Key Responsibilities 1. Strategic HR & Talent Management Drive core HR initiatives including Career Management, Performance Achievement frameworks, and Compensation planning. Act as a senior coach and advisor to business leaders, providing expert guidance on relationship building and organizational design. Champion a culture of high performance and employee engagement through innovative people strategies. 2. Employee Relations & Legal Compliance Serve as the subject matter expert on Ireland Employment Law, ensuring all policies and employee relations (ER) cases are handled with precision and legal rigor. Manage complex ER issues, providing resourceful solutions that balance commercial needs with fair practice. 3. Data Analytics & Executive Reporting Utilize Advanced Excel (pivot tables, complex formulas, data validation) to consolidate and accurately validate complex workforce data. Translate data into \"visually interesting\" and well-organized PowerPoint presentations tailored for a senior executive audience. Ensure impeccable attention to detail in all reporting, data governance, and organizational documentation. 4. Operational Excellence & Leadership Lead and mentor a team, fostering an environment of innovation and continuous process improvement. Leverage Workday (or similar HRIS) to optimize HR workflows and ensure data integrity. Demonstrate excellent resourcefulness, networking, and researching to solve for complex issues and find innovative answers. Technical Skills & Experience Expert knowledge of Human Resources core concepts such as career management, performance achievement, compensation, etc. Excellent understanding of Employee Relations and Ireland Employment Law. Skilled in Excel (Intermediate to Advanced) - able to accurately consolidate and validate complex data, use most common formulas/functions, create pivot tables, graphs, and charts. Skilled in PowerPoint - able to create visually interesting and well-organized presentations. Excellent communication (written and oral) and able to summarize information appropriate for a senior audience. Strong team leadership experience and excellent coaching, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills. Innovative and creative mindset focused on efficient process operations and continuous process improvement. Excellent commercial understanding and the ability to solve for complex issues through networking and research. Workday knowledge is considered a significant advantage Randstad encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Whilst appointments will be made on merit alone candidates must be able to prove their right to work in the UK or the Republic of Ireland (as relevant). Randstad acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003 Skills: People and Culture Advisory HR Workday