We’re looking for an experienced and people-focused Associate HR Consultant to join our India HR team, based in our Bengaluru office.
This role will support the people agenda for Buro Happold India, with a strong focus on partnering with leaders, managers and employees across our Bengaluru office and Global Collaboration Centre. You will play an important role in strengthening employee experience, performance, engagement, capability and culture, while supporting consistent and practical HR delivery across the business.
About Buro Happold:
Described by our clients as ‘passionate’, ‘innovative’, ‘collaborative’: Buro Happold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 50 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever-changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world’s leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today.
As an organisation we strive for progress and are committed to finding new and better ways to deliver elegant solutions. We recognise that this can only happen if our people can keep up with, create and implement the latest developments in technology and ideas. We offer learning and development opportunities at every level, to help shape exciting and personally satisfying careers and ensure our engineers stay at the cutting edge of industry thought.
Your next role
This is an opportunity to help shape the people agenda for Buro Happold India, with primary responsibility for our Bengaluru office and Global Collaboration Centre. Working as part of the India HR team, you will partner with leaders, managers and employees to strengthen performance, capability, engagement and employee experience. You will combine trusted HR business partnering with practical delivery across talent, learning, employee relations, culture and change, contributing to both India and global people priorities.
Your key duties
- Act as the primary HR Business Partner supporting the wider India people agenda.
- Build trusted relationships with leaders and managers, providing practical and business-aligned HR guidance.
- Coach managers on performance management, employee development, employee relations and people leadership.
- Coordinate the annual performance review process and help improve the quality and consistency of objectives and performance conversations.
- Identify capability gaps and support learning, leadership development and professional development initiatives.
- Coordinate talent reviews, succession planning, internal mobility and career development activities.
- Support workforce planning, organisational change and business transformation programmes.
- Provide fair and consistent guidance on employee relations matters, policies and procedures.
- Lead and contribute to HR, engagement, culture and organisational effectiveness projects across India.
- Use people data and HR insights to inform decisions, track outcomes and continuously improve the employee experience.
- Collaborate with regional HR teams and Global Centres of Excellence to support consistency and local relevance.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 12-15 years of strong HR Business Partnering experience, ideally gained within professional services, engineering, consulting or a multinational organisation.
- The ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior leaders, managers and employees.
- Strong stakeholder management, influencing, coaching, facilitation and communication skills.
- Sound experience across performance management, employee relations, talent reviews, succession planning and learning and capability development.
- Confidence in managing employee relations matters independently, with a fair, pragmatic and commercially balanced approach.
- Strong project management, organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- The ability to use people data and insights to guide decisions and improve HR delivery.
- Experience of working effectively within a global or complex matrix environment.
- A Master’s degree in Human Resources or a related field is preferred.
- Exposure to a Global Collaboration Centre, shared services environment, organisational transformation, engineering consultancy or the built environment would be advantageous.
What we offer you
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Competitive salary and benefits package including Annual Discretionary Bonus, Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme for both you and your family, Group Personal Accident Cover
- Our 5-day workweek policy supports work-life balance, ensuring you have time to relax and recharge.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you
- Receive entitlements to 2 professional memberships or subscriptions, fostering your professional network and knowledge
- Benefit from our Employee Referral Bonus, rewarding you for bringing talented candidates into our fold
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and wellness initiatives designed to support your mental and physical health
- Return to Work Program for Women - We're committed to empowering women, facilitating seamless re-entry into the workforce through our dedicated program
- Engage with our vibrant community through the Young Employees Forum, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, and BH Women's Network, fostering a supportive and diverse workplace culture
- Make a difference in the world with our Share Our Skills (SOS) program, offering opportunities to support local communities and those in need globally.
- An International Culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
Join us to find out what you’re really capable of.
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