Global Jobs and Skills Architecture Senior Analyst

Job Title: Global Jobs & Skills Architecture Senior Analyst

Job Summary: 

Working for the Global Jobs & Skills Architecture (JSA) Lead and team, this role will help to design, build and continuously improve an enterprise-wide skills taxonomy and job/role architecture (where required) engaging with business leaders, our resource management vendor and with Talent. The position will be responsible for helping manage an agreed programme of work to rationalize and align the skills taxonomy and role/job architecture, and for ensuring any changes are effectively managed so EY Talent and workforce have access to accurate skills data and a role/job framework. Changes to skills and job/roles will impact processes in: TA2, L&D, Workforce Planning and Resource Management and so the Analyst role must maintain effective relationships with leaders in these functions and work at pace to ensure changes are implemented effectively.

Purpose of the Job:

Provide support to design, build and maintain the Global skills taxonomy at EY. Help to ensure the skills taxonomy is accurate and maintained to reflect the skills across the EY organization. Where required, work with internal business leaders and third parties/partners.

Help Jobs & Skills ArchitectureConsultants to manage an agreed project-based design process, followed by a regular business as usual maintenance cycle to review the skills taxonomy and role/job architecture. Track all changes to the skills taxonomy and role/job architecture and ensure governance decisions are reached in line with design principles.

Where changes are required to the JSA, ensure that the downstream impacts of these changes are considered and managed effectively (e.g. communications sent out to impacted employees, technology platforms updated). Crafting and communicating a strong change narrative for the JSA updates, including developing messaging, slides and presenting on calls will be a critical part of this role.

Monitor the level of role alignment across EY to the role/job architecture. Work to ensure that all people at EY are aligned to a role. Wherever possible ensure that role alignment is embedded and automated into existing Talent processes (e.g. recruitment &onboarding).

As required, complete analysis to consider how the career experience can be enhanced to give employees greater visibility and control of their career experiences and development.

Promote the importance of skills to the EY organization and act as a leading voice and expert on skills and careers across the Talent function and with the business (as required).

As instructed by the Skills & Career Consultants, contribute to proposals for change to enhance Global skills and career solutions and/or the career experience at EY. Ensure that appropriate consultation is done with Super Regions and SL stakeholders, and ensure appropriate business case materials are prepared to secure investment through the Global Talent governance process.

Where required, collaborate with Super Region Talent teams to ensure Global JSA solutions can be implemented and adopted effectively.

Supervision Responsibilities:

• Member of the Global L&D team, work to define and implement effective skills and career solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement of the skills taxonomy and role/job architecture with a view of external best practice and internal stakeholder requirements.
• Where changes in skills and/or job/roles are required, work to ensure downstream impacts are managed effectively working with multiple stakeholders across Talent and the business (as required).
• Where opportunities for change to global solutions are identified, work with Talent colleagues to complete analysis and propose recommendations for change aligned to internal Global Talent governance processes.
• Foster and maintain effective relationships with other Talent Function Leaders to drive consistency and alignment Knowledge and Skills Requirements: (Describe the knowledge and/or skills required to perform this job - these may be technical, managerial or behavioural in nature and can be divided by mandatory optional / considered as an asset).
• Understanding of skills-based organizations and how skills can contribute to a high performing organizations/workforce.
• Knowledge of the way EY Talent operates, the Talent operating model and organization structure.
• Knowledge of the L&D function service delivery model and ways of working, including: function processes, technology / systems and the organization structure and roles, especially for Skills & Career solutions. Strong analysis and problem-solving skills to identify issues and recommend change.
• Strong organizational skills, project management skills and the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Proactive and pragmatic style, agile mindset and approach to deliver services under cost and time pressures.
• Strong influencing and communication skills. Maturity to interact with Global and Super Region Talent and business leaders.
• Ability to use Global Technology as well as other relevant HR systems and knowledge tools.

Other Requirements:

• Due to global nature of the role; travel and willingness to work alternative hours will be required

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Educated to degree level in a related discipline

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience of maintaining positive relationships at all levels of an organization
• Demonstrable experience of skills design and/or skills management, developing or leveraging skills taxonomies to enable organizational requirements.
• Demonstrable experience of conducting impact assessments and of working proactively to put in place change interventions
• Demonstrable experience of recording and tracking decisions, and following-up where necessary to ensure clarity of decision making
• Demonstrable experience of having worked in a team at pace to deliver quality outputs
• Demonstrable experience of assessing and scoping potential project/change initiatives and development of associated business cases
• Demonstrable experience of managing projects, working proactively to address issues and achieve required outcomes
• Demonstrable experience of working in fast-paced, demanding environment to deliver required results

Certification Requirements: 

• Higher professional or masters qualification in a related discipline are preferred, not required
• Active membership to related professional bodies or industry groups is preferred, not required