People Relations Partner (1 year FTC)

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people's varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

People Relations Partner (HR / People & Culture)

What is the job about?

People are at the center of everything we do, and the reason we do what we do as a company. To be able to make more impact and thus a meaningful difference we created a new People & Culture (HR) setup within Roche. We believe that working as a networked organization will make sure we add the most value. Therefore we are working across countries in our Global people ecosystems with a common mindset and our shared values. As good as this sound we need support to make this work, also on a local level. Therefore we are looking for a People Relations Partner to work closely with our local colleagues, works council and leadership to achieve the best collaborations as possible.

Our People Relation Partners and People Relations Advisors create value through trusted partnership, by finding solutions that consider the experience of our employees and the interests of Roche. They are key contributors to positive employee experience in moments that matter and provide proactive solutions to enable our people to focus on our core purpose. They coach and train leaders for proactive early interventions. They operate on a balanced, neutral perspective to support successful navigation through challenging moments, which is contributing to the positive reputation of Roche. The People Relations (PR) Partner quickly adapts and deals with emergent issues where needed as well as identifies long-term opportunities to enhance the employee experience and positively impact moments that matter. We are looking for someone who will support the Roche Affiliates in UK and Ireland. This position will be located in UK (either Welwyn or Burgess Hill).

Your responsibilities include:

• Consults and provides advice, counsel and resolution to employees and managers on a broad range of people relations matters, including policy interpretation and application, conflict resolution, complex performance management and termination processes and practices


• Ensures full ownership of incoming requests, prioritization and solution implementation to provide PR consultation to P&C partners, leaders and individual contributors with a connected and caring approach


• Works in partnership with Compliance to determine if any support is required for BEIR complaint resolution and as a point of escalation for any other complex complaints including but not limited to those involving hostile work environment, retaliation, and other potential violations of company policy and labor/employment law and serve as a point of handoff/escalation from internal partners (such as Business Partners, business leaders, IWS partners, Legal, Data Privacy, SHE etc)


• Surfaces root causes and broader trends through the use of data in order to ensure business leaders are best positioned to address any pervasive concerns and advise on how to prevent complaints through fair and consistent performance management


• Provides thought leadership to business leaders on restructures and reorganization and engaging internal and external partners and stakeholders to drive initiatives to conclusion


• Advises on performance management issues that are complex, contentious and are determined to carry potential levels of legal risk


• Consults and supports reorganization/transformations and strategic workforce planning exercises


• Manages projects related to the PR key areas of responsibilities (e.g. restructurings, negotiations with employee representations, conflict prevention) resulting from global/regional/local business needs


• Participates in cross-organizational reviews of broad-based P&C programs


• Manage the relationship with the local Unions proactively identifying issues requiring information, advice or consent.


This is the kind of expertise and experience you bring:

• Demonstrates ability to leverage technology and data to generate insights as foundation for diagnosis, recommendations and decisions


• Demonstrates passion for building a diverse and inclusive work culture, fostering psychological safety and a strong sense of belonging


• Demonstrated enterprise mindset and system thinking, proven ability to work effectively across multiple business areas, global teams and key leadership areas


• Demonstrated consultation and influencing skills with a diverse group of stakeholders across the business


• Deep domain experience in the areas of employee relations and/or labor relations, good understanding of performance management on a global scale (preferred), expert negotiation skills that diffuse volatile situations and result in course correction of people relationships


• Solid knowledge and experience on the UK and Irish labor Law


You recognize these characteristics in yourself. You are highly skilled at having difficult conversations. You are able to coach and use your creative mindset to help people look at a situation from different perspectives. Within this role you will rely on your resolution skills with the ability to negotiate and resolve complex matters, putting specific problems in the context of the larger system.

It is important to demonstrate excellent situation assessment and objective evaluation skills. Thus you comprehend and translate complex topics and relevant business data into manageable pieces, to then position the topics with strong communication. To sum it up, you will be effective in your communication and make sure the respondent understands, but also feel comfortable to share his/her perspective and thus engage in a meaningful conversation

What we have to offer:

• A dynamic market leading company with endless possibilities both nationally and internationally


• A great place to work, have fun and in the meantime have impact on patient lives


• Our employees are at the center of everything we do, we work in an agile environment where people are empowered.


• Diversity & inclusion is in our heart. We welcome you to bring yourself to work.


• Opportunities to develop yourself both on and off the job, we invest in our people


• Competitive compensation and benefits


Who are we?

At Roche, we are passionate about transforming patients' lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. We push back the frontiers of healthcare and believe that good business means a better world. That is why 90.000+ employees across 150 countries come to work each day. By working together, we are one of the leading healthcare companies. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity; we see each other's differences as an advantage.

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Our UK Pharmaceutical head office is situated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, with beautiful countryside surrounding the area. Supported by major motorways & airports as well as being a 30 minute train ride to London, access is easy. Our award-winning office, known as Hexagon Place, was opened in 2005 and provides a modern, flexible working environment with facilities that are second-to-none. Around 2,000 people work at our Welwyn office in Global Early Development (pRED), Global Product Development (PD), Commercial (Rx) and our Corporate functions.

Roche offer a competitive salary plus the excellent benefits you would expect from a blue-chip organisation. There is a fully equipped gym on-site, a library and information centre, and an active sports and social club. We also have a subsidised staff restaurant providing foods to cater for every taste throughout the day. At the heart of the building is an informal meeting area known as The Street which features a coffee shop, snack machine and cashpoint. A second building on-site, called The Hub, contains modern meeting room and conference facilities. Roche promotes personal well-being and work-life balance. Therefore, flexible working options will be considered for all roles at Roche UK. Roche is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants' requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to work.


• Demonstrates ability to leverage technology and data to generate insights as foundation for diagnosis, recommendations and decisions


• Demonstrates passion for building a diverse and inclusive work culture, fostering psychological safety and a strong sense of belonging


• Demonstrated enterprise mindset and system thinking, proven ability to work effectively across multiple business areas, global teams and key leadership areas


• Demonstrated consultation and influencing skills with a diverse group of stakeholders across the business


• Deep domain experience in the areas of employee relations and/or labor relations, good understanding of performance management on a global scale (preferred), expert negotiation skills that diffuse volatile situations and result in course correction of people relationships


• Solid knowledge and experience on the UK and Irish labor Law


You recognize these characteristics in yourself. You are highly skilled at having difficult conversations. You are able to coach and use your creative mindset to help people look at a situation from different perspectives. Within this role you will rely on your resolution skills with the ability to negotiate and resolve complex matters, putting specific problems in the context of the larger system.

It is important to demonstrate excellent situation assessment and objective evaluation skills. Thus you comprehend and translate complex topics and relevant business data into manageable pieces, to then position the topics with strong communication. To sum it up, you will be effective in your communication and make sure the respondent understands, but also feel comfortable to share his/her perspective and thus engage in a meaningful conversation

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people's varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters., People are at the center of everything we do, and the reason we do what we do as a company. To be able to make more impact and thus a meaningful difference we created a new People & Culture (HR) setup within Roche. We believe that working as a networked organization will make sure we add the most value. Therefore we are working across countries in our Global people ecosystems with a common mindset and our shared values. As good as this sound we need support to make this work, also on a local level. Therefore we are looking for a People Relations Partner to work closely with our local colleagues, works council and leadership to achieve the best collaborations as possible.

Our People Relation Partners and People Relations Advisors create value through trusted partnership, by finding solutions that consider the experience of our employees and the interests of Roche. They are key contributors to positive employee experience in moments that matter and provide proactive solutions to enable our people to focus on our core purpose. They coach and train leaders for proactive early interventions. They operate on a balanced, neutral perspective to support successful navigation through challenging moments, which is contributing to the positive reputation of Roche. The People Relations (PR) Partner quickly adapts and deals with emergent issues where needed as well as identifies long-term opportunities to enhance the employee experience and positively impact moments that matter. We are looking for someone who will support the Roche Affiliates in UK and Ireland. This position will be located in UK (either Welwyn or Burgess Hill)., At Roche, we are passionate about transforming patients' lives. We are courageous in both decision and action. We push back the frontiers of healthcare and believe that good business means a better world. That is why 90.000+ employees across 150 countries come to work each day. By working together, we are one of the leading healthcare companies. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity; we see each other's differences as an advantage., At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Our UK Pharmaceutical head office is situated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, with beautiful countryside surrounding the area. Supported by major motorways & airports as well as being a 30 minute train ride to London, access is easy. Our award-winning office, known as Hexagon Place, was opened in 2005 and provides a modern, flexible working environment with facilities that are second-to-none. Around 2,000 people work at our Welwyn office in Global Early Development (pRED), Global Product Development (PD), Commercial (Rx) and our Corporate functions.

Roche offer a competitive salary plus the excellent benefits you would expect from a blue-chip organisation. There is a fully equipped gym on-site, a library and information centre, and an active sports and social club. We also have a subsidised staff restaurant providing foods to cater for every taste throughout the day. At the heart of the building is an informal meeting area known as The Street which features a coffee shop, snack machine and cashpoint. A second building on-site, called The Hub, contains modern meeting room and conference facilities. Roche promotes personal well-being and work-life balance. Therefore, flexible working options will be considered for all roles at Roche UK. Roche is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment. The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills aaa
Roche of personnel so classified.
Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of Roche Products Ltd. At Roche Products we believe diversity drives innovation and we are committed to building a diverse and flexible working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion or belief, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability or age. We recognise the importance of flexible working and will review all applicants' requests with care. At Roche difference is valued and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer where you are encouraged to bring your whole self to aabZ
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• A dynamic market leading company with endless possibilities both nationally and internationally


• A great place to work, have fun and in the meantime have impact on patient lives


• Our employees are at the center of everything we do, we work in an agile environment where people are empowered.


• Diversity & inclusion is in our heart. We welcome you to bring yourself to work.


• Opportunities to develop yourself both on and off the job, we invest in our people


• Competitive compensation and benefits