BP: P&C – People & Culture Graduate Program

Post Overview:

• Location: South Africa – Johannesburg
• Job category: HR
• Job type: Professionals
• Experience level: Entry
• Job code: RQ073034

Newly hired individuals in the People & Culture Graduate Program will be provided with a well-organized development plan to expedite the acquisition of fundamental technical skills, practical experience, and knowledge relevant to the business sector. This program facilitates a smooth transition from university life to becoming a skilled professional in their respective fields. This graduate development program is designed as part of our strategic talent management initiatives to ensure that our People & Culture team develops a strong pool of future leaders. It offers experiential learning opportunities that focus on specific learning outcomes, which are essential for career growth and success.

Focusing on the below learning outcomes:

• • Talent Matching and Acquisition– gaining an understanding of strategic people matching and resourcing at bp through engaging with the talent acquisition team and gaining exposure on the talent matching process

• • Talent Development– learning and understanding bp’s capability strategy through working with the capability team on achieving set targets.

• • Talent Management– engaging in activities such as succession planning, talent analysis and reporting within the capability space

• • Talent Engagement– exposure to the different strategies that are used to attract and retain key talent, through organisational engagement as well as engagement with employee relations and rewards

• • Change Management-understanding how the organisation deals with change through exposure to the change model

Exposure to the following:

• • Leadership for the day-to-day management of the HR function within a region and  all aspects of performance (HSSE, People Agenda and Financial Delivery), from planning to implementation and assurance

• • The HR strategy in partnership with the business leadership team setting objectives and designing an operations model, services and plans to support business performance, employee alignment, performance and engagement, culture and leadership strength

• • HR advisory support that facilitates resolution of everyday queries and provide oversight for employee relations cases, whilst ensuring an inclusive and diverse workplace which reflects the communities in which we operate including Resourcing to attract, select and retain the right people from the internal and external market, leveraging our compelling employer brand

• • A compliant and high-performance culture through aligned performance management, reward and recognition frameworks, assisting in the annual reward process, delivery of integrated reward/recognition solutions and union pay review negotiations

People & Culture Graduate Program Essential Criteria and Qualification Requirements:

• • An Honours degree/BTech Honours/4th Year or higher in Industrial and Organisational Psychology or Human Resource Management

• • Minimum final year aggregate of 65% or minimum GPA of 2.1

• • Knowledge of current discipline, specific trends, theories/approaches, and benchmarks

• • Must have graduated in 2021, 2022 or 2023

Travel Requirement: No travel is expected with this role Relocation Assistance: This role is eligible for relocation within country Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Related Posts: Internships

Skills:

• • Agility core practices,

• • Agility core practices,

• • Analytical Thinking,

• • Coaching,

• • Communication,

• • Creativity and Innovation,

• • Culture and behaviour change,

• • Curiosity,

• • Customer centric thinking,

• • Data Analysis,

• • Data cleansing and transformation,

• • Decision Making,

• • Digital fluency,

• • Employee and labour relations,

• • Employee Engagement,

• • Employee Experience,

• • Facilitation,

• • Global Perspective,

• • Industrial and Organizational Psychology,

• • Influencing,

• • Job Design,

• • Leadership Assessment,

• • Leading transformation,

• • Long Term Planning,

• • Managing change {+ 12 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.).  If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations. If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy.  This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks. CLICK HERE TO APPLY For Career Tips to improve your chances to succeed: Click Here