People Partner

To support Just Russel as a fast-growing, modern scale-up with strong ambitions around growth, performance, and culture, we are looking for a People Partner. In this role you take ownership in supporting all people processes and actively help build a scalable organization.

The People Partner is responsible for the execution of people processes within Just Russel, combining hands-on HR execution, advisory support, and strategic people thinking. You do not operate as a purely advisory function, but owns, executes, improves, and advises on people processes with a strong focus on impact and scalability. The role operates as an integral part of Operations.

• People Operations
• You own the core people foundation and ensure quality, consistency, and compliance.

• Manage contracts, compensation structures, benefits, and payroll

• Ensure correct application of labour law, internal policies, and agreements

• Coordinate performance cycles, including YERs, peer reviews, and feedback moments

• Handle individual employee cases, including performance, well-being, conflict, and absence

• Maintain and continuously improve HR tools and people data (Officient, ATS, surveys)

• Recruitment
• Recruitment is a 20% part of the role, with a clear focus on ownership and quality, not volume sourcing.

• Own and coordinate the recruitment process for all Just Russel roles

• Work with hiring managers to:

• Define roles, expectations, and profiles

• Structure interview processes and assessments

• Ensure fair and consistent decision-making

• Safeguard a strong candidate experience

• Support onboarding to ensure new hires ramp up quickly and correctly

• Support role
• Together with the Operations Lead, you support and advise team leads and managers in taking ownership of their people responsibilities.

• Advise on:

• Performance management and feedback

• Team dynamics and collaboration

• Role clarity and expectations

• Difficult or sensitive conversations

• Help leaders grow their people skills while keeping accountability where it belongs

• Strategic people & organization development
• You help build a scalable organization by translating operational needs into people initiatives.

• Translate operations strategy into concrete people priorities

• Contribute to organizational design, role definitions, and responsibility clarity

• Help building, maintaining, and safeguard:

• Career tracks

• Salary grids

• Growth and development frameworks

• Identify structural people risks and growth opportunities

• Culture & ways of working
• You actively help shape and protect a healthy, high-performing culture.

• Safeguard company culture in daily behaviors and decisions

• Translate values into clear expectations and concrete behavior

• Support change and scaling initiatives with a people lens

• Act as a sounding board and driver for culture-related topics

Reporting & positioning

• Department: Operations

• Role type: Hands-on, advisory, and strategic

• Reports to: Operations Lead

• Who we are looking for
• Experience & background

• Experience in a scale-up or fast-growing environment

• Experience with recruitment, hiring and people processes

• Comfortable combining hands-on execution with strategic thinking

• Motivation is more important than experience

Mindset & personality

• Strong sense of ownership, you take responsibility end-to-end

• Pragmatic, structured, and solution-oriented

• Comfortable in difficult conversations and decision-making

• Able to balance empathy with clarity and firmness

• Trusted partner who builds credibility through actions

What success looks like

• People processes are clear, fair, and consistently applied

• Leaders feel supported and challenged in their people responsibilities

• Recruitment processes deliver the right profiles, not just hires

• Employees understand expectations, feedback, growth paths and enjoy working at Just Russel

• People and Operations grow together, without unnecessary complexity

What this role is not

• Not a traditional HR Business Partner role focused only on advice

• Not a purely administrative HR function

• Not a role without ownership or mandate

What we offer

• A role with real ownership and visible impact on how our people processes and company culture are shaped

• A competitive salary package, aligned with your experience and level of responsibility

• Mobility package, tailored to your role and location

• Health insurance via Alan

• Learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth

• Fun team-building, social and sports activities throughout the year

• Access to Benefits at Work, with discounts on brands such as Nike, bol.com and IKEA

• Employee discount for your pet, because they’re part of the family too

• A MacBook to do your best work

• Home office allowance

• Fresh fruit and energising drinks at the office