People Business Partner, Asia

Join us as a People Business Partner and play a key role in shaping an engaging and supportive workplace across our Asia offices. In this role, you will partner closely with managers and teams in Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and beyond, providing thoughtful guidance, reliable HR support, and strategic people solutions that help our colleagues thrive becoming the trusted advisor who connects day-to-day operational needs with bigger organisational goals, ensuring our People & Culture approach is fair, consistent, and aligned with best practice. If you are passionate about building positive working environments and enabling teams to do their best work, this is an opportunity to make real impact across a diverse, international organisation.

Meet your Manager

In this role you will be managed by Cheryl King-McDowall. Cheryl joined ClientEarth from the UK Cabinet Office, where she worked on Government Communication professional standards and major programmes including Covid Communications, UK GREAT Campaign, and the Leadership College for Government. On secondment from the Cabinet Office she led the creation of a new operating model for the House of Commons' HR function. Prior to this, Cheryl has worked in and led HR, Policy, Communications and Operations, for over 30 years in a variety of organisations including Local Authorities, Charity, NGO, and Higher Education sectors. With a background in occupational and organisational psychology, she specialises in organisational development and effectiveness, change and business improvement.

Main Duties

• Provide strategic HR support and guidance to managers and staff, ensuring policies and procedures are well understood and applied consistently.
• Share best practices and drive consistency in HR practices across global teams.
• Support leadership meetings by delivering insights and assessing People & Culture needs proactively.
• Advise on complex employee relations issues, including performance management, conduct, capability, and grievance handling.
• Oversee our relationship with our Employer of Record (EOR) including , ensuring accurac y and timely submission of payroll processes in line with legal and organisational requirements.

See the job description (below) for a full list of duties for this role.

• Previous e xperience working in a HR role in South East Asia (particularly Phi lippines , Malaysia and Indonesia) with in-depth understanding of local employment laws in at least one of these countries (essential).
• CIPD qualified (Assoc & above) or equivalent work experience (essential)
• Experience of working with Employer of Record providers (essential)
• Strong understanding of HR systems, processes, and best practices. (essential)
• Effective interpersonal skills, capable of working independently and collaboratively (essential)

See the job description (below) for a full list of requirements for this role.

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Flexible working: We are proud to be a Flexa accreditedEmployer. Visit our Flexa Employer page for more information on our approach to flexible working. Our flexible working policy allows our people the choice to decide to work from home/another location in the country where their contract of employment is issued for 80% of their month, with the other 20% of their month being office-based See our Benefits page for more as well as our flexible working FAQ.

Please note that ClientEarth is only able to employ those who have the pre-existing legal right to work in the UK.

ClientEarth is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services to third parties.

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