HR Generalist

Turner & Townsend; Województwo mazowieckie; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services company is seeking an experienced HR Generalist in Poland. This role encompasses the entire employee lifecycle, including payroll management and ensuring compliance with Polish labour regulations. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of HR experience, with a proactive and hands-on approach. Fluency in Polish and English is mandatory. Great opportunity to influence and improve practices in a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Equal opportunity employer

Promotes work-life balance

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of HR administrative experience in Poland.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively.
• Proactive and hands-on attitude.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full scope of HR operations from hiring to exiting.
• Act as the first point of contact for employment aspects.
• Drive the monthly payroll process.

Skills

Experience in HR role

Knowledge of Polish labour code

Fluent in Polish and English

Job description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

https://www.turnerandtownsend.com

Job Description

In 2024, CBRE and Turner & Townsend combined their project management business. This has already been completed in some geographies across Europe, including Poland in October 2025. Further Eastern European countries will follow in 2026.

Turner and Townsend in Eastern Europe are now expanding their HR team and are seeking a professional HR Generalist in Poland. This is a generalist and hands‑on role, reporting into the Eastern Europe HR Lead, located in Warsaw, Poland.

Key Tasks

• Full scope of HR operations, encompassing the entire employee lifecycle, from employment & onboarding to exiting
• Act as first point of contact for employment aspects
• Own and drive the monthly payroll process; prepare monthly information for the external payroll provider
• Provide the payroll input on monthly basis
• Update the HR system accordingly
• Manage benefits enrolments and changes
• Keep control over mandatory health checks & collaborate with Employees and 3rd party to get it done
• Propose and implement improvements (processes, forms, communication)
• Collaborate with legal and finance teams to ensure full HR compliance
• Support regional Talent Acquisition team with local recruiting tasks
• Work closely with the Eastern Europe HR Lead and the Europe HR team across region to share own best practices and to benefit from this of other countries
• Participate in HR projects, incl. implementation of new system, Social Fund implementation/support

Qualifications

• >2 years of experience in an HR role admin role in Poland
• Preferred, but not required, is HR experience in other Eastern European countries
• Solid knowledge of Polish labour code and social regulations requirements
• Ability to communicate & collaborate effectively
• Accountable
• Happy to learn and look for solutions
• Proactive and hands‑on attitude
• Well organized and able to prioritize within own scope
• Fluent in Polish and English, written and spoken

Valid work and residence permit for Poland is mandatory.

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

If this sounds like a challenge you’d like to hear more about, please submit an application for our recruitment team to review.

https://www.turnerandtownsend.com/

Policy

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time. Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e‑mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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