Senior HR Generalist

Hybrid (4 Days Onsite, 1 Day Remote) Our client, a leading organisation operating within the healthcare and residential services sector, is seeking an experienced Senior HR Generalist to join their growing HR function.

This is a key position supporting the Head of HR and acting as a senior operational HR partner across multiple sites. The successful candidate will play a central role in employee relations, industrial relations, workforce compliance, investigations, HR systems, reporting, and the ongoing development of HR best practice across the organisation.

This opportunity is ideally suited to an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced, regulated environment and enjoys balancing operational HR delivery with strategic people initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

HR Leadership & Business Partnering

• Serve as a senior point of contact and escalation support within the HR team.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to HR colleagues on complex employee matters.
• Partner with senior management on workforce planning, organisational development, and HR initiatives.
• Deliver practical, commercially focused HR advice to managers across multiple locations.
  
  

Employee Relations & Industrial Relations

• Manage complex employee relations cases from initial assessment through to resolution.
• Lead and support disciplinary, grievance, dignity at work, and performance management processes.
• Conduct and oversee workplace investigations, ensuring procedural fairness and compliance with employment legislation.
• Liaise with external stakeholders including legal advisors and employee representatives where required.
  
  

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure compliance with Irish employment legislation and sector-specific regulatory requirements.
• Support audit readiness and maintain high standards of personnel file management and documentation.
• Oversee pre-employment screening processes, including vetting and professional registration requirements.
• Assist with policy development, review, and implementation.
  
  

HR Systems, Reporting & Analytics

• Support the management and continuous improvement of HR systems and processes.
• Develop and maintain HR metrics, dashboards, and workforce reporting.
• Analyse trends relating to headcount, turnover, absence management, and employee relations activity.
• Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and service delivery across the HR function.
  
  

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A minimum of 5 years' HR Generalist experience, including significant exposure at a senior level.
• Experience within healthcare, social care, multi-site operations, or another highly regulated environment.
• Strong employee relations and workplace investigation experience.
• Excellent knowledge of Irish employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing complex and sensitive employee matters with professionalism and discretion.
• Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Proficiency in HR systems and advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification (Level 8 or higher) in Human Resource Management, Employment Law, Business, or a related discipline.
• CIPD qualification or membership is highly desirable.
  
  

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary package.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Opportunity to work closely with senior leadership.
• Broad and varied HR remit across a multi-site operation.
• Career development within a growing and well-established organisation.
  
  

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates