HR Business Adviser

AKD is a leading Benelux law firm, with over 550 attorneys, tax consultants and business support spread across six offices in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

AKD's People Team plays a key part in recruiting, developing and retaining our driven and ambitious professionals. Our ambition is to grow our presence in Belgium and Luxembourg. To achieve this growth, we are looking to expand the People Team in these regions, creating the new role of HR Adviser for Belgium and Luxembourg.

As HR Adviser for Belgium and Luxembourg, you will be part of the People Team and work together with 18 HR professionals, each with their own expertise. You will report to the Head of People. You will carry out your work from our Brussels and Luxembourg offices. You are the first point of contact on all HR-related matters for our Belgian and Luxembourg colleagues, whether employee, independent service provider or manager.

We are looking for someone who can stand his/her ground and has an entrepreneurial spirit, who is willing to implement and develop AKD’s HR strategy into Belgium and Luxembourg, and who has profound knowledge not just of Belgian and Luxembourg employment law, but also of the job markets in those countries.

As AKD's HR Adviser (BE/LUX), you are responsible for current HR processes, such as the performance management cycle, the personal and professional development of employees, self-employed professionals and managers, absenteeism management, employment and service contracts, recruitment and advising both employees, self-employed professionals and managers on HR issues. 

Although a Dutch HR framework is available, you are in charge of transposing these into processes for operational use in our Brussels and Luxembourg offices taking into account local market specificities. Your role is key in this transposition. In addition, you are responsible for implementing these processes, for involving colleagues in and mustering their support for raising the bar of professional HR standards in Brussels and Luxembourg. As the first point of contact for all colleagues in these offices, you have a pivotal part in building relationships of trust and acting as a sounding board.

As the HR Adviser of Belgium and Luxembourg, you are willing to visit the offices in Brussels and Luxembourg on a regular basis. 

To excel in this role, you need

• to have an entrepreneurial and proactive spirit - you understand your colleagues' needs when it comes to HR advice and act accordingly to be seen as a reliable and trustworthy person to talk with
• to have worked as an HR professional for at least four years, preferably at a provider of professional or legal services in Belgium and/or Luxembourg
• to be acquainted with Belgian and Luxembourg social legislation, with the various (open-ended and fixed term) contracts, and be familiar with the local job market
• to be able to work independently
• to have a hands-on and pragmatic mindset
• to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• You have English, French and Dutch languages skills (verbal and written) at business level.

If you think this is an attractive position, we would love to meet you. Simply submit your application using the button below.

AKD will offer you:

An attractive, challenging job with excellent terms of employment. We have a personalised training programme of which you are your own director, from day one.

Diversity & Inclusion

We believe that everyone working at AKD will only get the best out of themselves if they are allowed to be themselves. That is why we are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing an open, diverse, safe and inclusive environment. AKD is a place where people, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status or sexual orientation, can thrive and reach their full potential.