People Business Partner

1 month ago


Toronto, Canada Arcadis Full time

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

**Role description**:
As a globally connected People function, Arcadians will experience an improved Quality of Life in us being human-centered and inclusive in everything we do. We will - in true partnership with the business - drive a high-performance culture. The People function will support Arcadians in developing relevant digital capabilities that will enable Arcadis to deliver in the best possible way. Together we will build a sustainable future for Arcadis.

This role can be based in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada.

This role will report directly to the Pople Strategic People Business Partner for Intelligence.

**Role accountabilities**:
We are looking for a People Business Partner to join our growing team in North America and support our Intelligence. The People Business Partner acts as the focal point for all people-related matters for their portfolio and will manage all HR strategic and operations HR support across their area. The position will establish trusted and influential relationships with members of the senior management team to provide thought leadership, consultation, and advice, and coordinate HR operational excellence. This role will also play an instrumental role in leading the people change required for the impending transformation. Another key focus of this role is to serve as a partner to the business to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization. This position can be located in any Arcadis office within the United Kingdom and Canada.
- Demonstrated ability to develop strong working relationships with all levels of management and employees
- Proven ability to analyze data to solve practical problems and handle a variety of variables in situations where limited guidance exists
- Participate as part of the assigned leadership teams contributing across People and non-people areas
- Proven ability to lead and support change management activities
- Foster a culture of positive employee relations and engagement in the business in order to increase retention
- Ensure regular employee listening is conducted and followed up with adequate action plans through Arcadis Your Voice
- Support training, development, and coaching culture across the business
- Ensure all annual People processes such as performance management, talent review, salary review, and salary benchmarking are delivered

**Qualifications & Experience**:
Required Qualifications:

- A degree in Human Resources
- Minimum of eight years of progressive human resources experience including at least three years of experience in business partnering roles and relevant experience in a complex environment.
- Broad international experience and understanding of the complexity of leading people issues across borders are preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master Degree
- Stakeholder management and the maturity to deal with senior management
- Having a broad knowledge of all major components of People related functions, employee/labor relations, management of change, diversity, compensation, benefits, and Talent development
- Good knowledge of leading HR industry initiatives
- Ability to support and drive change

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status,



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