ICF are a global consulting firm dedicated to combining industry knowledge with innovative strategies to help our clients address complex problems.
As a growing organization, we are seeking an experienced Brussels-based HR Generalist to support our Europe-wide expansion, with a specific focus on partnering with the business on key HR topics.
Main Responsibilities:
• Serve as a point of contact for all Belgium-based employees and managers, providing support in person, virtually, and through shared inboxes.
• Build strong working relationships across the Brussels office and wider European teams to deliver comprehensive HR business partnering support.
• Ensure compliance with Belgian labour law, including FLA reporting, liaison with Works Councils and CPPT committees, and managing employee contracts, plus addendums.
• Support HR efforts on onboarding and offboarding, collaborating with colleagues on induction programs, and conducting regular reviews of exit interviews and attrition data to provide feedback to HR leadership and business leaders.
• Manage all leave-related processes for Belgian employees, including maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave and annual leave reporting.
• Support global HR initiatives such as performance reviews, compensation reviews, and goal setting.
• Analyse HR data to address operational issues, including onboarding, offboarding, promotions, and pay increases.
• Oversee Belgium-related projects, including compliance, legislative matters, and change management.
• Assist in the development of people manager upskilling initiatives.
• Support the HR leadership team in implementing strategic HR initiatives and projects across European offices.
Basic Requirements:
• 3-5 years of generalist HR experience, ideally within a professional services or consulting environment.
• Strong knowledge of Belgian employment and labour law, and experience in its practical application.
• Proven experience working with employee representative bodies, such as Works Councils and CPPTs, in Belgium.
• Experience using HR data to drive business solutions in collaboration with stakeholders.
• A degree-level education, with additional HR qualifications being advantageous.
• Experience in a global working environment is a plus.
• Fluency in French and English.
Personal Qualities:
• Excellent written and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical abilities, including proficiency in MS Excel and presenting data with PowerPoint.
• Effective communication skills across all levels, with the ability to work independently within delegated limits.
• Strong ability to manage a varied workload while maintaining quality and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities.
• Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Discretion and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
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ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.
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What We Do
ICF is a global advisory and technology services company with approximately 9,000 employees in industries across the public and private sectors. For over 50 years, we’ve been helping clients take on some of the world’s most complex challenges to produce exceptional results. Our work is the catalyst to help shape the future for all.
Beyond our purpose-driven work, we invest in our employees and their experience with us. We have numerous options for healthcare and many additional benefits, including immediate access to 401k retirement matching and pet insurance. Our Employee Community Networks help members find support, belonging, and growth by enhancing internal networks and professional development. We offer paid volunteer time and match your donations. As learning is a never-ending journey, we offer tuition reimbursement, mentorship programs, communities of practice to contribute to and grow from, and memberships to LinkedIn Learning and Coursera. We aim to consider every aspect of how to invest in people so they can belong, grow, and thrive with us.
Why Work With Us
At ICF, we are a purpose-driven company with a strong culture and underlying values that prize diversity, opportunity, equality, and respect. We are not all the same. And that has always been our greatest strength. We are at our best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do th