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