Governance, Assurance and knowledge management Partner

The Governance, Assurance & Knowledge Management Partner provides day‑to‑day support for HR assurance activities, helping ensure compliance with Group policies, standards, and reporting requirements. The role focuses on coordinating assurance processes, gathering and reviewing evidence and generating initial insights to support effective governance across local assets and offices. This position also acts as steward for the Global HRs knowledge management, by working closely with HR teams to ensure information is accurate, update to date and structured effectively for team and business consumption.

Key Responsibilities:

Policy Design & Implementation

Contribute to HR Policy design by providing insight, operational requirements, and practical implementation considerations.
Maintain policy documentation and support implementation across jurisdictions.
Ensure local teams understand and apply policy requirements consistently.

Assurance Process Delivery & Management

Support the Head of HR Governance and Assurance with developing and maintaining HR Assurance Frameworks and processes.
Configure and maintain assurance processes and system workflows, working with Group HR Technology and local asset HR teams.

Coordinate assurance activities across HR Standards and regulatory requirements with the Head of HR Governance & Assurance guidance.
Review assurance submissions, assess evidence, and generate asset/office‑level insights and findings.
Track submission deadlines and follow up with stakeholders to ensure timely completion.
Maintain assurance process documentation and guidance.

Regulatory & Standards Compliance

Ensure HR standards and external reporting requirements are accurately captured in assurance frameworks, systems, and documentation.
Validate and maintain data supporting regulatory and HR Standard compliance.

Data / Evidence Management & Reporting

Gather and review evidence and data needed for assurance and external reporting processes.
Maintain information and updates within assurance system to support external reporting requirements.
Provide the Data & Reporting team with reporting requirements and data inputs.
Prepare insights and recommendations based on findings from the assurance processes.
Enhance processes to increase accuracy, automation, and efficiency of manual data used for external reporting.

Knowledge Management Stewardship

Create Servicely Knowledge Management guidance in line with People Operations data governance structure to encourage good knowledge management practices (e.g. naming, positioning, metadata tagging, lifecycle management).
Regularly review the Servicely Knowledge Management portal architecture to ensure it remains fit for purpose.
Implement controls / assurance on the Knowledge Management portal to ensure it remains a robust source of truth for People Operations.

Qualifications and skills:

Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
Basic understanding of governance, risk, assurance, or compliance frameworks (or willingness to learn).
Comfort working with data and documentation.
Strong written communication skills, with the ability to create clear and concise knowledge materials.
Good interpersonal skills and confidence working with multiple stakeholders.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Level of Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field

Years of relevant job knowledge

3-5 years of experience in an HR generalist or HR operations role.

Language Requirements

Fluent in English. German is a plus

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.

With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.

Glencore’s customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.

Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.

We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.

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