HR People Partner

Role overview

This position is a practical, employee-facing HR role focused on two main areas: handling employee relations and disciplinary matters, and ensuring a consistent, positive employee journey from joining through exit. The role also serves as a dependable contact for managers and employees on policy, conduct, culture, and day-to-day HR support.

Core responsibilities

• Manage employee relations and disciplinary matters from start to finish, including grievances, misconduct, and conduct concerns. This includes fact-finding, investigation support, paperwork, due process, warnings, and fair case resolution.
• Guide and support managers through employee relations and discipline situations, with an emphasis on consistency, procedural fairness, and effective risk handling.
• Shape and improve the employee experience across the full lifecycle, including onboarding, internal moves and transitions, performance discussions, rewards, and offboarding.
• Use empathy and sound judgement to support a collaborative culture, and act as the primary HR contact for employees and managers on policy, guidance, and conduct matters.

Supporting responsibilities

• Assist with the rollout and execution of HR initiatives such as total rewards, learning and development, and employee engagement activities.
• Work with HR business partners to support change management across business units and functions during periods of transformation and growth.
• Coordinate with centres of excellence such as payroll, benefits, and HR operations to help ensure smooth delivery.
• Gather, maintain, and analyse HR data and metrics, then share useful insights with HRBP and business unit leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of HR experience supporting local or international workforces.
• Strong knowledge of labour laws, regulations, and HR practices.
• Prior experience managing challenging employee situations and resolving workplace conflict or people-related issues.
• Effective stakeholder management skills, including influencing, coaching, and negotiation.
• Ability to partner well with COEs and execute operational work in line with business needs.
• Comfortable working through ambiguity, adapting quickly, and driving work forward in a cross-functional, matrixed environment.

Additional information

This role requires a people-first mindset, balanced judgement, and the ability to handle sensitive employee matters with fairness, care, and consistency. It is suited to someone who can operate confidently in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.