Strategic HR Partner & Workforce Leader

NLB National Library Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NLB National Library Board in Singapore seeks a strategic HR Business Partner to translate business priorities into workforce actions and provide integrated advisory across planning, talent, performance and organisation.

You will lead the Business Partnering function, strengthen capability and ensure consistent, evidence-based workforce interventions for cross-cutting priorities. This is a 2-year contract.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to translate business priorities into workforce implications and practical HR interventions.
• Strong analytical judgement to move from data to diagnosis, options and clear recommendations.
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and challenging assumptions while maintaining trusted relationships.
• Broad HR knowledge across multiple domains with ability to integrate issues and know when specialist input is needed.
• Experience in strategic workforce planning, HR business partnering, talent and succession, organisation design, performance management or strategic recruitment.
• Strong facilitation, written communication and stakeholder-influencing skills.
• Experience leading or developing others and taking ownership beyond a single portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted advisory relationships with Division Directors and leadership teams using workforce data and insights to diagnose risks and opportunities.
• Lead forward workforce planning for assigned divisions, considering future work, capabilities, supply and demand, and labour-market developments.
• Advise on workforce interventions such as job/workforce redesign, capability building, deployment, recruitment, talent development and succession with cross-functional support.
• Act as escalation point for complex workforce issues, applying HR policies with sound judgement and cross‑functional coordination.
• Lead or coordinate strategic HR initiatives like workforce planning, analytics, recruitment, employee experience and other priorities.
• Provide leadership and guidance to Business Partners, setting standards for quality of workforce analysis and stakeholder engagement.
• Contribute to the development of the Business Partnering operating model and interfaces with HR specialist and operations teams.

Skills

HR Business Partnership

Strategic Workforce Planning

Data Analytics & Insights

HR Policies, Processes & Legislation

Talent Management & Succession

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Job description

NLB National Library Board in Singapore seeks a strategic HR Business Partner to translate business priorities into workforce actions and provide integrated advisory across planning, talent, performance and organisation.

You will lead the Business Partnering function, strengthen capability and ensure consistent, evidence-based workforce interventions for cross-cutting priorities. This is a 2-year contract.