Background

To adjust our People & Talent (P&T) organisation to the needs of our internal and external partners, Enabel is looking for a P&T Strategy and Projects Manager.

Job description

Under the supervision of the People & Talent Director, you will play a crucial role in the operationalisation of P&T priorities within Enabel. 

The aim of your role is to provide a strategic perspective, an overview of the P&T department's priority projects, and rigour in implementing the P&T strategy in collaboration with the teams involved. 

The position encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, from defining the organisation's P&T KPIs to coordinating structural projects. You will also work to provide strategic guidance to the P&T Director, to whom you will act as a trusted advisor. You will therefore help shape the future of the People & Talent function within the organisation (Enabel) in order to strengthen its impact in delivering Enabel's strategic ambitions. 

Tasks and responsabilities

As manager operationalising the strategic P&T objectives

With your team (direct: 2 - indirect: 10) you work with internal stakeholders, both within the P&T team and with other teams within the organisation.

• You formalise the P&T strategy, in agreement with the P&T Director and the members of the Coordination Committee.
• You actively participate in the reflection and implementation of the organisation's strategic initiatives from a P&T perspective.
• You clarify and initiate strategic thinking in the various functional blocks, such as TA, TD and P&T Services, as well as working closely with the P&T Business Partners unit to formulate practical solutions to business problems.
• You work with cross-functional teams to prioritise and turn the P&T team's strategic objectives into achievable plans.
• In support of the P&T Director, you develop an operational, agile and innovative model (P&T governance management, interface with the circles, interface with D&O (Strategic and Operational Development, etc.) in order to optimise P&T processes and ensure that they correspond to the organisation's objectives/ambitions.
• You develop a dynamic, effective and regular system for monitoring and evaluating the achievement of the organisation's strategic P&T objectives (planning, budget monitoring, KPIs, reporting, etc.) in order to facilitate P&T decision-making based on relevant factual data, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• You play a key role in change management efforts, ensuring smooth transitions and adaptations within the department.

As a strategic advisor

You support the P&T Director in drawing up and implementing the P&T strategy in order to contribute to the co-creation of the organisation's P&T strategic orientations, in agreement with the Coordination Committee:
 

• After consulting internal and external stakeholders, you surprise the P&T Director with new ideas and recommendations on P&T priorities.
• You map internal P&T developments and strategic adjustment needs.
• You help to develop long-term P&T strategies that contribute to the organisation's growth.
• In order to facilitate P&T cooperation initiatives, which would bring added value to Enabel, with public institutions, international organisations or NGOs, you work with external organisations (in Belgium and internationally).

Your profile

Qualifications 
 

• You hold a master’s degree in HR, Business Administration or a related field. 
• You are a real driver of innovation and a leader capable of inspiring your team and partners to support Enabel in its development;  

Experience and knowledge required 
 

• Preferably, at least 10 years of professional experience in management, including: experience in team management in a high-intensity transactional context, in competence development, training, internal mobility, performance management, coaching, succession planning and workforce planning
• Proven experience in developing HR strategies, project management and the use of project management tools and HR management software
• Experience in change management
• Good knowledge of international and Belgian labour legislation
• Knowledge of French, Dutch and English
• Expertise in change management tools is an advantage (Agile, LEAN, etc.)

Behavioural competences: 
 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse cross-functional team
• Have sound analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good ability to manage ambiguity and to adapt to changing circumstances

   
You commit to respecting the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values). 

We offer you

• A fascinating and varied job that focuses on sustainable human development in an international and multicultural environment.
• An open-ended contract, based in Brussels . 
• A salary package that comprises the monthly gross salary, which is commensurate with experience and in accordance with our salary scales (Class 7), as well as meal vouchers, hospitalisation/healthcare insurance, a group retirement savings plan, 24h/24h ETHIAS-Assistance, 13th month, double holiday pay and 100 % reimbursement of public transportation costs; 
• A telework policy that allows for flexibility and that is conducive to your work/life balance.

Following this procedure a recruitment reserve of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings. 
 

Our vacancies are open to anyone who fulfils the conditions listed in the job offers. Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.