Senior HR Generalist

Job description

Role Overview

The Senior HR Generalist will play a key role supporting the Head Of HR in the implementation of HR strategy. This role focuses on end-to-end recruitment and robust employee relations support, including leading workplace investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, and performance processes. The postholder will act as a trusted advisor to managers, providing expert HR guidance to support a positive, compliant, and high-performing culture.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations

• Lead and manage complex employee relations cases, including investigations, disciplinary hearings, grievance procedures, performance management, absence management, and conflict resolution.
• Conduct thorough, unbiased investigations and prepare detailed investigation reports.
• Advise managers on employment law, internal policies, and best practice to ensure fair and consistent decision-making.
• Support the development and implementation of ER strategies to reduce risk and strengthen manager capability.

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for a broad range of roles, from job scoping and advertising to interviewing, selection, offers, and onboarding.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop job descriptions, role profiles, and effective sourcing strategies.
• Proactively identify and implement improvements to the recruitment process to enhance candidate experience and time-to-hire.
• Develop and maintain talent pipelines for hard-to-fill specialist and leadership roles.

HR Operations & Advisory

• Act as a first point of contact for HR queries, providing expert advice on HR policies, contracts, and employment terms.
• Support HR policy development, updates, and communication.
• Ensure accurate HR documentation, reporting, and compliance with legislation and company standards.
• Contribute to HR projects such as culture initiatives, engagement, wellbeing, and diversity & inclusion.

HR Data & Compliance

• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records.
• Prepare HR metrics and reports to support decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and internal governance requirements.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience in a generalist HR role, with a significant focus on employee relations and recruitment.
• Demonstrable experience leading investigations and supporting disciplinary and grievance processes end-to-end.
• Strong working knowledge of Irish employment law.
• Experience coaching and advising senior stakeholders on people matters.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent cases and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong interviewing and case-handling capabilities, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to remain impartial, confidential, and professional at all times.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly organised with strong time-management skills.
• Confident using HR systems and MS Office (particularly Excel).