Human Resource Business Partner
Job Summary
The HR Business Partner will support the People Strategy in the Singapore office, ensuring legal compliance and driving organizational best practices. This role involves partnering with senior stakeholders to manage employee relations, culture, and engagement initiatives. You will work within a collaborative divisional team while maintaining autonomy in delivering strategic HR services and project management.
Responsibilities
- Manage HR service delivery and legal compliance in Singapore
- Partner with senior leadership on HR strategy and employee relations
- Drive culture, engagement, and performance management initiatives
- Lead and coordinate HR projects aligned with regional business goals
- Oversee local HR administration and operational processes
Required Skills
- Minimum 5 years HR Generalist experience
- Minimum 3 years in a managerial or senior capacity
- Strong knowledge of Singapore employment legislation
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities
- Proficiency in HR information systems and Microsoft Office
Job Details
Your role in the Team:
Reporting to the Head of HR - APAC & ME, this role is accountable for the delivery of an excellent and reliable HR service experience and will support the delivery of the People Strategy in our Singapore office. In Singapore, you will independently drive compliance (employment legislation), best practice in all matters HR, as well as supporting Business Leaders in driving culture and engagement. You will also support our Singapore office with a range of projects. You will be part of a small divisional team and a larger global HR team, which will lend support on areas like HR Operations, L&D, Payroll and Systems.
What you’ll do:
- HR & Strategic Advisory: Ensure compliance with all relevant employment legislation in the Singapore office, proactively addressing, interpreting, and implementing changes with a best practice approach. Provide guidance to senior stakeholders, line managers, and the wider team on all employee relations (ER) matters (e.g., disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, investigations, redundancies).
- Project Management: Work closely with the Head of HR for APAC & ME to deliver the People Plan for Singapore, coordinating projects aligned to the People strategy and employee life cycle.
- Culture and Engagement: Advise leaders on best practices to foster positive culture and engagement, influencing the Singapore leadership team and supporting country-specific initiatives (e.g., OHS, Wellbeing).
- Continuous Improvement: Seek feedback to enhance the stakeholder experience, embed updated HR operating models, leverage HR tools to drive self-service, and use data/analysis to support people management decision-making.
- General: Manage all HR-related matters on the ground in Singapore, including HR administration (invoices, insurance policies, etc.).
Requirements:
- Educated to degree level in HR, Business or relevant field.
- Extensive experience as a HR Generalist (min. 5 years) and at least 3 years in a managerial/senior capacity.
- Sound experience in managing all processes involved in the usual employee life cycle independently.
- Experience in working within the fast-changing employment legislation environment of Singapore.
- Ability to drive projects of varying complexities on time and with a high standard of quality.
- Excellent communications, organizational, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Dynamic, energetic, and positive attitude with high resilience in fast-paced work environments.
- Solid experience using HR systems (Workday is an advantage) and Microsoft Office suite.