Senior Executive HR Business Partner

Job Title: Senior Executive HR Business Partner

University-Level Unit: Office of Human Resources

Faculty/Department-Level Unit: HR Partnering - i3/i4 Cluster

Employee Category: Executive & Administrative

Posting Start Date: 27/04/2026

Location_ONB: Kent Ridge Campus

Job Description

We are looking for a HR Business Partner to join the HR Business Partnering team supporting the Research Institutes under the Research Cluster i3 and i4 in the National University of Singapore, which currently comprises - Centre for Maritime Studies (CMS), Institute of Data Science (IDS), Institute of Operations Research & Analytics (IORA), Institute for Mathematical Sciences (IMS), Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR), Smart Systems Institute (SSI), Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN) and Tropical Marine Science (TMSI), Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF), Risk Management Institute (RMI), Institute of Real Estate & Urban Studies (IREUS), The Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific (TLI-AP), Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS), NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community (CTIC).

Duties and Responsibilities

Partner and support the research institutes’ heads / principal investigators / managers to manage, in a proactive and consultative approach, a full spectrum of HR functions which includes talent acquisition, staff retention, compensation, performance appraisals, as well as talent management and development

Partner the Centres of Excellence (COE) in reviewing, developing, implementing and administering the rewards and benefits programmes of the University

Contact point for employee relations issues, provide accurate assessment of situations and provide HR advice to business units

Make decisions within areas of responsibilities

Able to multitask and manage the workload during peak periods and plan for appropriate backup resources

Participate in process review projects and participate in improvement projects

Generate improvement ideas and translate them into plans and actions

Other ad-hoc tasks / projects as assigned

Qualifications

University degree, preferably with additional specialist qualification in Human Resource Management

Minimum of 1 - 2 years working experience in any relevant field of experience

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to relate well with people at all levels and good service orientation

Strong influencing and collaborating skills, with demonstrable ability to work across various HR teams and with staff at all levels

Competent in Microsoft Office tools, with strong numerical and analytical skills

Good command of written and spoken English language

Strong people management skills

Positive work attitude and a keen learner with a "can-do" mindset

Team player, and able to consider the interest of the team and the University

Meticulous, and able to work well under pressure and commitment to meeting tight deadlines