Consultant or Senior Consultant – HR Transformation & HRIS M/F

About the job

Company Description

Julhiet Sterwen, transformation consulting, was founded on a strong conviction: to generate sustainable results, strategies and transformations must simultaneously address the business, people and environment dimensions. This original and unique positioning, perfectly aligned with market needs, has enabled Julhiet Sterwen to become one of the leading consulting firms.

With a collective of 650 consultants, the firm supports more than 1500 clients from all sectors and sizes in adapting to economic, digital, ecological, social and societal changes.

Mission-driven company, and driven by its commitment to Consulting for Good, Julhiet Sterwen aims to generate a positive and lasting impact in all its actions and reflections.

Our firm stands out through a transversal organisational model, fostering a synergy of expertise within an open collaboration framework. We encourage collective initiative and autonomy through innovative projects driven by our consultants.

Job Description

As a consultant or senior consultant HR Transformation & HRIS, you support our clients in transforming their HR function and implementing new digital solutions serving employees, managers and HR teams.

The role requires a good understanding of HR processes and operations, initial experience with market HRIS solutions, as well as strong consulting, project coordination and change management skills.

For HR and HRIS transformation projects:

• Analyse existing HR processes, business needs, pain points and improvement opportunities.
• Participate in scoping and implementing HRIS projects covering various HR functional areas: Core HR, Talent Management, Performance, Learning, Compensation, Recruiting, Time & Attendance, etc.
• Gather and formalise the needs of HR teams, managers and employees to contribute to defining target processes.
• Participate in the functional design of the solution and act as a link between business needs and integration or technical teams.
• Prepare and co-facilitate workshops with HR teams and relevant populations.
• Contribute to defining and harmonising processes, roles, responsibilities and HR operating methods.
• Identify organisational and user impacts related to new processes and tools.
• Contribute to change management approaches: stakeholder management, communication, training, user support and support for managers and HR teams.
• Produce professional and engaging materials: presentations, guides, procedures, FAQs, tutorials, training materials and project communications.
• Participate in testing phases, anomaly tracking, go-live preparation and post-deployment stabilisation.
• Contribute to adoption monitoring, gathering field feedback and continuous improvement of HR processes and tools.

For all types of projects:

• Conduct an analysis of the current state, stakeholders, risks and dependencies.
• Build and facilitate workshops with target groups to collect needs, identify pain points and facilitate decision-making.
• Formalise processes, functional requirements, scenarios and recommendations clearly and structurally.
• Participate in defining the project approach and support actions adapted to different milestones.
• Ensure structured stakeholder management with HR teams, managers, project teams and other stakeholders.
• Prepare high-quality governance materials, reports, summaries and decision support elements.
• Work closely with HR, IT, Finance, Legal, Communication teams or other functions depending on projects.
• Demonstrate a strong consulting stance, including in demanding environments, maintaining a high level of quality, rigour and professionalism.

Internal development – HR Transformation & HR Tech:

• Contribute to the development of our HR Transformation and HR Tech offerings: monitoring, methods, benchmarks, use cases and content.
• Contribute to internal knowledge capitalisation: feedback, methodologies, deliverable templates and reusable tools.
• Keep up to date with the main HRIS solutions and trends in HR function transformation.

Qualifications

• With a higher education degree (Master HEC, university, engineering school or equivalent), you have at least 2 years’ experience in HR transformation, HRIS or digitalisation of HR processes projects in Switzerland.
• You have a good understanding of the main HR functional areas and their operations, for example: personnel administration, recruitment, performance, training, compensation, talent management or time management.
• You have already worked with at least one market HRIS solution, for example SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, Oracle HCM, or a comparable solution.
• You have participated in various stages of an HRIS project: needs analysis, functional design, workshops, testing, deployment preparation or user support.
• You have a good foundation in change management and understand the importance of stakeholder management, communication, training and adoption in the success of a transformation project.
• You are able to produce clear, structured, professional deliverables adapted to different types of interlocutors, and you are comfortable facilitating workshops and interacting with clients.
• Adaptable, rigorous, curious and field-oriented, you know how to work in complex environments with high quality standards. Your professional attitude, sense of service and ability to collaborate with diverse interlocutors are essential.
• Experience in various sectors in Switzerland is an asset.
• You are mobile and available for assignments with our clients throughout French-speaking Switzerland, with regular on-site presence according to project needs.
• You work fluently in English.

Additional Information