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Regional People & Culture Partner - APACWe are Lightsource bp and were on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development.For over a decade weve been actively working to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We work to safely deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to help the world decarbonise.Our growing business is constantly innovating and investing to help drive the energy transition. Our people and projects are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and energy security.Lightsource bp was fully acquired by bp in 2024.What youll do (the role)SummaryThis role is responsible for defining and executing the People Plan for the APAC region during a period of significant growth, potentially doubling the employee base and expanding across multiple countries. Reporting to the Global People & Culture Director Heather Hayes, the role involves strategic workforce planning across a complex matrix organization spanning diverse functions (business development, marketing, engineering, construction, environmental planning, and asset management) in at least five countries.Location : Sydney, AustraliaResponsibilities of the RoleDefining and implementing the People Plan for the APAC Region. There is significant growth (potentially doubling in employee population and countries) forecast for 2025 and 2026 for this group. The Executive leader of this group, Adam Pegg will be the key stakeholder for the role.Strategic workforce planning across a matrix organization covering business development, commercial marketing, engineering, construction, environmental planning and asset management, employed across a minimum of 5 APAC countries.Succession Plans, retention risk and attrition issues, proactively managing risks and accelerating opportunities.The creation and agreement for a culture of engagement and recognition using tools such as Culture Amp to support an open, safe, and innovative culture.Partnering with the functional leadership team to set clear goals and performance standards for their organization, identifying high potential individuals, and ensuring there are inclusive, robust career and development plans throughout.Defining and resourcing leadership development requirements and direct coaching for a fast-growing population of people who may be newly promoted to management, or externally hired.Ongoing organizational design analysis, structure adjustments and change management to accommodate the scale of growth.Managing a team member in the Talent Acquisition team to identify smart solutions to resourcing plans of up to 50 hires per annum and ensuring that the quality of talent being welcomed into the organization is competent for today and has potential growth for tomorrow.Partnering with the Reward to ensure that all reward related processes are understood and managed within the APAC region and overall responsibility for the annual compensation cycles and benchmarking exercises.Managing the P&C Ops team to provide a monthly set of KPIs delivered to the functional leadership team to monitor that the people plan is on track, or course corrected quickly. Responsible for the HR Ops team in APAC who have accountability for regional P&C policies, payrolls, onboarding, offboarding and resolution of employee relations issues.Responsibility for leading at least one P&C strategic annual objective globallyWho were looking forHigh learning agility who can adapt quickly to the task at handSomeone who deals with complexity and ambiguity wellCuriosity to come up with creative solutions to challenging scenariosExtensive HR management/business partnering experience ideally gained in an international role and environmentSomeone who enjoys complexity and a fast-paced working environmentThe ability to balance local needs and requirements with corporate policies and processesThe ability to balance commercial thinking with an HR governance and policy mindsetFlexibility on working hours to support the needs of our international businessWillingness to travel where requiredBeing accessible and approachableSomeone with a hands-on approach who will get involved to help on any HR related matter when requiredThe ability to compile and analyze HR related data to identify trends and support the business to make meaningful people-based decisionsSomeone unafraid to respectfully question business leaders and their own HR function to get to the best outcomeThe ability to take a longer-term view to help inform short term decision makingSomeone who is results and completion orientated who will finish what they start and challenge our business to do the sameWhy youll want to work for usOur company is a place where you can be yourself and grow, a place where your ideas and opinions matter.Be you: We pride ourselves on being an inclusive community, where every individual is valued and treated with respect.Be responsible: Our culture is driven by our core values from operating safely to ensuring our projects are responsible.Be recognized: Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits including annual bonus, retention bank, health insurance, pension and other local benefits.Be inspired: Beyond your day-to-day working life at Lightsource bp, theres a variety of initiatives that will contribute to your own personal development. These include our charitable causes, supporting our solar honey project, or volunteering on our VIBES committee to name a few.Our core values: Lightsource bp truly cares about creating a sustainable future through safe, responsible and meaningful low carbon energy projects. Our core values of Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability and Drive are the guiding principles for everything we do. #J-18808-Ljbffr