HR Business Partner

About This Role:

eir is Ireland’s leading telecommunications provider, delivering mobile, broadband, TV, and digital services to millions of customers nationwide. We are transforming how people connect, live, and work—driven by innovation, customer focus, and a commitment to building a high performance, inclusive culture.

As we continue to evolve, our people strategy is central to delivering exceptional customer experiences and enabling our teams to do their best work.

We are seeking a HR Business Partner to join our team on a 1 year FTC - Maternity Leave contract.

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) in eir Business plays a critical role in partnering with our people managers to develop and execute people strategies that enable performance, capability, and engagement. This role works across all areas of the employee lifecycle and supports organisational objectives through expert HR guidance, coaching, reporting, data mining and proactive workforce planning.

• Location: Dublin / Hybrid

• Department: Human Resources

• Reports to: Senior HR Business Partner on a fixed term contract basis (1 year)

Why This Role:

• A dynamic and supportive working environment within one of Ireland’s most recognisable brands.

• Hybrid working and flexible arrangements.

• Opportunities for professional development and career progression.

• Competitive salary, benefits, and access to eir’s employee plans and wellbeing initiatives.

Expectations From The Role:

Strategic Partnering

• Collaborate with our people managers to align HR initiatives with business goals and future workforce needs.

• Provide insights and guidance on headcount planning, change management, restructuring and talent deployment.

• Use people analytics to inform decisions and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Employee Relations & Culture

• Act as a trusted adviser on employee relations issues, ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant outcomes.

• Coach people managers on best practice people management, conflict resolution, and performance challenges.

• Support initiatives that strengthen engagement, wellbeing, and a culture of accountability and inclusion.

Talent, Performance & Development

• Drive the performance management cycle, ensuring clarity of expectations, capability building, and career development.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to support resourcing processes, workforce capability needs, and succession planning.

• Identify skill gaps and partner with our Talent Leadership to design targeted development interventions.

Change & Transformation

• Support business transformation initiatives including restructures, process redesign, and organisational change.

• Provide change management support to leaders, ensuring clear communication, stakeholder engagement, and risk mitigation.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure HR policies, procedures, and practices are consistently applied and aligned with legislation and eir standards.

• Partner with HR People Services, Payroll, and other Centres of Expertise to deliver a seamless employee experience.

• Track HR metrics and KPIs to evaluate the impact of HR interventions and support continuous improvement.

Requirements For A Successful Application:

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience in an HR Business Partner or senior HR generalist role, ideally in a complex or fast moving environment.

• Competent data management and excel skills 

• Strong understanding of Irish employment law and HR best practice.

• Demonstrated experience coaching people managers and influencing senior stakeholders.

• Skilled in managing employee relations cases through to resolution.

• Analytical mind-set with the ability to interpret people data and generate insights.

• Strong communication, relationship building, and problem solving skills.

• Experience in telecoms, technology, or a similarly dynamic industry is an advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Commercially minded, with a strong understanding of how people strategy drives business performance.

• A proactive, solution focused approach to challenges.

• High integrity and sound judgement.

• Collaborative, resilient, and comfortable working in a transforming environment.

• Passionate about creating a great employee experience and helping people succeed.

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