People Advisor

Sports Careers; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Sports Careers is seeking a People Advisor for Poland, based in Warsaw, to own end-to-end People operations including local implementations of global initiatives, culture, values, and compliance under local law. You will partner with leaders to support engagement, learning, and HR policies.

The role emphasizes staying current on Polish employment laws, managing onboarding/offboarding, payroll relations, and local risk controls while driving a positive employee experience across on-site and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of progressive HR experience in Poland or similar market.
• Sound knowledge of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations specific to Poland.
• Fluent English and Polish with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee HR operations for Poland, aligning local practices with global People initiatives.
• Serve as SME for employee relations, conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and grievances.

Skills

Employee relations

Onboarding

Payroll management

Compliance & risk

Culture & values

Engagement & DEI

Performance management

Benefits administration

Mobility & immigration

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

As the People Advisor for Poland, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of HR operations, and own the end-to-end People matters, including for example local implementations of global People initiatives, Culture, Values and Engagement agendas, compliance for all global policies and local law / policies, local learning and local leadership and employees coaching/guidance. You will ensure the efficient and effective delivery of services and programs to support the organization's goals and objectives. This role requires comprehensive knowledge of HR best practices and compliance regulations specific to Poland.

The Challenge

• Employee Relations: Serve as a point of contact and county subject matter expert for employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and grievances. Provide guidance to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and employment laws to ensure compliance and maintain positive employee relations.
• Onboarding and Offboarding: Is responsible to onboard and offboard physically any new employee on location, working closely with line manager, talent acquisition team and responsible divisional partner
• Payroll management: Manage payroll, employment contracts and related paperwork. Manage relations with local employment financial institutions such as Labor Office, Health/Social/Pension insurance companies. Ensure data are updated on time in full line with the contracts and divisional direction, including communication to local payroll (job/cost centers changes, pay increases, personal data updates).
• Compliance, Risk Management, HR Policies, Health & Safety: Stay up to date on country, state, and local employment laws and regulations. Ensure HR policies, procedures, and practices are following relevant legislation. Partner with Compliance and Risk to ensure employee data integrity as well as relevant trainings are implemented. Stay responsible for Health and Safety compliance requirements, building up competencies locally (either through People or Office Leads). Support grievances and investigations management.
• Local Strategy: Adapt and implement the relevant and selected People Strategic initiatives locally in alignment with Divisional People Partners and CoEs. Ensure local initiatives on Talents, Learning & Development are implemented
• Culture and values: Partner with the local Functional Leaders to understand, translate business needs into the relevant actions when comes to people, culture and organization, including local values activation plans and Hybrid working
• Engagement, CSR and Diversity Equity Inclusion: Drives engagement, CSR and DEI activities locally. Implement initiatives to enhance employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention. Partner with Unit People Partner to gather employee insights and address areas for improvement. Identify ways to engage on-site and remote employees. Partner with the Divisional People Partners and the CoEs.
• Performance Management: Support the performance management process, including goal setting, performance evaluations, and development planning.
• Benefits Administration: Oversee the administration of employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other fringe benefits. Work closely with benefits vendors and brokers and people operations team.
• Mobility and Immigration: Act as subject matter expert internally and liaise internally with Legal and externally with immigration teams on relocation support, including immigration matters where applicable.

Your Profile

• Minimum of 3 years of progressive HR experience
• Sound knowledge of HR best practices, employment laws, and regulations specific to the country
• Customer in centricity, high-level communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-driven with a “can-do” attitude, independent and proactive with ability to take ownership and follow through on tasks and activities
• English and Polish fluent.

Note

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with it. Responsibilities may change based on organizational needs and the evolution of