Job title

Hay Grade: 13

Job Type: Full-Time Permanent, start with a one year fixed term contract

Location: IB (International Baccalaureate®) The Hague (NL)

Salary negotiable depending on experience:
NL (HG13): EUR 49.632-62.040 annually including 8% holiday allowance

Located in an IB global centre, the People Associate provides support to the People team, while also having complete responsibility for its own tasks. Overall, it ensures that People practices are delivered correctly for the region, has oversight of People systems, is accountable for up to date People data and supports of data privacy, awareness of analytics/dashboards.

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Located in an IB global centre, the People Associate provides support to the People team, while also having complete responsibility for its own tasks. Overall, it ensures that People practices are delivered correctly for the region, has oversight of People systems, is accountable for up to date People data and supports of data privacy, awareness of analytics/dashboards.

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• Bachelors’ degree in a related field to HR Management required and/or a combination of experience, education and training that would provide the level of knowledge and ability required for the position

• Significant experience in an HR generalist and/or talent acquisition role. Preferably in an international company/organization

• 3- 5 years of relevant experience

• Knowledge of Dutch labour law

• Ability to handle multiple concurrent projects

• Internationally minded

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines

• Ability to take initiative and manage a wide scope of projects

• MS Office and Excel skills

• Experience working with an HRIS (e.g. Oracle Cloud (HCM))

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent organizational skills

• Highly detail-oriented

• Excellent customer service skills

• Experience with Dutch sickness absence procedures

• Ability to work both independently, and within a team.

• English fluency required

Applications will be accepted until 29 April 2026 3pm CET.

About the IB

If you're looking to work for a global organisation with a meaningful mission, and with colleagues all over the world, then the International Baccalaureate® (IB) may have the ideal opportunity for you! The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 6,000 schools across 162 countries. A career at IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services and contribute to our 50-year mission of creating a better and more peaceful world. Apply now to join our global organisation where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.

We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The International Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified applicants.

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Talent Acquisition

• Manage full life cycle recruiting process, taking the lead on regional recruitment requests

• Conduct induction and onboarding activities in coordination with regional HR colleague(s)

• Report on recruiting metrics and KPIs

• Conduct thorough intake meetings to best understand business needs for the role and to set expectations with hiring manager

• Provide guidance to hiring managers on job description/ad editing and templates

• Maintain up to date knowledge of regional recruitment market trends

• Build solid relationships with hiring managers to become a trusted advisor on all recruitment matters and recommendations

• Manage contractor and temporary staffing needs, negotiating contracts and costs with external staffing agencies

Learning and Development (L&D)

• Support HR Head on L&D and Delivery

• Author staff wide L&D announcements

• Owner/Administrator of HCM L&D module, creating events, managing registration and evaluation process

• Keep People Head informed of registration count and evaluation feedback

• Negotiate contracts and costs with training vendors

Policies and Processes:

• Supports People team on all general processes as required (joiners/leavers, recruitment, data maintenance etc.)

• Delivers practices and processes correctly for the region

• Shares process improvement ideas and best practice with global People colleague

• Implements global policies faithfully, contributes to policy review

• Advises local staff on policy matters

• Maintains good liaison with Finance for correct accounting of expenses/People Costs with correct task codes

Data Management

• Ownership and accountability for live, up-to-date and accurate information on all staff in the location;

• Maintains People data privacy

• Provides reporting as required;

• Supports People team with People data as required;

• Works with People colleagues to ensure high quality data management and report generation

• Ensures that the administration of work passes, for both the employee and his/her dependents is handled in a timely manner.

Support

• Has oversight of benefits provided locally, and ensures they are followed correctly

• Answers all basic benefit-related queries and questions in each centre, and ensures local procedures (enrolment, changes, leavers etc.) are followed correctly

• Liaises closely with IT on systems issues and queries, working with them to resolve problems and improve processes

• Assists People colleagues with projects and tasks that are connected with the People remit when necessary

• Any projects as assigned by People Head