Sr P&O Business Partner

Would you like to engage in a valuable People & Organisation Business Partner role in an organization focused on shaping a sustainable and liveable world? Do you have the experience to cultivate leadership and improve organizational results in challenging situations? We would like to hear from you!

We are strengthening our People & Organisation team and are looking for a Senior People & Organisation Business Partner who is comfortable partnering as a trusted advisor and experienced advocate in a period of change and transition. COWI is undergoing a transformation, and you will have the opportunity to be involved in shaping this exciting period of COWI's history.

Enable leadership growth and deliver strategic people partnership

In the role as Senior People & Organisation Business Partner you will be right in the centre of action! You will join the leadership team for the business area you collaborate with, taking charge of advancing the people agenda alongside the Senior Vice President (SVP) in your business areas. Your responsibilities will include promoting effective leadership, boosting team engagement, overseeing performance management, and ensuring organisational governance to benefit our overall business goals.

You will report to the Head of P&O for Norway and be part of the P&O team in Norway consisting of 7 skilled colleagues, and the global P&O team with experienced HR professionals around the world.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders in addressing complex organizational challenges by leveraging your P&O experience and broader perspectives.
• Supervise and ensure the implementation of organizational change initiatives from a P&O perspective.
• Promote leadership behaviours and elevate team performance through coaching, while advising SVPs on workforce planning, engagement, team development, and organizational design.
• Implement and execute annual processes, including Engagement Survey, People Review, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Performance Management, and salary review.
• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence such as Organization Development, Talent Acquisition, and Global Mobility for the design and delivery of global initiatives.
• Ensure governance around core processes and guide leaders on COWI standards and employee relations in collaboration with legal specialist.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future

The first step to success in this role is that you are open to collaborate with the people around you. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

In addition to this, you:

• Hold a master's degree in psychology, HR, business administration, or a related field.
• Have extensive experience within HR, predominantly as a Senior HR/P&O Business Partner working in international, matrix organisations.
• Are experienced at acting as a trusted advisor and courageous advocate to senior leaders and holds a history of driving change in organisations.
• Have knowledge of organizational governance and labour law.
• Are focused, energetic, resilient, and able to effectively manage a number of deliverables and priorities where complexity and demands are high
• Are able to work fluently in both Norwegian and English.

COWI has customers and projects that may require security clearance at various levels. Security clearance may therefore be required in some projects/positions.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

In Norway we are more than 1300 professionals, and with offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 8,000 people who bring their skills in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

• The opportunity to expand your experience with exciting projects
• Good opportunities for self-development through personal development plans, COWI Academy and the COWI Connect mentoring program
• National and international collaboration across organizations and disciplines. We have approximately 70 different professional networks in COWI
• An active company culture with social and athletic activities, «lønningstreff», and company cabins
• Flexible working hours with a home office arrangement, five weeks of vacation and time off between Christmas and New Year
• Last but not least, a good working environment. It is important for us to be generous and stand up for each other, which is also reflected in satisfaction and employee surveys

Do you have any more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Head of People and Organisation Catrine Tvete at catv@cowi.com.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

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