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HR Specialist (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

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Diageo

HR Specialist (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

New York, NY

About Us:

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the role:

Support the execution and embedding of the Organization and People strategy to support performance & engagement goals across the business. The HR Specialist & Analyst provides day to day HR support to the Demand Function HR Business Team and the NAM Inclusion & Diversity team. This position is responsible for client group communications, reporting, data analysis, insight generation, all delivered while maintaining a strict level of confidentiality.

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In this role you will be responsible for understanding, navigating, and improving various HR processes in service of delivering our people/talent/culture and business performance priorities. This key contributor must coordinate across multiple HR subject areas (Business Partners, Inclusion & Diversity, Learning & Development, Talent, Rewards, Talent Engagement and FirstPoint), bringing to bear these teams and strong relationships to find solutions and deliver key activities that continue to increase our HR effectiveness and, ultimately, business performance.

Role Responsibilities:

To support the delivery of talent, engagement, succession and organizational effectiveness outcomes by:
  • Providing day to day support to the NAM Demand Team and I&D Team Including different HR forums and team activities.
  • Accountable for critical metric and performance tracking and analysis
  • Act as a central point of contact and liaison across the Demand HR team for key projects and annual HR processes (Talent Reviews, Annual Reward Cycles, P4Gs, Learning & Development, Rewards, Values Survey, etc.) and across HR fields.
  • Acting as a thought partner with HRBPs and I&D team, including the analysis and insight generation from both internal and external data.
  • Engaging individual business partners and other HR subject areas to assemble standard methodology strategies and tactics internally/externally that can be used across the team.
  • Lead and coordinate the quarterly NAM in persons onboarding event
  • Understanding and applying Diageo NAM HR policies, programs and processes.
  • Ensuring coordination across the HRBP teams of communications, reporting, data analysis, and accountability for maintaining a strict level of confidentiality.
  • Manage HR Celebrates recognition program.
  • Lead and/or assist with standard process and standardization and streamline practices, tools, resources, communications
  • Build and develop relationships with HR peers and cross-functionally throughout the business to exchange feedback on issues, identify and/or solve problems, assess needs, and /or achieve business results.
  • Work closely with HRBPs on annual planning, Learning & Development, talent, and diversity strategies, and other projects to achieve people strategy
  • Local contact and coordinator / administrator for L&D - including IMPACT or other Leadership program roll out and any other content deployment
  • Lead on People Manager guides
  • 30/60/90 day plans
  • Assimilation exercises
  • Half year feedback survey
  • Lead on Summer internship program
  • Workday reporting and analytics and improving/auditing data accuracy.
  • Work with Talent Engagement leads to ensure accuracy of succession pool data between talent review cycles (e.g. movers, leavers, promotions)
  • Support HR Leadership in building compelling power point presentations that support business cadence and other key initiatives
  • Use judgment and business context to balance competing priorities
  • Market Lead for Your Voice Survey - planning, preparation, communication, participation tracking, action plan coordination
  • Lead I&D corporate survey completions and submissions (Seramount, Disability In, HRC, Dave Thomas Adoption)
  • Co facilitate HR Clinics (P4G, ARC, Talent Reviews)
  • Support ER investigations


Experience / skills required:
  • Bachelor's Degree (preferably in HR) or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 3 years-experience in HR
  • Knowledge of Workday, MS Outlook, and Power BI
  • Strong Power Point and MS Excel skills, including advanced reporting and analytics
  • Exceptional project management skills and resourcefulness
  • Strong collaboration and influencing skills
  • Implement and handle change effectively; creates environment for change
  • Contribute to teamwork
  • Displays confidence and thrives under pressure with changing priorities and tight deadlines
  • Demonstrates high integrity and confidentiality


Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

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Client-provided location(s): 175 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007, USA
Job ID: Diageo-JR1107413
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Pension
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Woman founded/led

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