HR Business Partner - Nordics & Baltics

We help partners understand the changing advertising landscape. Specialising in audience measurement, consumer targeting and in-depth intelligence into paid, owned and earned media, their global coverage and local expertise enable better understanding of media audiences and their relationships with brands.

Job Details

Overview

We are looking for ‘hands on’, HR Business Partner professionals with a strong background in Employee Relations, supporting Nordics & Baltics region. The role sits between first line HR service delivery and HR Director level support, working as part of the HRBP team. The role will own regional areas with complex and high volumes of ER activity, policy review and development, manager guidance, and operational HR processes, while escalating senior, strategic, or high-risk cases to the relevant HR Directors as appropriate.

The HR business partner role will support the Global and Regional HR Directors providing a comprehensive HR service to their designated regions. Supporting and guiding our people in the day to day people matters ensuring our practices and policies are aligned to business strategy and reflect best in class in HR. A varied role balancing operational needs with identifying trends and opportunity for change. Regions may be subject to change.

Key Responsibilities

The following responsibilities are not an exhaustive list and may change.

Employee Relations & Case Management

Manage and advise on all grievances, disciplinaries, disputes between employees and managers, and right to speak cases, particularly during peak periods, demonstrating sound judgement, a knowledge of market legislation and commercial awarenessSupport short-term and long-term sickness absence cases, including OH referrals and process managementPartner with key stakeholders to develop performance, succession and career management plans by assessing the effectiveness of career paths, aligning employee capabilities to the division / function’s overall strategic direction.Handle performance management case including PIPs and probation management, including objective setting, check-ins, and risk mitigation under Nordics & Baltics Employment Rights changesManage flexible working requests, including advising managers and supporting conversationsMaintain and improve the ER tracker and case governance processes

Policy, Guidelines & Training

Review, update, and maintain Nordics & Baltics and ER policies, reflecting changes in legislation across the region(s)Create and refresh manager guidelines that sit underneath people and ER policies (e.g. grievance, disciplinary, probation, absence)Support development of manager training on ER capability and confidenceContribute to the global employee handbook, working with HR leadership on regional vs global alignment

Organisational Change & Risk Support

Provide operational ER support for restructures and redundancies, particularly volume activity, with HRDs leading strategy and senior casesSupport settlement agreements and exits at an operational level, escalating senior or complex exits to HRDsSupport Data Subject Access Requests D(SARs) post search review in partnership with the relevant legal / data teams and HR Director

HR Operations & Cross Border Support

Support ER matters in countries without local HR coverage (e.g. Netherlands, Singapore)Coordinate leaver activity including visa termination support, working with HR Ops and external partnersAct as a key operational partner to HR Ops where ER, policy, and employee lifecycle issues overlapSupporting role out and completion of cyclical activities (PMR, Salary increases…)

Engagement & Diversity

Drive and support leaders and managers with improving the employee experience to increase engagement within the workplace through leveraging data from employee listening programmes, leaver surveys and other formal and informal sourcesChampion diversity and drive portfolios of work that support the business to build an inclusive culture across all aspects of the employee journey, policies and practices and support our I&D strategy

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Work closely with HR Directors, acting as the level‑2/3 ER owner, freeing HRDs to focus on appeals, senior exits, restructures, and strategyManage, develop and coach others within the People Team to grow additional capability in line with the needs of the business and the aspirations of the individualPartner with TA and HR leadership on workforce and people risk topics where ER insight is requiredEngage with business leaders, managers and the wider People Team to understand challenges and areas for opportunities and translate these into relevant people initiativesAttend local and regional work councils where required seeking support and escalating to the HR Director where required.

Essential

CAPBILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

Strong Nordics & Baltics Employee Relations background but with global exposure to other regions in Europe and APACProven experience managing grievances, disciplinaries, absence, capability and performance including probation, and flexible workingExperience reviewing and updating HR policies and manager guidanceConfidence advising managers directly on a range of people mattersComfortable operating in volume, fast paced and ambiguous environmentsSolid in country HR experience supporting a region and a willingness to learn new countries and regions.Experience working with Work CouncilsProficient in EnglishExcellent active listening, verbal and written communication skills.Strong stakeholder engagement and expectation management.

Desirable

Exposure to global or multi country ER environments (EMEA and APAC)Experience supporting restructures or redundancy programmesBackground in HR Operations, Senior Advisor, or HR Manager type roles

Country

Sweden

Why join Fifty5Blue?

We pride ourselves on understanding people, and what makes us think and act the way we do.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Fifty5Blue.