HR Business Partner, Employee Relations (4-Month Contract)
HYBRID OR FULLY REMOTE
About Your New Employer
Our client is a leading global technology business with headquarters in Dublin city centre. They are seeking to a high-impact, specialist Employee Relations (ER) team member to manage complex cases across multiple global offices.
About Your New Job
- As an HR Business Partner with a focus on Employee Relations, you will manage the most sensitive workplace investigations, often involving high-impact and confidential allegations.
- You will handle a small portfolio of active cases (c. 5 at a time), prioritising quality, depth, and impartiality in your investigations.
- You will engage directly with complainants and stakeholders, gathering information, conducting interviews, and documenting findings to produce well-reasoned reports for leadership.
- You will coach and guide local HR teams on best practices for lower-tier ER cases and partner with senior management as a trusted advisor on risk and findings.
- You will contribute to continuous improvement projects, support reporting and data analysis, and help shape ER policies and tools.
What Skills You Need
- Significant experience as an Employee Relations specialist, with a focus on complex/high-risk investigations.
- Proven background handling cases involving harassment, bullying, and retaliation, ideally across multiple countries or regions.
- Strong investigative, interviewing, and fact-finding skills in confidential environments.
- Outstanding written communication with the ability to craft clear, robust investigation reports.
- Sound analytical and critical thinking skills, high discretion, and the ability to build trust at every level.
- Experience with global organisations and established ER systems is desirable, but not essential.
What's on Offer
- Competitive pay
- Hybrid working model (3 days in office Tues–Thurs) or fully remote option.
- Exposure to complex, high-profile ER work at a global level, working within a skilled international team.
- Additional learning and development through participation in global ER initiatives.
- Supportive, process-driven environment with clear frameworks and best practices.
What's Next
Apply now by submitting your CV or get in touch if you'd like to discuss the position in more detail. If this role isn’t quite right, but you’re interested in similar global HR opportunities, please reach out—we have a range of contract and permanent roles available.
