HR Operations Manager

HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS MANAGER

This role is based in Ulaanbaatar office, with need- basis travel to mine site, and will provide leadership and oversight for Employee Relations, Human Resources Operations, and HR Compliance & Governance, supporting a compliant, efficient and employee-focused workplace across our Ulaanbaatar office and mine site.

You'll Be Responsible For:

• Lead employee and labour relations activities, fostering a positive workplace culture.
• Provide comprehensive HR support and management across the Ulaanbaatar office and site operations and support employee engagement activities for both national and expatriate employees.
• Advise leaders on organizational design, performance, engagement, retention, and employee
  relations.
• Challenge and support managers to ensure people's decisions are consistent, fair, commercially
  sound and aligned with company policies
• Partner with management on retention, recognition, communication and employee experience
  initiatives.
• Use workforce indicators such as headcount, turnover, absenteeism, vacancy rate, and workforce
  cost to identify risks and recommend action
• Oversee payroll processes, driving operational efficiency and automation initiatives where
  appropriate.
• Coordinate monthly HR-to-payroll processes and ensure employee changes are accurately
  reflected before payroll cut-off.
• Conduct HR validation of payroll inputs and investigate discrepancies.
  Support annual salary review and bonus processes, including manager guidance and approval
  tracking.
• Monitor compensation decisions for internal consistency, budget alignment and policy compliance
  Identify employment, operational and people risks early and escalate material matters
  appropriately
• Develop, review, and continuously improve HR policies, procedures, and practices.
• Lead and contribute to HR and cross-functional strategic projects that support business objectives. 
• Support and enhance Employee Value Proposition (EVP) initiatives to attract, engage, and retain
  talent and lead strategic people related projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Law, Business or a related field; Master's is an advantage.
• 8+ years of HR experience, including 3+ years in an HR management role, preferably in mining or
  a multinational.
• Strong working knowledge of applicable local labor and employment legislation and ability to
  translate regulatory requirements into practical HR processes
• Ability to understand business strategy, operating models and organizational priorities and
  translating them into implications of people and HR actions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to move from data and observations to
  concrete recommendations
• Strong influencing, coaching and facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and stakeholders in a fast-moving environment
• Demonstrated ability to improve, standardize and simplify HR processes
• Experience overseeing payroll and HR operations.
• Fluent Mongolian and professional English; French is an advantage
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to handle sensitive and
  confidential matters professionally.

Contact: +976 8807-7702; baasantsetseg@scc.mn