# Employee Relations Specialist Asia Pacific, Vice President

**Company**: Barclays
**Location**: Marina Bay
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Human Resources
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Employee Relations professional to act as the regional subject matter expert for Asia Pacific.

The successful candidate will combine deep ER expertise, sound risk judgement and strong stakeholder-management skills to advise employees, managers, HR teams and control functions on complex and high-risk matters.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Act as the regional subject matter expert for Employee Relations across Asia Pacific, developing and supporting ER strategies aligned with the organisation’s direction and vision.

- Develop, implement and maintain regional and local ER policies, guidelines and risk-management governance.

- Benchmark ER practices across markets and provide guidance on country-specific/regional/global policies and labour regulations.

- Provide expert consultation, guidance and coaching to HR teams, business leaders, managers and employees on complex or high-risk ER matters.

- Manage end-to-end ER cases, including employee complaints, grievances, conduct concerns, disciplinary matters and allegations of harassment, discrimination or retaliation.

- Provide advice on workforce change and restructuring activities across Asia Pacific.

- Oversee wellbeing initiatives across Asia Pacific, including the Employee Assistance Programme.

- Manage industrial relations related activities across the region.

**Required Skills**

- Degree-qualified, with at least 10-15 years of Employee Relations experience across multiple APAC markets or regions.

- Significant knowledge of employment law and Employee Relations within a regulated, complex financial-services environment.

- Strong understanding of employment legislation and cultural awareness across key Asia Pacific markets.

- Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end ER cases, including complex investigations, disciplinary matters and cases involving multiple and senior stakeholders.

- Proven ability to assess legal, regulatory and organisational risks, and to drive ER matters towards appropriate resolution.

- Strong counselling, coaching, conflict-resolution and advisory skills, supported by effective influencing techniques.

- Excellent interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with structured thinking and strong presentation skills.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, practical and client-focused advice.

**Preferred Skills**

- Employee Relations experience within the banking or financial-services industry.

- Mandarin language skills (reading and speaking).

- Proactive, motivated and positive approach, with the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.

- Creative and innovative mindset, with a focus on practical solutions and continuous improvement.

- Strong stakeholder-management skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across functions and regions.

- Calm, balanced and objective approach when handling sensitive or conflict-driven situations.

## Skills

### Required
- Employee Relations
- Employment Law
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Communication Skills
- Mandarin

### Nice to have
- Financial Services Industry Experience

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