HR Consultant – HR Business Partner & Talent Acquisition (M/F/X)
Permanent contract, Freelance
Belgique
Partial remote
HR Consultant – HRBP & Talent Acquisition (M/F/X) • Brussels, Wallonia and/or Flanders • Permanent or freelance
Depending on the assignment, you strengthen our clients’ HR teams as an HR Business Partner to managers or as a recruitment specialist, from needs analysis through to candidate onboarding.
Who are we?
Founded in 2019, Aria Partner is a boutique of senior experts. We work with public and private organisations in complex, regulated environments, on assignments that call for real subject-matter expertise, the ability to bring teams along, and concrete results.
Our three areas of expertise: Transformation & Leadership, Public Procurement & Procurement Governance, Senior Specialist Talent.
What this means for you
No anonymous “staff augmentation” assignments, no constant rotation: you are chosen for your expertise and you carry real responsibility at our clients. Whether employed or freelance, you join a small team where your voice counts, within a network of experts who share the same high standards.
Type of collaboration: permanent contract or freelance
Work arrangement: hybrid, according to client rules
Level: Senior (5+ years as HRBP) or 3+ years in recruitment
Sectors: government & public services, mobility & transport infrastructure, energy & water, hospitals & healthcare…
Languages: French and/or Dutch; English
Location: Brussels, Wallonia and/or Flanders
Your role
Depending on the assignment, you support managers as an HR Business Partner or run recruitment end to end.
You adapt quickly to each client’s culture and procedures, including public-sector selection procedures.
Key responsibilities
- Support managers across all HR topics: organisation, performance, development, individual employee relations.
- Run HR processes: appraisals, training plans, mobility, talent management.
- Contribute to HR transformation projects: new HRIS, reorganisation, pay policy.
- Advise managers on the application of employment law and internal rules.
- Run recruitment end to end, from needs analysis to candidate onboarding.
- Source and approach candidates: LinkedIn, job boards, direct approach.
- Conduct interviews and selection tests, including under public-sector procedures.
- Build candidate pools for the client’s recurring needs.
Your profile
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in human resources, psychology, employment law or equivalent.
- At least 5 years’ experience as an HR Business Partner, or 3 years in recruitment or talent acquisition.
- Good knowledge of Belgian employment law.
- Public-sector experience is an asset.
- French and/or Dutch: native language; good command of the other national language is strongly preferred; English: good command.
Tools
- An HRIS (SAP SuccessFactors, Workday or equivalent) and an ATS.
- LinkedIn; LinkedIn Recruiter is an asset.
Your skills
Advisory stance: you challenge managers with tact
Listening, people skills and absolute discretion
Results-driven: you meet recruitment deadlines
Quick to adapt to each client environment
Why join Aria Partner?
A boutique of senior experts: we step in where expertise makes the difference, in complex and regulated environments, not as a supplier of off-the-shelf profiles
A dedicated Aria Partner contact throughout your assignment, with regular check-ins on your satisfaction as well as the client’s
Full transparency: client, duration, location and working arrangements known before your application is presented to the client
Your choice of status, permanent employee or freelancer, discussed openly from the first interview
Support from a team of senior experts: templates and regular exchanges between consultants
Application process
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Screening and first contact
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Assessment and/or HR interview
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Interview with the manager
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Permanent contract offer or presentation to the client (freelance)