The Role
Provides HR advice and employee-relations support across multiple European countries. Manages onboarding, offboarding, benefits administration, employee data, HR systems, global mobility, immigration support, EOR processes, and payroll-related changes. Partners with managers, employees, recruitment, payroll, benefits providers, and external mobility vendors to ensure compliant, consistent employee lifecycle processes and a positive employee experience.
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Why RLB?
At RLB, we live by four simple ideas: Truth, Trust, Together, Tomorrow. Four values that live at the heart of RLB. A place where People Make Progress.
We value your skills, talents and unique perspectives – we think they are priceless.
Bring them to RLB and you’ll be empowered to shape our future and your career in new and meaningful ways.
We’ll give you opportunities to work on some of the most ambitious and exciting projects currently being designed and developed in the built environment sector.
You’ll continue to learn and advance as everyone who works for us is provided with a tailored training programme. Our mentoring and reverse mentoring schemes will enable you to share your expertise while gaining fresh insights.
What makes RLB unique is our inclusive culture. As an independent, employee-owned business, teamwork and collaboration lies at the heart of everything we do. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements and family-friendly policies are just some of the ways we invest in employee wellbeing.
Join us and you will thrive personally as well as professionally.
Role Overview
The People Advisor Europe is responsible for delivering a proactive, professional and customer-focused people service across multiple European countries. Reporting to the Europe People Manager, the role acts as a trusted advisor to managers and employees, providing guidance across employee relations, employee lifecycle activities, benefits administration, global mobility and Employer of Record (EOR) arrangements.
Working closely with the Europe People Manager, Europe Payroll Advisor, Europe People Administration Team and business stakeholders, the People Advisor supports the consistent delivery of people processes and helps ensure compliance with local employment legislation, company policies and best practice across the region.
The role plays a key part in supporting the employee experience throughout the employment lifecycle, providing advice and guidance on employee relations matters, overseeing onboarding and offboarding activities, coordinating benefits enrolment, supporting global mobility and Employer On Record processes, and contributing to a range of European People projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
Role Responsibilities
Employee Relations & Advisory
- Provide first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees across Europe on policies, procedures and employee relations matters.
- Provide advice and guidance on employee relations matters, supporting managers with absence management, probation reviews, performance conversations and routine employee relations matters, escalating more complex cases where appropriate.
- Support managers with performance management, employee development and people-related decision-making.
- Ensure policies and procedures are applied consistently and in line with local legislative requirements.
Employee Lifecycle
- Oversee onboarding, employee changes and offboarding activities across Europe, working closely with the Europe People Administration Team to ensure a seamless and compliant employee experience.
- Work closely with the Recruitment Team to support a smooth and timely onboarding process.
- Ensure accurate employee documentation and records are maintained throughout the employee lifecycle with support from the Europe People Administration Team.
- Support employee lifecycle activities for Employer of Record (EOR) employees.
- Coordinate and conduct exit interviews where appropriate, identifying themes and sharing insights with the wider People Team to support continuous improvement and employee retention.
Benefits
- Manage employee benefits enrolment activities across Europe.
- Act as the primary point of contact for benefits-related queries from employees and managers.
- Liaise with benefit providers and brokers to support the effective administration of benefit programmes.
- Deliver benefits inductions and onboarding sessions for new employees, ensuring understanding of available benefits and associated processes.
- Support annual benefits renewals and employee benefits communications.
Global Mobility & EOR
- Support global mobility activities, including relocations, international assignments and cross-border working arrangements.
- Support visa, immigration and work permit processes through external providers where required.
- Support Employer of Record (EOR) employee lifecycle activities and liaise with EOR providers as required.
People Systems & Operations
- Act as a super user for People systems, providing guidance and support to managers and employees and promoting effective use across Europe.
- Maintain the integrity and accuracy of employee data, ensuring compliance with GDPR and company requirements.
- Collaborate with the Europe Payroll Advisor to ensure employee changes impacting payroll are communicated accurately and within agreed timelines.
- Act as an escalation point for complex queries received through the Europe People Inbox.
- Produce people reports and data as required.
Candidate Profile
Qualifications
- CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience desirable.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a People Advisor, HR Advisor or similar role.
- Experience supporting employees and managers across multiple European countries.
- Strong employee relations experience.
- Experience managing employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding and offboarding.
- Experience administering employee benefits programmes.
- Experience working with HR systems and employee data.
- Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrates a commitment to ongoing professional development.
Desirable
- Experience supporting global mobility activities.
- Experience working with Employer of Record (EOR) providers.
- Knowledge of employment legislation across multiple European jurisdictions.
- Additional European language skills.
RLB Employee Benefits
Our culture is built around enabling you to fulfil your potential, so you can look forward to benefits that include:
Hybrid Working - Working patterns to support your work-life balance. As well as competitive maternity and paternity packages.
Well-Rewarded - A competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement. As well as the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days.
Focus On Wellbeing - We offer a number of health and wellness options, including gym membership and cycle to work schemes.
Healthcare Packages - Private healthcare insurance and medical support, including dental insurance and eyecare vouchers.
Personal Development - A continuous learning and development programme, including established APC and in-house mentoring schemes.
Additional Benefits - We offer a wide range of benefits including a season ticket loan and professional membership subscriptions.
Exceptional Exposure - You’ll have the opportunity to work on diverse projects across different sectors and regions.
Social Responsibility - We hold team and social events as well as charity fundraising and volunteering activities.
Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Promise
We believe in building a diverse and inclusive environment where each person can be themselves, feel valued for their contribution and be challenged and supported to reach their full potential. We have a responsibility to support the communities in which we live and work, and that our workforce should reflect these communities and our clients. Our talent strategy should enable us to overcome bias in the construction industry by recruiting, retaining, developing, and promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce. Find out more here: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - RLB | Europe
If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected]
About
With a network that covers the globe and a heritage spanning over two centuries, Rider Levett Bucknall is a leading independent organisation in cost management and quantity surveying, project management and advisory services.Our achievements are renowned: from the early days of pioneering quantity surveying, to landmark projects such as the Sydney Opera House, HSBC Headquarters Building in Hong Kong, the 2012 London Olympic Games and CityCenter in Las Vegas.We continue this successful legacy with our dedication to the value, quality and sustainability of the built environment. Our innovative thinking, global reach, and flawless execution push the boundaries. Taking ambitious projects from an idea to reality.
Skills Required
- Previous experience in a People Advisor, HR Advisor, or similar role
- Experience supporting employees and managers across multiple European countries
- Strong employee relations experience
- Experience managing employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding and offboarding
- Experience administering employee benefits programmes
- Experience working with HR systems and employee data
- Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience
- Experience supporting global mobility activities
- Experience working with Employer of Record providers
- Knowledge of employment legislation across multiple European jurisdictions
- Additional European language skills
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The Company
What We Do
Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) is a global independent construction, property, and management consultancy specializing in cost management, quantity surveying, project and programme management, and asset advisory services.
