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HR Business Partner
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Posted:
29 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
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Application Deadline:
27 August 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job Description:
This is the HR seat at the table for our Norwegian business. Youll be the person leaders call when they need a thinking partner the one who coaches challenges and helps them turn ambition into action. That might mean helping a manager think through a difficult people decision or getting hands-on with a sensitive case when needed. Either way you take clear ownership of the local people agenda from start to finish.
Youll work shoulder-to-shoulder with our HR expert network across the Nordics and globally drawing on their depth but bringing the local fluency that keeps things grounded in Norwegian reality. Strategy and operations both land on your desk and youre equally at home with both.
What youll actually do
- Be the trusted partner to leaders
Coach managers through the full employee lifecycle onboarding follow-ups performance conversations sickness absence conflict and the harder employee relations cases. You bring calm judgment and a clear point of view even when the conversation is uncomfortable. - Translate business strategy into people plans
Take what the business is trying to achieve and turn it into HR activity that actually moves the needle. No HR-for-HRs-sake. - Own the annual people cycle
Goal-setting development reviews performance management talent and succession salary and bonus rounds engagement surveys you run the rhythm and make sure the follow-up is meaningful not performative. - Keep us compliant and a good place to work
Youre our expert on the Norwegian Working Environment Act and HSE (HMS). Youll make sure our Working Environment Committee (AMU) and verneombud structure work as intended prepare HR content for AMU meetings and lead on HSE reporting. - Lead on labor law and ER cases
Confident pragmatic advice on Norwegian labor law. Steady hands on the cases that matter. - Turn data into decisions
Sickness absence turnover engagement compliance risk you read the signals spot the patterns and bring leaders insights they can act on. - Guide leaders through change
Reorganizations role clarifications evolving ways of working you help leaders navigate it with care and clarity. - Bring local execution to global initiatives
You implement group-wide HR processes locally in a way that fits Norway not by bending Norway to fit the process. - Champion a diverse engaged high-performing team
Partner with business leaders to build the kind of workforce were proud of.
What you bring
Experience
- 57 years as an HR Business Partner HR Manager or similar ideally inside a global matrix or group structure
- Solid grounding in Norwegian labor law and HSE (HMS)
- Track record in organizations going through change with highly skilled people
Education
- Higher education in HR organization law economics or equivalent. A relevant masters is a plus.
Language
- Fluent written and spoken Norwegian and English
Capability
- Strong leadership presence and solid project management chops
Who you are
Youre proactive youd rather move things forward than wait for the perfect moment. You own your deliverables and get them done pragmatically. Youre confident enough in HR to challenge leaders respectfully and self-aware enough to know when to listen. You read cultural cues well and bridge differing views without flattening them. You build trust quickly and keep it. You see HR through a commercial lens balance analysis with action and bring high personal integrity to everything. And youre genuinely good to work with the kind of teammate people are glad to have on the project.
About dentsu and dentsu Norway
About dentsu and dentsu Norway
Dentsu is a global partner for growth and transformation for the worlds leading businesses. Founded in Tokyo in 1901 the company today operates in around 120 countries. Through integrated services across Media CXM and Creative dentsu creates holistic solutions that drive growth innovation and sustainable development.
Dentsu Norway is part of this global network and consists of dedicated employees working with market-leading brands and exciting clients. Our Oslo office has approximately 200 employees.
Diversity equity and inclusion are core values for us embedded in The 8 Ways to Never Before and our global Leadership Framework. We are proud of our culture and encourage candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply.
We offer among other things:
- Attractive pension and insurance schemes
- Subsidized staff restaurant
- Subsidized gym membership and other fitness activities
- Flexible remote work arrangements
- Discounts and benefits with partner companies
Inclusion and Diversity:
At Dentsu we believe in the power of diversity. Wewelcome all applications regardless of age disability gender reassignment marital or civil partner status pregnancy or maternity race color nationality ethnic or national origin religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.
At Dentsu we believe in the power of diversity. Wewelcome all applications regardless of age disability gender reassignment marital or civil partner status pregnancy or maternity race color nationality ethnic or national origin religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.
Contact:
We look forward to receiving your application for any questions please contact the TA in charge of this role: Thomas Holley Senior Talent Acquisition Partner EMEA NE by email at:EMEA NE. #LI-DENTSU #LI-Onsite #LI-TH2
We look forward to receiving your application for any questions please contact the TA in charge of this role: Thomas Holley Senior Talent Acquisition Partner EMEA NE by email at:EMEA NE. #LI-DENTSU #LI-Onsite #LI-TH2
Location:
OsloBrand:
DentsuTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentAbout Company
Dentsu is an integrated growth and transformation partner to the world’s leading organizations. Founded in 1901 in Tokyo, Japan, and now present in approximately 120 countries.
