People & Culture Business Partner

Tiivistelmä työpaikkailmoituksesta: The People & Culture Business Partner will be Finnfund’s primary HR partner for assigned managers and teams, translating business priorities into practical people practices. Key tasks include advising and coaching managers, organisation design and workforce planning, recruitment and onboarding, employee relations and compliance, and leading P&C development projects including responsible AI use. The role requires a relevant degree, solid experience as an HR business partner or employee-relations professional, strong knowledge of Finnish employment law, excellent Finnish and English, and practical AI competence. This is a permanent position based in Helsinki with collaboration with the Nairobi office, and applications with CV and salary expectation are due by September 27th. Tämä tiivistelmä on luotu tekoälyn avulla. Join us in building a better and more sustainable world We are now looking for an experienced, business-oriented and forward-looking People & Culture Business Partner to join our People & Culture team. In this senior professional role, you will be Finnfund’s primary People & Culture partner for assigned managers and teams. You will translate business priorities and P&C frameworks into consistent, legally compliant and practical people practices, strengthening leadership, organisational capability, performance, talent, employee experience and change execution across Finland and, together with local stakeholders and advisers, our Nairobi office. A chance to build, not only to maintain Our People & Culture function is in an active phase of development. We are evolving our leadership practices, culture, people processes and ways of working. This role offers a genuine opportunity to influence how People & Culture is shaped at Finnfund. We hope you bring enthusiasm, insight and a hands-on approach to development, and enjoy turning ideas into practical solutions for managers and employees. Your role You will combine strategic partnership with hands-on operational support. Your key responsibilities include: Advising, coaching and constructively challenging managers on leadership, team effectiveness, role clarity, feedback, inclusion, wellbeing and consistent application of policies. Supporting and facilitating workforce and capability planning, organisation design, role-definition and resourcing discussions, including visibility of critical roles, capability gaps and succession risks. Ensure high-quality recruitment and onboarding, and develop goal-setting, performance, talent and succession processes. Advising managers in demanding employee-relations matters, including employment terms, conduct, performance, workplace conflicts, grievances, absence and work-ability situations, with sound documentation and timely escalation of material risks. Coordinating employee survey follow-up, action planning and impact tracking, and integrating equality, non-discrimination, inclusion and fairness into people processes. Coordinating proactive work-ability management and contributing to occupational safety cooperation, psychosocial workload prevention, workplace investigations and statutory action planning. Maintaining an annual P&C compliance calendar and responsibility matrix, monitoring relevant regulatory and collective-agreement developments, and translating them into policies, guidance, controls and planned actions. Partnering with Nairobi management and local support on leadership, organisation, recruitment, performance, learning, employee relations and change, using agreed local advisers and approval routes where needed. Using people information responsibly to produce evidence-based recommendations and leading selected P&C development projects, including process improvement and responsible use of AI. Maintaining a broad understanding of operational P&C processes and serving as the primary backup for the P&C Specialist, providing hands-on support when required to ensure uninterrupted and compliant services. Shape the future of HR with AI You bring practical AI expertise and understand how AI can enhance leadership, talent management, employee experience and HR processes. You are excited about using AI to create business value while ensuring responsible use, data protection and human oversight. How the role works within People & Culture Working within Finnfund’s policies, delegated authorities and legal framework, you will independently support and guide managers on people, talent and organisational matters. You will collaborate closely with the Chief People Officer, P&C Specialist, managers and other key stakeholders across Finland and Nairobi to deliver impactful and compliant people solutions. What we are looking for A relevant university degree or equivalent professional competence. Solid experience as an HR or P&C Business Partner, senior generalist or employee-relations professional, preferably in an expert org