People Partner, Belgium & Netherlands

Job Details

People Partner – Belgium & Netherlands

Location: Brussels

Contract:12 Month – FTC - Hybrid

Entry salary: €47,000 per year (gross)

About Verian 

Verian is a purpose-led company, delivering high-impact projects that shape public policy and drive social change. From education to health, crime to energy, our projects make a real difference.

With offices in 15 countries, our consultants and researchers advise government departments, regulators, charities, and other public sector organisations to make informed decisions and improve people’s lives. 

Operating globally, Verian has offices across Europe, Asia Pacific, and the United States.

About the Team

The global People Team spans People Partnering, People Operations & Talent Acquisition, offering opportunities to contribute across HR initiatives.

This year, we are strengthening HR foundations across culture, performance, data and insights, while launching AI- and technology-led HR products.

We are seeking an experienced People Partner with strong Belgium and Netherlands HR expertise to help deliver global strategic people initiatives in the region.

About the Role

Partnering closely with business leaders and employees across Belgium and the Netherlands, providing practical, commercially focused HR support and ensuring a positive employee experience and compliance with local employment legislation. The role requires a proactive, hands-on People Partner who can confidently manage employee relations matters, identify and mitigate people risks, and deliver People & Culture initiatives.

Working in close partnership with local stakeholders and country leaders, the role will support benefits, pensions, employee relations, organisational change, and broader people programmes, while also contributing to key regional projects

What You’ll Do

Strategic Partnering & Advisory

• Act as a trusted advisor to local leadership, aligning people strategies with business goals
• Translate global people initiatives into locally relevant actions
• Drive key priorities across performance, engagement, capability, and development, aligned with global policies
• Use people data and insights to inform decisions, identify trends and highlight risks and opportunities within the local market
• Provide practical HR partnering and advice to managers across Belgium and the Netherlands

Employee Relations & Legal Compliance

• Manage employee relations, ensuring compliance with local employment legislation and company policies
• Partner with local stakeholders on benefits, pensions and employee experience initiatives, supporting a positive and compliant employee experience
• Deliver People & Culture programmes and projects, contributing to the global people agenda
• Identify and mitigate people-related risks, working across teams to deliver effective solutions

Reward & Benefits

• Ensure a positive employee experience through clear communication and effective delivery
•  Align local reward practices with global frameworks, and maintain awareness of local market benchmarking and provide input into reward decisions ensuring alignment to organisational structures and governance

Learning & Development

• Work with local leadership to identify capability needs and skills gaps
• Support the design and delivery of local learning and development initiatives, leveraging global learning tools and programmes to support delivery

Employee Experience, Engagement & Communication

• Ensure people policies, guidance and resources are accurate, accessible and up to date
• Develop and deliver local communication plans for people initiatives and updates including wellbeing and inclusion initiatives
• Own local action planning in response to employee feedback, surveys and listening activities and support leaders to communicate change effectively

What You’ll Bring

• Strong generalist HR/People experience in a people partnering role from Belgium and/or the Netherlands markets
• Proven experience managing employee relations cases
• Excellent knowledge of local employment law and HR best practice within the relevant jurisdiction
• Experience working in a fast-paced, evolving, environment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery
• Experience working within a global or matrixed organisation, partnering across functions and geographies

A bonus if:

• Experience supporting multiple locations or markets
• Knowledge of global HR systems and processes
• Skilled in adapting global frameworks to meet local market needs

Why Verian?

• Make a real impact on our people, culture and business
• Join a supportive global team and help drive positive change across Verian
• Supportive & collaborative environment
• Hybrid & flexible working
• Professional growth and development opportunities