Teamlead HR Legal

As Team Lead HR Legal, you will lead a small team of experienced professionals: two lawyers/policy advisors on employment law, a paralegal on employment law, a Social Security advisor, an advisor on employment relations and the job evaluation coordinator. The team is part of WUR's Corporate HR department.

In this role, you ensure structure, cohesion and a culture of knowledge sharing and professional growth within the team. You coordinate the policy cycle and ensure that collective agreements and regulations are implemented clearly, workably and correctly, including knowledge sharing via the WUR Support Portal. You are the connecting link between your team, management and other stakeholders, act as a sparring partner for the HR director and stimulate strong cooperation between your team and the other teams within Corporate HR.

Your work

• You will lead the HR Legal team and ensure structure, cohesion and a culture of knowledge sharing and professional growth. You advise management strategically on employment conditions topics and monitor the coherence with the organisation-wide HR course.
• You coordinate the translation of collective labor agreements, relevant legislation and social developments into clear, workable and easily explainable policy and ensure that the policy cycle is completed from initiating or revising HR policy to communication with employees and correct archiving.
• You coordinate the efforts for Wageningen Research's collective labor agreement negotiations and make substantive contributions. You also participate in the employers' delegation.
• You closely follow developments in the field of employment conditions and translate them into strategic advice.
• You are a solid sparring partner for the HR director on issues relating to employment conditions and employment relations.
• You encourage proactive collaboration between your team and the other teams within Corporate HR.
• You guarantee the responsibility that your team has with regard to the conduct of secretariats (complaints committee, disputes committee, trade unions/employee participation, collective labor agreement delegation) in a correct, timely and efficient manner
• You report directly to the HR director and are a member of the HR MT.

Terms of employment
When it comes to terms of employment, Wageningen University & Research is the right place for you. Highlights from our collective labour agreement are, for example:

• working hours that can be determined in consultation, so that an optimal work-life balance is possible;
• sabbatical leave, study leave and partly paid parental leave;
• There is a lot of attention for vitality and you can use the sports facilities on campus at an attractive rate;
• a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%;
• excellent pension scheme through ABP.

Of course, these excellent fringe benefits also include an appropriate salary. Depending on your relevant work experience and salary, we offer a minimum of € 5,294 to a maximum of € 7,905 for a full working week of 36 hours according to the Collective Labor Agreement Wageningen Research (scale 13).

We offer a contract of 1.0 FTE, but 0.8 FTE is also negotiable.

Wageningen University & Research offers plenty of opportunities for growth and development with a strong internal recruitment policy and excellent training opportunities. You will work on the greenest and most innovative campus in the Netherlands, in an international and open working atmosphere.

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,600 employees (6,700 fte) and 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch the video below to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves, so no employment agencies please. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.

Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.

Because we expect you to work and live in the Netherlands our team of advisors on Dutch immigration procedures will help you with the visa application procedures for yourself and, if applicable, for your family. If you come with a partner, we offer a Dual Career group program organized by our Welcome Center. This program helps your partner to get familiar with the Dutch culture, labour market and assists your partner to find a job.

Feeling welcome also has everything to do with being well informed. Wageningen University & Research's International Community page contains practical information about what we can do to support international employees coming to Wageningen. Furthermore, our Welcome Center can assist you with any additional advice and information about for example housing, opening a bank account or schooling. Finally, certain categories of international staff may be eligible for a tax exemption on a part of their salary during the first five years in the Netherlands.