HR Generalist, Recruitment & Employee Engagement

Job Title: HR-Generalist - Recruitment and Employee Engagement

Role Type: Permanent, Full Time
Position Reports To: Head of Human Resources
Department:  Human Resources

Location: AGL Head Office, Maple House, Temple Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

60650 | Human Resources | Professional | Allianz Global Life | Full-Time | Permanent

Background:
Allianz Global Life dac (“AGL”) is a rapidly growing cross-border life insurer with products sold in the French, Italian, and German markets, and more recently, the Greek and Lithuanian markets. It also reinsures a portfolio of variable annuities sold in Taiwan and Japan. Our goal is to expand into other markets over the coming years while continuing to expand our product range. We currently write unit-linked, variable annuity, and protection business.

Main Purpose of the Job:

Oversee the end-to-end HR recruitment process ensuring AGL attracts, sources and recruits suitably skilled and experienced candidates for the organisations ongoing requirements. Lead and drive the organisational wellness plan providing support and guidance to employees on relevant topics which supports overall employee well-being and engagement.Support key processes surrounding employee engagement including managing the Allianz Engagement Survey and follow-up quarterly pulse surveys.Manage adhoc HR projects as needed by the company to drive employee experience and support the needs of the HR Function.

Recruitment:

• In conjunction with HRBP, oversee and manage AGL recruitment and learning strategy ensuring the organisation attracts, retains and develops its workforce.
• Proactively manage the recruitment needs of the organisation through a variety of channels ensuring all expectations of the key stakeholders are met.
• Lead and leverage the social network platforms (e.g. LinkedIn) to drive and develop a solid direct recruitment pipeline for the business.
• In conjunction with HR stakeholders, manage the HRIS recruitment platform (Success Factors) in line with AGL policy ensuring recruitment is managed in line with Group and AGL expectations.
• Conduct the end-to-end Recruitment process for all internal and external vacancies, ensuring timely turnaround times that creates a positive candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Manage graduate recruitment campaigns ensuring AGL have a well-resourced internship programme which attracts high calibre candidates.
• Proactively manage difficult to fill roles ensuring market intelligence is obtained to drive decision making and appropriate strategies to attract candidates (e.g outside EU).
• In conjunction with HRBP, manage the recruitment process from job design to job offer stage, ensuring HR SOPs are met.
• Oversee Fitness and Probity recruitment process pertaining to the recruitment of PCF and CF roles including the timely delivery of assessment to stakeholders.
• Engage in networking activities to develop and build strong business relations in the industry.
• In conjunction with Head of HR, develop brand awareness initiatives for AGL as an employer of choice within the Insurance and Financial services sector.
• Drive best recruitment practice within the business, supporting operational leadership with advice and guidance, training and development, interview frameworks, tools and tactics as required.
• Manage 3rd party vendors according to recruitment strategy from 2022, ensuring KPI’s and costs are managed to agreed targets.
• Work closely with senior business stakeholders and HR to determine current and future business resource requirements.
• Write compelling job adverts, blogs, AZ news and other content to drive applications, brand awareness through HR portal and social networking sites.
• Keep updated with market trends affecting recruitment and current employment legislation and policies.
• Provide regular reporting on recruitment KPI’s, costs, performance of recruitment strategies and investment. 
• Oversee the annual review of job descriptions, HR policies and procedures pertaining to recruitment process including presentations to stakeholders.

Employee Engagement/Wellness:

• In line with Allianz timelines, manage the annual Allianz Engagement Survey (AES) process including stakeholder engagement, pulse, and feedback surveys for the company.
• Drive and develop AES action planning and survey follow up with key stakeholders.
• Manage the Employee Engagement Champions (EEC) relationship harnessing the inputs from departments to enhance and improve AES targets.
• In conjunction with HRBP, plan and develop annual Wellness agenda for the company ensuring initiatives and investment increases engagement and address key issues from the Company.
• Assist in planning of company events like Lunch and Learn, Townhalls, Workshops.
• Oversee the ongoing maintenance and engagement AGL HR Portal ensuring content is relevant, timely and informative along with weekly employee communications in conjunction with HRBP, HOHR.
• Develop strategies for increasing employee experience in the company.

Key Customers:

Internal: Allianz Group, key contacts in Allianz Product Houses, AGL Management team, AGL people managers, employees

External: 3rd party vendors, e.g. LinkedIn, agencies.

Business Competencies:

• Education and Qualifications: 3rd level HR qualification; CIPD
• Professional Competence: Strong HR Generalist experience, with solid recruitment experience gained especially in Financial Sector. Ability to drive and leverage digital recruitment solutions through direct recruitment, build brand awareness, engagement through demonstrable experience in HR career.
• Product & Technical Knowledge: Competent and qualified HR Professional
• Management: Ability to manage key processes from start to finish
• Commercial Awareness: Knowledge of Life Insurance Industry in context of HR processes; has worked in highly regulated, HR operational environment; high risk and audit culture coupled with Fitness & Probity/ Senior Executive Accountability framework.

Personal Competencies:

• Personal Impact: Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team, strong stakeholder management required.
• Intellectual Effectiveness: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, hands on mentality with capability to deliver results.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, ffluency in written and spoken English.
• Dealing with people: Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• Technical Ability: Excellent Microsoft Office skills, Success Factors or equivalent
• Diligence: High attention to detail needed required for this role including reporting, analysis, and written communication.

Allianz Global Life DAC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We welcome diversity of thinking as it is an important part of our company culture.