Summary:
An Associate HR Business Partner is required for a pharmaceutical company in South Dublin. The successful candidate will provide support to projects and initiatives across the Irish network, delivering project milestones on time and to scope. This is a hybrid role, that will required a minimum of 3 days onsite.
Responsibilities:
- Provide support to projects and initiatives across the Irish network, delivering project milestones on time and to scope, and where possible, increase employee engagement and participation in programmes.
- Liaise with external vendors for benefits across Ireland in coordination of the yearly share purchase process, the benefits roadshow, etc. — manage vendor relationships to ensure timely service delivery, cost-effectiveness, SLAs are met, and vendor activity supports HR outcomes without operational disruption.
- Keep the internal portal content current and accessible, ensure policies are accurate and compliant, reduce employee policy queries by providing clear guidance, and enable faster self-service for common HR tasks.
- Coordinate meetings, manage agendas, prepare and manage materials and follow up on actions, working closely with the Country HR Lead.
- Deliver accurate and timely reporting that supports business decisions, ensures compliance with governance requirements, and provides HR and business leaders with actionable insights into trends.
- Partner with Senior HRBPs to provide strategic support across the end-to-end lifecycle of employees, delivering on cyclical processes (recruitment, onboarding, development, talent management, compensation, retention, succession) that align with business priorities, improve retention of key talent, and close identified skill gaps.
- Act as a responsive HR business partner, supporting managers to resolve people issues and support general queries.
- Support the delivery of all Ireland HR induction for new starts. Partner with the Learning & Development Team to ensure all new joiners attend required sessions and contribute to onboarding process improvements.
- Occupational health interaction for case management, referrals etc., including vendor management for occupational health and support managers with OH referrals and casework to support employee health and return-to-work, and reduce case turnaround time.
- Partner with Global Mobility to coordinate international moves and related administration and provide a positive relocation experience for employees.
- Prepare complete and accurate SIP file submission in a timely manner to support payroll processing and tax compliance
- Manage local HR programmes, including events and HR initiatives.
- Represent HR at team meetings, site events, and group client or vendor events.
- Represent HR perspectives to support safe, cost-effective fleet policies, ensure alignment between fleet decisions and people policies, and communicate relevant updates to site stakeholders.
- Organise and support forums for people leaders that foster leadership capability, share best practice, surface and resolve people risks, and drive consistent application of HR policies and leadership behaviours.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree; CIPD qualification or relevant master’s degree.
- 2-3 years’ experience in an HR role, ideally working in a large multi-national environment.
- Strong Generalist with experience in business partner.
- Ability to build trusted partnerships and to work effectively with people at all levels.
- Strong administration skills and effective at managing multiple stakeholders.
- Good knowledge of Irish employment law framework.
- Ability to project manage multiple projects and initiatives through to successful delivery.
- Highly effective communicator with the ability to influence outcomes at all levels of the business.
