Interim HR Team Lead

Project overview

Assignment

The assignment focuses on ensuring the continuity of HR services and realizing a defined development and change task for the further professionalization of the HR function. The assignment is carried out within the field of Operations. Operations includes HR, finance, communication, procurement, facilities, board advising, and legal affairs.

Core Task 1 – Continuity and Realization of HR Tasks

During the assignment, the interim HR Team Lead will ensure the continuity, quality, and reliability of HR services for the HR team of approximately 20 employees. This team includes HR advisors, personnel and payroll administration staff, HR employees, a recruiter, a Learning & Development advisor, an organizational advisor, and an integrity advisor.

Within this temporary assignment, the following results will be achieved:

Core Task 2 – HR Development and Change Task

In addition to ensuring continuity, the interim HR Team Lead has a defined development task with a concrete deliverable.

During the assignment, the contractor will independently prepare advice on the further professionalization of the HR function. This advice will be delivered to the client at the end of the assignment and will include at least:

Independent Positioning of the Assignment

The interim HR Team Lead is not embedded in the line organization and does not replace an employee of the client. The temporary assignment and associated development task are separate from the regular line organization. The work will be carried out independently. The contractor will determine how the agreed-upon results are achieved and will independently organize and monitor their own efforts, resources, and planning. The client will not direct the method of execution or the process but will solely assess whether the pre-agreed results are achieved.

The specific expertise required for this temporary assignment is not available in this form within the organization. The assignment is not being carried out in a comparable manner by employees employed by the client.

4 months - 28-32 hours - 0.89 FTE

Profile of the suited interim professional:

• the continuity, quality, and reliability of HR services are guaranteed during the bridging period;
• clear priorities have been set within the HR tasks, and agreements have been made regarding collaboration and achievable results;
• HR advisors can utilize the contractor's specialist expertise for complex employment law and organization-wide cases;
• the relevant objectives from the HR annual plan will be monitored and, where possible, realized during the assignment;
• ongoing tenders and implementations will be supervised, including:
• a new partner for flexible workforce/services;
• a new personnel and payroll system;
• specialist advice will be provided to the board for relevant HR issues by the contractor and, where necessary for the execution of the assignment, coordinated with the Operations Management Team.
• advice on refining and sustainably anchoring the HR vision;
• advice on strengthening the positioning of HR within the municipal organization;
• a proposal for further developing a suitable and future-oriented HR service delivery model for management and the board.
• Demonstrable completed education at a minimum HBO bachelor level in HRM, Business Administration, or equivalent;
• Demonstrable completed education in change management;
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable work experience as an HR team manager within a municipality, managing at least 15 employees;
• Demonstrable work experience with tendering and/or implementation of HR/personnel systems within a municipal organization;
• Work experience with strategic HR development and organizational change, demonstrable with 3 or more reference projects.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 4 months
• Location: Leidschendam-Voorburg, North-Holland, South-Holland, NL
• Languages: Dutch