People Partner - EssenceMediacom Copenhagen, Denmark

Position at EssenceMediacom

As a People Partner at EssenceMediacom you will coordinate and carry out our People & Culture agenda and initiatives related thereto on an agency-level and across our People Community. You will understand the needs of employees and align with both our several agencies, leadership and GroupM business.

Our People team underwent a reorganization about a year ago. It's essential that we have the right setup when your business is built by great people. Each agency has a People Partner (similar to an HR Business Partner), and we are looking for a new colleague for one of these roles. To ensure a broader perspective, we have three People Leads (like HR Leaders) who are shaped by the business and drive the people agenda from the top down. Additionally, we have a central People Operation Team (HR admin, benefits and sparring) and a Talent Team focused on recruitment, talent pipeline, education, and leadership coordination. We hope that give you some kind of overview 😊

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The People Partner is overall responsible for driving below areas and initiatives related to the People & Culture agenda in close collaboration with the People Leads, and the rest of the People Community. To us, the People Partner must always have an overview of the People landscape on an agency/unit level.

People Development Cycle
Driving talent performance, and in cooperation with the leadership ensuring goal-setting, career-development and performance review conversations with all employees are being conducted and reported in CultureAmp (our joint People Development platform).

HR support
Responsible for keeping an overview of personnel matters in collaboration with the People Operation Team.

• Support both employees and managers by being an ambassador in relation to all HR matters.
• Being the critical voice ensuring all aspects in relation to HR matters are being considered/taking into account.
• Assist in personnel matters, terminations, and HR-related issues.

Talent Planning
The overall Talent Planning is a joint responsibility between the People Partner, management, team leads and Talent Team. However, the People Partner plays an essential role in contributing to the bigger puzzle by looking one to six to 12 months ahead to ensure that all teams have the right talents in place.

Learning and development, course and education planning
The overall offering of learning and development opportunities is planned by the People Partners, Talent Team, and management. On an agency level, the PP is responsible for:

• Proactively drive and develop the educational program.
• Facilitating the flow and ensuring the progress of employees participating in courses.
• Administrative planning of employees to participate in education and development courses.

But you also have responsibilities within:

• Recruitment & Onboarding - coordinating processes that ensure a continuous flow of the right talent.
• Internship Program - an essential part of the organization’s talent attraction.
• Mental Health Ambassador - ensuring the effective implementation of programs to promote well-being among employees.

HOW TO SUCCEED AS A PEOPLE PARTNER
The ideal colleague is first and foremost passionate about people development and culture. It requires teamwork and networking skills and the ability to engage and motivate others to learn and grow. As a People Partner, you are motivated by the success of others and seeing the organization, the leaders and the talents grow.

You have physical presence at the office where the People Partner is a known face to the employees and a go-to person for employees who view the PP as open, a person who listens to their needs, and who is approachable – also for those who just need “two minutes”.

To fill the PP role, you need to have:

• Strong business understanding and extensive operational experience.
• HR and/or leadership experience.
• Experience with team facilitation.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in facilitating change initiatives and projects.
• Ability to build a plan and execute it accordingly.

WHO WE ARE
GroupM are the leading media agency group in the Nordics with more than 1.200 employees working across our agencies Mindshare, EssenceMediacom, Wavemaker, Choreograph and GroupM. Our capabilities include Media, Communication, Creativity, e-commerce, Customer Experience and Data & Technology, all united under a vision to shape the next era of media and communication where advertising works better for people.

Discover more at www.groupm.dk

THE PROCESS
If the above sounds like something you’d like to do, please send us your CV and a motivated application that describes yourself, your competencies, and how we could collaborate in the future.

If you want to hear more about the role, our strategy, or us, you are welcome to reach out, and we can share more information. If you have any questions, please contact our Talent Lead, Johan Hillers at e-mail