Human Resources Business Partner

Overview

In this role you align people strategies with business objectives, acting as a trusted HR advisor to leaders and teams. You will partner with management to deliver practical HR solutions, support change, and enhance the employee experience. You’ll provide HR metrics to inform decisions and help drive organisational effectiveness. This is an opportunity to shape people-first initiatives within a dynamic HR function at Adecco. You will work closely with cross-functional partners to sustain a high-performance culture.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary HR contact for designated business areas and manage employee relations
• Build relationships with stakeholders and provide proactive HR guidance
• Identify people-related needs and collaborate with leadership and HR team
• Deliver HR metrics (headcount, absenteeism, turnover, overtime) to inform decisions
• Support development and continuous improvement of HR policies and programs
• Manage disciplinary, grievance, and employee relations cases with consistency and compliance
• Support wellbeing, sickness absence and return-to-work processes
• Partner with leadership to enhance organisational effectiveness and drive high performance
• Support organisational design, restructures, workforce planning and change management
• Provide strategic and hands-on support to clarify responsibilities and enable growth
• Advise on employee lifecycle aspects (performance, recognition, compensation) and engagement
• Contribute to talent reviews, succession planning, and development planning
• Lead and support performance management processes and ensure policy compliance
• Coach managers on goal setting, feedback and performance improvement
• Guide on complex performance issues and mitigate business risk
• Support competency framework development and alignment with HR processes
• Promote a strong performance culture through coaching and development
• Assist recruitment and selection aligned with standards, oversee onboarding/offboarding
• Monitor workforce requirements and support short to long-term planning
• Support talent development, talent reviews and successor planning
• Provide coaching on career development and personal development planning

Key requirements

• Degree educated in Human Resources or related discipline
• Experience in an HR Business Partner or generalist role
• Strong knowledge of employee relations and employment legislation
• Experience supporting performance management, organisational change and talent development
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and HR systems
• Fluent business-level English

• stakeholder management
• influencing
• coaching
• communication
• Microsoft Office
• HR systems

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