HR Business Partner

Job description

HR Business Partner

14 Month FTC - Maternity Cover

Dublin

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We're naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We'll truly value your ideas. You'll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you'll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You'll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results.

Our people are our success, and we work as one team.

We are recruiting a HR Business Partner to Work closely with the Head of HR EMEA, International HR Business Partner (both based in the UK) and the Management Team in Dublin office, the HRBP will provide HR support on all aspects of people management including delivery of the region's strategy and delivery of the HR strategy. The HRBP will establish and maintain influential relationships with the office leadership team, ensuring excellent quality and coverage of HR support at all times. The HRBP will also provide coaching, guidance and support on people issues. An ability to influence, challenge and provide robust views in a supportive manner will be critical for the success of this role

Our standard working hours are 9am - 5:30pm however, we are happy to consider flexible working requests.

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience:

• Work closely with the Head of HR (EMEA) and International HR Business Partner to manage exits in order to advise on and ensure best practice processes are adhered to.
• Manage all key ER concepts across the region such as all flexible working requests, performance management plans, sickness/absence cases, diversity and inclusion, disciplinary and grievance processes.
• Working with the Head of HR (EMEA) and Global Mobility team to manage relocations and secondments.
• Provide advice and guidance to staff and managers on HR matters as required
• Ensure delivery of the HR Strategy within the office considering the priorities and culture of the office while striving for firm wide consistent practice.
• Support the Responsible Business Partner with the running of the responsible committee and support with initiatives as and when required.
• Provide the office with recruitment support, including ensuring all roles have appropriate job descriptions, the office appropriately supported in recruitment decisions and recruitment excellence is always maintained.
• In conjunction with Business Managers and Office Heads, identify and authorise vacancies, ensuring appropriate resourcing across the office.
• Provide Team Leaders with assistance and guidance in respect of compensation and incentive planning.
• Manage the annual salary review process in conjunction with the Head of HR, EMEA and International HR Business Partner
• Coach and influence managers from a people perspective, developing their people management/leadership skills and constructively challenging inappropriate behaviours/actions.
• Support disciplinary processes and ensure they are appropriate and are conducted fairly in accordance with local employment legislation.
• Work closely with partners on employee retention and succession planning.
• Significant HRBP or Consultant experience, ideally 3-5 years.
• A sound understanding of labour legislation and Irish Law Society processes preferred.

What happens next?

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email.

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It's with different perspectives that we'll find solutions to our clients' most complex challenges. It's how we'll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents.

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