Closing Date: 22 June 2025
SNV is hiring for Global HR Business Partner Position: Apply Now
Company Description
SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where it operates. SNV is driven by a vision of a better world: A world where across every society all people live with dignity and have equitable opportunities to thrive sustainably. To make this vision a reality, SNV need transformations in vital agri-food, energy, and water systems. SNV contributes by strengthening capacities and catalysing partnerships in these sectors. SNV help strengthen institutions and governance, reduce gender inequalities and barriers to social inclusion, and enable adaptation and mitigation to the climate and biodiversity crises (SNV themes).
Job Description
As HR Business Partner (HRBP), you work closely with the leaders of Global units, enabling their people agenda against its strategic and operational goals. Since 2022 SNV has embarked on a journey of people-centricity with a People, Culture, Talent strategy that support its 2030 organisational strategy.
As Global HR Business Partner you play a pivotal role in shifts to make within SNV organisation. Whether it’s about building SNV leadership skillset to supporting the employee journey, you are standing next to its leaders advising, coaching, operationalising themes like talent attraction, people development, well being, inclusion and behaviour. You take every opportunity to enable people-centricity and capability growth and you are pragmatic in your approach.
You are part of a global people team that consists of HR expertise owners. They are building the strategy and tools on talent management, reward and performance, in your role are both an active contributor to building the right strategies as well as a partner in intentional adoption plans. Together you shape the way forward in supporting leadership to be positioning SNV as an employer of choice. The Global People Team includes 10 Global and 20 HR professionals, led by the Director of People.
Global HR Business Partner Role
You work closely with SNV global leaders and the People team to support management and team members all key moments of the employee journey. You bring structure, clarity, and practical guidance to managers, helping them lead their teams with confidence and care. You are also involved in larger organisational projects and contribute to shaping people practices that are simple, inclusive, and relevant to the way teams collaborate. Your role stretches between the more operational and pragmatic and the more strategic and future oriented. You explicitly like this mix day-to-day activities and you know which intervention is best suited in different situations as you are expected navigate a mixture of cultures, ways of working and remote leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partnering with Global Leaders: Collaborate with managers to understand team needs and translate them into effective people strategies
- Guide managers through organisational design, change/continuous development processes, and team development
- Enable role hygiene, leadership practices, and team engagement across teams within your scope
- Enable people planning with a focus on future capabilities
- Translate global frameworks into practical, context-specific plans
- Provide guidance on contracts, employment topics, and HR cycle
- Liaise with HR experts and country HR managers for specialised or localised support
- Collaborate with hiring managers and the Talent Attraction team to shape vacancy/people profiles
- Participate in interviews, provide input on organisational and team fit thus ensuring balanced hiring decisions
- Enable appropriate onboarding process Promote consistent and responsible application of wellbeing practices and policies
- Act as case manager (when necessary) for employees on illness leave, support managers on reintegration planning
Qualifications
You are a seasoned HR Business Partner that has experience working in an international not for profit environment. You understand the art of advising and enabling people-focused themes and you bring a thoughtful, inclusive, and structured approach to your work. You are collaborative and supportive, resourceful, pragmatic yet strategic in your thinking. You enjoy organising capability building sessions and you don’t shy away from leading these workshops yourself. You like to connect strategy to on-the-ground business situations, and you provide solutions with clarity, respect, and empathy.
What you bring
- A relevant master’s degree (e.g. in HRM, Business Psychology) or equivalent years of experience
- Proven and considerable experience in general HR roles within international, global or corporate environments
- Strong understanding of the full employee journey and ability to connect people topics to business priorities
- Ability to understand and articulate business needs and recommend practical and new approaches, to effect continuous improvements in the people agenda
- A structured, collaborative, and pragmatic mindset, with the ability to adapt global frameworks to local realities
- Working knowledge of Dutch labour law, particularly to support managers with employment contracts, sick leave cases, and ensuring compliance in people-related matters within the Netherlands
- A self-starter with a positive attitude, a high cultural sensitivity and an inclusive approach; you build trust easily and enjoy working across cultures
- Comfortable working independently on both operational tasks and more complex HR interventions
- You are an excellent communicator, both written and spoken, in English, preferably also French
- Hands-on experience in using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word and Excel and ability you create leadership-level presentations
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