HR Coordinator

Bird & Bird; Brussel; Hybride; EUR 48 000 - 75 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Annual Performance Bonus

Hospitalization & Outpatient Insurance

Car or Bike Allowance OR Public Tranps

2 days teleworking per week

24 days annual leave (+1 day every 5y)

Résumé du poste

Bird & Bird Brussels is seeking an HR professional to own onboarding, payroll, recruitment and talent engagement in a dynamic, international law firm. You will interact daily with Partners, Associates and Business Services teams to shape the employee experience.

The role emphasizes administration plus recruitment, and offers exposure to wellbeing, diversity and learning initiatives in a multicultural setting. Hybrid work and extensive development opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• 1 year minimum payroll administration experience.
• Understanding of Belgian employment law and regulations.
• Excellent written and spoken English; good Dutch and French.
• Strong IT skills, especially Excel, and ease learning new systems.

Responsabilités

• Own onboarding and offboarding processes with contracts and inductions.
• Maintain payroll administration for a team and HR records.
• Prepare HR reports and manage HR database accuracy.
• Draft job adverts and coordinate interviews for Business Services roles.
• Support talent engagement and recruitment activities with Partners and HR team.

Connaissances

Payroll administration

Belgian employment law

English proficiency

Dutch proficiency

French proficiency

Excel

Outils

Excel

Description du poste

Build on your HR expertise and have impact from day one with a wide range of responsibilities

Join Bird & Bird Brussels and play a key role in shaping the employee experience in a leading international law firm

• Dynamic, innovative, and internationally renowned law firm advising clients across sectors including technology, communications, life sciences, financial services, automotive and energy.
• Established reputation for delivering exceptional service and exceeding client expectations, Bird & Bird is known for helping clients navigate change and seize opportunity.
• International presence with 34 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and North America.
• Enjoy a friendly and inclusive work environment based on respect and understanding.
• Comprehensive onboarding to help you settle at your own pace.
• Realize your career aspirations within this multicultural team, 85 professionals, 10 different nationalities.
• Modern and attractive offices (presently being refurbished), conveniently accessible by public transport.

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Function

Are you a HR professional looking for a varied role where no 2 days are the same?

This role is ideal for a HR professional who wants to move beyond administration and progressively develop expertise across recruitment, talent management, employee engagement, performance management and HR projects, meaning you will interact daily with Partners, Associates, Trainees, and Business Services Teams and hence gain exposure to the people dynamics of a leading international legal firm.

Your Responsibilities

Seamless Employee Experience

You take ownership for every step of the onboarding and offboarding process by:

• Drafting employment contracts.
• Preparing induction programmes.
• Managing registrations with benefit providers.
• Ensuring all administrative procedures are completed correctly when employees join or leave the firm.
• Discretion is key.

Smooth HR Operations

You'll manage personnel administration from A to Z:

• Payroll administration for a team of 25.
• Maintaining accurate employee records plus the HR database.
• Preparing HR reports.

Attracting Tomorrow's Talent

You'll support recruitment activities by:

• Drafting and publishing attractive job advertisements.
• Coordinating interviews.
• Ensure optimal and timely candidate communication and application follow-up.

Following your onboarding period, you'll also conduct first-round interviews for selected Business Services vacancies and help identify candidates who will thrive within Bird & Bird's collaborative culture.

Contribute to Bird & Bird’s Talent Engagement and Retention

Working closely with the HR Manager, you’ll contribute to a wide variety of strategic HR initiatives and projects that support Bird & Bird’s HR priorities of Wellbeing, Employee Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, Performance and Development and Continuous Learning.

Profile

First and foremost you enjoy helping people as well as exposure to the full employee lifecycle.

You also have:

• 1 year minimum of experience in payroll administration and an understanding of Belgian employment legislation.
• Excellent English (written and spoken)with Good Dutch and French (both written and spoken).
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel, and enjoy learning new systems and technologies.

You’ll really thrive in this role if you are

• Highly organised and accurate, always able to adapt to changing priorities.
• Solution-oriented with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
• Able to build strong working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• A positive, approachable and service-minded attitude.

Offer

• The opportunity to build your HR career within a leading international law firm.
• Impactful work, playing a key role in shaping the employee experience.
• Career Development, be exposed to diverse HR topics and work closely with expert HR professionals.
• Inclusive Culture, join a multicultural, collaborative and supportive working environment where teamwork and respect are central.
• Work-Life Balance.
• Recognition, your contribution will be visible, valuable and play an important role in Bird & Bird’s success.
• Annual Performance Bonus.
• Hospitalization & Outpatient Insurance.
• Car or Bike Allowance OR 100% Public Transport Reimbursement.

Flexibility & Wellbeing

• Opportunity for 2 days of teleworking per week (after 4 months).
• 24 days of annual leave with an additional day every 5 years.

Learning & Development

• Continuous training exposure to all that is necessary for your future at Bird & Bird.

Hiring Process

• First interview with Anneke Vermeir and Jennifer Laforgia.
• Assessment, (relevant to the job)
• Second interview with Paul Hermant.
• Decision communicated within 1 week.

Joining Bird & Bird’s Brussels Office means becoming part of a close-knit team of 85 professionals representing 10 different nationalities, while also benefiting from the resources, expertise and career opportunities of a leading international law firm with 34 offices worldwide.