Ireland HR Business Partner - 12 Month FTC

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced and commercially-minded HR Business Partner for a 12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover) in their UK & Ireland team, starting February 1st, 2025. This role involves operating within a complex, matrix organization, supporting various client groups across Ireland. The HRBP will act as a trusted strategic partner for senior leaders, ensuring the people strategy drives high performance and business success.

Must Have

• Act as a credible HRBP and consultant to business leaders
• Lead and implement organisational design efforts
• Provide expert guidance on complex ER matters
• Support and drive core HR planning activities
• Educate and coach leaders on HR policy, process, and current employment law
• Leverage HR metrics and analytics to inform business decisions
• Proven track record as an experienced HRBP
• Strong commercial and financial awareness
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• Sound knowledge of current Irish employment law
• Proficiency with HR systems and tools
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel

Good to Have

• Experience operating in a unionised environment and/or with staff councils
• CIPD qualification
• Degree level education

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

We are looking for an experienced and commercially-minded HR Business Partner (HRBP) to join our UK & Ireland team on a 12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover), starting February 1st, 2025. In this critical role, you will operate within a complex, matrix organization, supporting various client groups across Ireland (including office and home-based employees). You will be the trusted strategic partner for senior leaders, ensuring our people strategy drives high performance and business success.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: The Impact You’ll Make

• Strategic Partnership: Act as a credible HRBP and consultant to business leaders, aligning HR initiatives with key business objectives across multiple client groups.
• Organisational Design & Change: Lead and implement organisational design efforts, optimising structures and roles for efficiency. Design and drive change management strategies to facilitate operational transformation.
• Employee Relations (ER): Provide expert guidance on complex ER matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes in a potentially unionised environment.
• HR Cycle Ownership: Support and drive core HR planning activities, including performance management, remuneration review, recruitment planning, and owning the new hire onboarding process.
• Compliance & Coaching: Educate and coach leaders on HR policy, process, and current employment law, ensuring daily operations are compliant and consistent.
• Data-Driven Insight: Leverage HR metrics and analytics to inform business decisions, identify trends, and provide regular reporting to demonstrate HR's impact.

Basic Requirements

What You'll Bring (Skills & Experience)

• Experience: Proven track record as an experienced HRBP, successfully supporting leaders at all levels and managing complex employee relations cases.
• Business Acumen: Strong commercial and financial awareness with the ability to translate business goals into high-impact HR strategies.
• Influence & Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build immediate credibility, challenge constructively, and influence stakeholders effectively.
• Legal Knowledge: Sound knowledge of current Irish employment law. Experience operating in a unionised environment and/or with staff councils is highly desirable.
• Technical: Proficiency with HR systems and tools. Strong working knowledge of MS Excel is required.
• Qualifications: CIPD qualification is ideal. Degree level education is preferred.
• Mindset: A motivated self-starter with a high degree of professionalism, empathy, and a delivery-focused approach.

Please Note: This is an office-based role, requiring a willingness to travel to other MSI sites in Ireland as required.

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Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No