The Role
As an HR Business Partner, you'll coach leaders, translate business strategy into HR plans, manage compliance, guide change, and implement HR processes in Norway, leveraging knowledge of local labor laws.
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Job Description:
This is the HR seat at the table for our Norwegian business. You’ll be the person leaders call when they need a thinking partner — the one who coaches, challenges, and helps them turn ambition into action. That might mean helping a manager think through a difficult people decision, or getting hands-on with a sensitive case when needed. Either way, you take clear ownership of the local people agenda from start to finish. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our HR expert network across the Nordics and globally — drawing on their depth, but bringing the local fluency that keeps things grounded in Norwegian reality. Strategy and operations both land on your desk, and you’re equally at home with both.What you’ll actually do
- Be the trusted partner to leaders
Coach managers through the full employee lifecycle — onboarding, follow-ups, performance conversations, sickness absence, conflict, and the harder employee relations cases. You bring calm judgment and a clear point of view, even when the conversation is uncomfortable.
- Translate business strategy into people plans
Take what the business is trying to achieve and turn it into HR activity that actually moves the needle. No HR-for-HR’s-sake.
- Own the annual people cycle
Goal-setting, development reviews, performance management, talent and succession, salary and bonus rounds, engagement surveys — you run the rhythm and make sure the follow-up is meaningful, not performative.
- Keep us compliant — and a good place to work
You’re our expert on the Norwegian Working Environment Act and HSE (HMS). You’ll make sure our Working Environment Committee (AMU) and verneombud structure work as intended, prepare HR content for AMU meetings, and lead on HSE reporting.
- Lead on labor law and ER cases
Confident, pragmatic advice on Norwegian labor law. Steady hands on the cases that matter.
- Turn data into decisions
Sickness absence, turnover, engagement, compliance, risk — you read the signals, spot the patterns, and bring leaders insights they can act on.
- Guide leaders through change
Reorganizations, role clarifications, evolving ways of working — you help leaders navigate it with care and clarity.
- Bring local execution to global initiatives
You implement group-wide HR processes locally in a way that fits Norway — not by bending Norway to fit the process.
- Champion a diverse, engaged, high-performing team
Partner with business leaders to build the kind of workforce we’re proud of.
What you bringExperience
- 5–7+ years as an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or similar — ideally inside a global matrix or group structure
- Solid grounding in Norwegian labor law and HSE (HMS)
- Track record in organizations going through change, with highly skilled people
- Higher education in HR, organization, law, economics, or equivalent. A relevant master’s is a plus.
- Fluent written and spoken Norwegian and English
- Strong leadership presence and solid project management chops
About dentsu and dentsu NorwayDentsu is a global partner for growth and transformation for the world’s leading businesses. Founded in Tokyo in 1901, the company today operates in around 120 countries. Through integrated services across Media, CXM, and Creative, dentsu creates holistic solutions that drive growth, innovation, and sustainable development.Dentsu Norway is part of this global network and consists of dedicated employees working with market-leading brands and exciting clients. Our Oslo office has approximately 200 employees.Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values for us, embedded in The 8 Ways to Never Before and our global Leadership Framework. We are proud of our culture and encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.
We offer, among other things:
- Attractive pension and insurance schemes
- Subsidized staff restaurant
- Subsidized gym membership and other fitness activities
- Flexible remote work arrangements
- Discounts and benefits with partner companies
At Dentsu we believe in the power of diversity. We welcome all applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Contact:
We look forward to receiving your application for any questions, please contact the TA in charge of this role: Thomas Holley, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, EMEA, NE by email at: [email protected] EMEA, NE. #LI-DENTSU #LI-Onsite #LI-TH2
Location:
OsloBrand:
DentsuTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentSkills Required
- 5-7+ years as an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or similar
- Solid grounding in Norwegian labor law and HSE (HMS)
- Higher education in HR, organization, law, economics, or equivalent
- Fluent written and spoken Norwegian and English
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The Company
What We Do
Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients. We use Transformative Creativity as a differentiating, driving force to bring our capabilities together to positively impact people, business and society. Established in 2022, Dentsu Creative is integrated with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses in over 145 countries and regions, to offer Integrated Growth Solutions.
