguous, complex, ever changing businesses where you have succeeded through strategic and open thinking and by building trust with stakeholders
• Experience of working in matrix environments where relationships are your currency
• Be forward thinking and embracing of change, for example the opportunity of AI integration
• Provide thought leadership and partnership on topics such as location strategy and headcount planning
• You will be well qualified in HR ie CIPD, MA in a related area for example
• You will have in-depth experience of ER, Change and strategic thinking
• Comfortable with analytics and using data to inform and tell a story. Strong Excel and Powerpoint skills to enable this
• You will have demonstrable relationship skills
• It is not essential that you have Banking experience. We would welcome interest from those in FinTech, Professional Services, Consulting firms and Start up environments too.

As part of our collaborative & agile culture, our working week is 4 days in the office and one day remote.

Investec offers a range of wellbeing benefits to make our people feel healthier, balanced and more fulfilled in their lives inside and outside of work.

Here is a selection of what we offer;

Wellbeing

Wellbeing Subsidy, Corporate Gym Membership, Virtual GP, Peppy Health App (Fertility, Menopause and Early Parenthood), Optional Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Monetary

Non-contributory Pension & Discretionary Bonus

Life & Income Protection

Life Assurance, Critical Illness & Income Protection

Travel

Season Ticket Loan & Electric Vehicle Scheme 

Embedded in our culture is a sense of belonging and inclusion. This creates an environment in which everyone is free to be themselves which helps to drive innovation, creativity and ultimately business performance. At Investec we want everyone to find it easy to be themselves, and to feel they belong. It's a responsibility we all share and is integral to our purpose and values as an organisation.

Research shows that some candidates can be reluctant to apply to a role unless they meet all the criteria. We pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit here and welcome you to do the same – if the role excites you, please don't let our person specification hold you back. Get in touch!

Recite Me

We commit to ensure that everyone is fairly assessed during our recruitment process. To assist candidates in completing their application form, Recite Me assistive technology is available on our Careers pages. This can be accessed by clicking on the ‘Accessibility Options' link at the top of the page.

The Recite Me tool includes a screen reader, styling and customisation options, a series of reading aids, a translator and more.

If you have any form of disability or neurodivergent need and require further assistance in completing your application, please contact the Careers team at [email protected] who will be happy to assist.