The posting
Job Description
HR Business Partner
Dublin | Permanent
Our standard working hours for this role are 36.25 hours per week, 9am-5:30pm Monday to Friday. We operate a three days in the office, two days from home working model. As an inclusive employer, we are willing to consider flexible working requests.
Exceptional by design. A career where you can shape the people agenda.
The opportunity
Join a team where your expertise truly matters. Pinsent Masons is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to provide proactive, high-quality and commercially focused HR support across our Dublin office.
This is a standalone role with broad responsibility across the full employee lifecycle. Working closely with the Head of HR, EMEA, the International HR Business Partner and the Dublin leadership team, you will build influential relationships and provide coaching, guidance and support on a wide range of people matters.
You will become a trusted adviser to Partners and senior stakeholders, bringing the credibility and confidence to influence decisions, provide constructive challenge and lead conversations on complex people matters. This is also a genuinely hands-on opportunity, requiring someone who is comfortable combining strategic thinking with the practical delivery of day-to-day HR activity.
At Pinsent Masons, your career is exceptional by design, intentionally shaped to support high performance, meaningful development and long-term progression.
What you’ll do
Bring your experience to the table and play a key role in the success of our firm, building trusted relationships and delivering meaningful impact, including:
- Act as a trusted adviser to the Dublin leadership team, Partners and managers, attending relevant leadership meetings and leading the local HR agenda.
- Manage employee relations matters, including performance, absence, flexible working, grievance, disciplinary and conduct cases, ensuring compliance with Irish employment legislation.
- Lead the local delivery of annual HR processes, including performance reviews, salary reviews, promotions, talent planning and career mapping.
- Oversee key employee lifecycle activity, including recruitment, onboarding, induction, benefits, payroll notifications and employment changes, working closely with central teams and HR Shared Services.
- Support trainees and early talent programmes, including graduate recruitment, internships, assessment centres, trainee development and the completion of relevant Irish Law Society processes.
- Use your commercial awareness and knowledge of the local market to identify people trends, improve processes and support wider initiatives across talent development, wellbeing, diversity, equity and inclusion.
What you’ll bring
To thrive in this role, you'll need to bring:
- Significant HR Business Partnering experience, ideally gained within a law firm, legal business or wider professional services environment.
- Strong knowledge of Irish employment legislation and confidence managing complex employee relations matters.
- A sound understanding of the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance, talent, reward, benefits and payroll processes.
- The credibility and gravitas to influence and constructively challenge Partners and senior leaders, including during sensitive or difficult conversations.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on operational delivery, maintaining attention to detail without losing sight of wider commercial priorities.
- Excellent communication, relationship management, organisation and prioritisation skills, together with the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a wider international team.
Why Pinsent Masons
Our “exceptional by design” approach means we’ve deliberately shaped a firm where you can do your best work. We combine meaningful work, clear expectations and the support to build a career that works for you. Why join us?
- Meaningful work, real impact – the opportunity to contribute to initiatives and projects that have a genuine impact on our clients and the success of a leading international law firm.
- A firm that backs your growth – clear expectations, structured development and real investment in helping you reach your potential.
- A progressive culture – collaborative, inclusive and forward-looking, with the space to innovate and do your best work.
Our benefits package reflects our determination to support our people in achieving their full potential. You know what’s important to you and that’s why we offer flexible benefits where we can, allowing you to choose what matters most. Amongst our benefits are:
- 25 days holiday
- Bonus Scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Family Leave policies
- Private Medical Insurance
- Health, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits
What happens next?
Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Talent Acquisition team will share the outcome with you by email.
The selection process is expected to include an initial virtual interview with members of the HR team, followed by a second virtual interview with senior stakeholders. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to an informal in-person meeting in our Dublin office. We strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate.
Our commitment
At Pinsent Masons, we are committed to recruiting and retaining the best talent and building an inclusive and fair workplace. We value the strength that comes from different experiences and strive to create an environment where everyone feels they belong.
We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and are dedicated to ensuring equitable opportunities throughout our recruitment processes. In line with local laws and cultural contexts across the jurisdictions in which we operate, we encourage people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences to apply.
If you need reasonable adjustments or accommodations to participate in our recruitment process or to perform the role, please tell us. We will work with you to identify a suitable approach.
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