HR Business Partner, IN

The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has become available to be part of our fast-growing team and to be a key part of the HR function. This role provides an outstanding opportunity to join a growing global integrated marketing advisory and will provide an ambitious individual with valuable experience for progression and development.

The Company

mediasense is a global, independent advisor that brings the clarity, connection and confidence modern marketers need to fuel growth. We help marketers eliminate waste and maximize the impact of their most significant investments at scale. Our ambition is to define and own an entirely new category – recognized as the world’s most trusted, independent and impactful marketing advisor. We do this by elevating how clients operate, how agencies deliver, how platforms perform, and how all parts of the ecosystem connect. Because progress doesn’t happen in isolation, it takes alignment, intelligence, and trust. That’s what we enable. That’s what we stand for. That’s Unified Marketing Intelligence.

mediasense is designed around how we help marketers optimize and transform through best-in-class structure and governance (Organization), partners and platforms (Ecosystem), governance and controls (Assurance), and measurement and effectiveness (Science). We have the proven ability to effectively support large, complex organizations and deliver multiple projects simultaneously. As evidenced through our strong track record with clients, we pride ourselves on the consistent high quality of service delivery and the ability to accelerate transformation and growth.

mediasense and has over 200 employees across London, New York, Singapore and New Delhi.
For more information, visit www.media-sense.com

The Role

This role is for a HR Business Partner, based in India. This role will be reporting into the HR Manager

You will provide a professional, welcoming presence for visitors and staff, while ensuring the smooth

day-to-day running of the office. Alongside this, you will play a key role in supporting the HR team with recruitment, onboarding, and employee engagement activities.

This is a varied, people-focused role where you will become the “go-to” person in the office, helping colleagues, supporting HR initiatives, and ensuring an excellent experience for everyone who comes through our doors.

The role itself will involve a range of activities including:

• Be the first point of contact for anyone visiting the India office, welcoming, professional
• Interested in making the office experience a unique and fun environment
• All front of house duties, make sure meeting rooms are well presented, the office has snacks and treats galore ready for any occasion
• Manage all deliveries and other office requests quickly ensuring excellent client service
• Proactively look for ways to enhance the office environment and the experience for everyone who comes to the office.

HR Team Support

• On boarding – prepare of all documentation, manage onboarding tasks on bamboo, schedule inductions and support probation management.
• Off boarding – prepare of all documentation, manage off boarding tasks on bamboo and schedule exit interviews.
• Employee Changes – prepare documentation for promotions, pay increases and bonuses including system updates in Bamboo.
• Benefits and Recognition – Manage benefit policies and coordinate length of service awards.
• Payroll Support – Compile and prepare monthly HR payroll reports.
• HR Policies – Manage and update HR policies as required
• Recruitment – Manage recruitment process up to senior level hires: liaising with external recruiters, keeping job platforms up-to-date and share new leads with hiring managers, organizing interviews.
• Market Research – conduct market salary research as required.
• Audit and Compliance – Support the HR function during ISO audits.
• Projects – Assist the HR Director with ad hoc projects as needed.
• Induction – Assist with induction programs for new joiners,
• Employee Engagement – Be the go-to person for employee engagement activities in India
• ESG – Oversee Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) activities in India, helping to coordinate with the London Team Assistant
• Long Service Awards – Coordinate Long Service Awards (LSA) for the team in India, ensuring employees are recognized and celebrated for their service milestones.
• Employee Gifting – Support employee gifting programs, ensuring consistency, timeliness, and a positive employee experience.
• Office Management – Oversee Deskbird for office attendance and desk bookings
• Facilities – Liaise with building management and suppliers for facilities and maintenance.
• Travel & Expenses – Arrange travel for staff and reconcile monthly office expenditure

The Candidate

We are looking for a motivated and people-focused individual who thrives in a front-facing role and enjoys being part of an HR team.

You will bring:

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Experience in office support, administration, or HR coordination.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; confident dealing with people at all levels.
• IT proficiency (MS Office/Google Workspace/Teams); experience with expenses reconciliation desirable.
• Familiarity with HR processes such as recruitment, onboarding and project support.
• A friendly, confident, approachable, and professional manner.
• Enjoys being the “go-to” person in a busy, people-facing role.
• A collaborative team player with a strong customer-service mindset.
• Proactive, adaptable, and solutions focused.

What We Offer

• 27 days holiday per year
• Work from any location in the world up to 4 weeks per year
• Day off for your birthday
• Hybrid working
• Company bonus scheme
• Employee Assistance programme
• Employee Referral Bonus & New Business Bonus Schemes
• Frequent social events
• Personal Bupa health insurance from Day 1
• Learning and development opportunities
• Performance Recognition and Length of Services Awards