HR Business Partner - Poland
Description
HR Business Partner - Poland
Purpose of Role
The HR Business Partner acts as the first-line HR contact for employees and the local leadership team, ensuring efficient delivery of HR operations, compliance and people processes across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as first-line HR partner for local leadership, supporting people-related decisions and daily operations.
- Coordinate recruitment, offers, onboarding, and offboarding processes to ensure smooth execution.
- Maintain accurate employee data and documentation; manage attendance, leave, and payroll inputs.
- Support performance and pay cycle administration in line with the annual HR calendar.
- Ensure compliance with labor law, right-to-work verification, and required training completion.
- Prepare and track HR metrics and reports to monitor service levels and workforce trends.
- Support internal communication, engagement, and change initiatives within the local team.
Skills, Qualifications and Experience
- Strong generalist HR experience, including general HR advice and support, change management, HR administration and processes and recruitment and selection; experience gained in an educational setting would be a distinct advantage.
- Good experience of HR systems and previous experience of running payroll.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of Polish employment law and data protection legislation, including data protection legislations (GDPR).
- Ability to recognize and act on the implications of actions and decisions.
- Strong customer service ethos and the ability to deal with difficult situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
- Comfortable working at all levels of the organization.
- A self-starter, with drive and initiative, who is flexible and adaptable in their approach.
ISP Principles
Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.
Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.
Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles
ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.
ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.