Company Overview

Offering a complete ecosystem of maritime services, including broking, finance, port services and research, Clarksons is at the heart of global shipping. Our unrivalled reach, expertise, and depth of experience, combined with leading research, enables us to partner with clients across every sector to meet the demands of the world’s rapidly evolving maritime, offshore, trade and energy markets. Building on our unique heritage and harnessing our insights to see further, faster, we work with our clients and communities to create strategies that have a positive impact on the industry and the world around us. Dedicated to excellence, it’s our people that drive success for our clients.

To understand more including day-to-day life at Clarksons, visit us at www.clarksons.com

Role Summary

We have a great opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our HR team in Singapore. You will work closely with the Divisional HR Director and will be actively involved in HR operations, compensation and benefits, employee relations, learning and development, recruitment, HR policy development and implementation, HRIS, HR reporting and Payroll.

What you will be doing

Business Partnering

• Work with Divisional Director in partnering/liaising with Global Heads and Managing Directors from various divisions to address business needs and support required from HR
• Assist HR Divisional Director with maintaining quarterly meeting cadence with regional HR team and driving regional HR deliverables

Recruitment

• Oversee various talent initiatives inc. Global Trainee Programme and other industry talent programmes.
• Drive early career talent strategy including managing campus recruitment activities, engagement with relevant student bodies.
• Be a strong point of contact with industry and government partners for talent programmes.
• Prepare employment contracts for new hires.
• Help to conduct background checks and reference checks on new hires.
• Assist the Divisional HR Director with the onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Submit job requisitions, offer approvals, and job changes for approval within HR system (SuccessFactors) for new hires / leavers / employee contractual changes / contingent workers.
• Help to conduct first day induction with new hires.
• Screen resumes and help to conduct the first round of interviews for various open positions.
• Help to shortlist candidates and arrange interviews for the line managers.
• Update the open positions report.
• Manage right to work requirements inc. all work visa related transactions (eg. EP applications and renewals).

Compensation and Benefits

• Assist the Divisional Director with the annual salary review, bonus and promotions processes.
• Prepare salary adjustment and promotion letters.
• Work with the Divisional Director on the renewal of our insurance benefits plans.

HR Operations

• Handle various employee relations cases In the Singapore office.
• Working with the HR Operations Lead to continuously look at ways to improve our HR processes.

What we’re looking for

We welcome applications from candidates who share our Company Values and key attributes, as follows:

• Integrity and respect – acting thoughtfully and ethically to do the right thing in accordance with Conduct Rules, and to promote and foster a respectful work environment for all.
• Drive – self-motivation and the desire and commitment to succeed, deliver excellence and make positive change.
• Relationship building – excellent communicator to effectively build strong, long-lasting relationships with colleagues, clients and others.
• Collaboration – working well with others across diverse backgrounds to share information, develop skills and deliver results. 
• Resilience - persisting and adapting to changing or difficult situations and adopting a positive and focused approach.
• Smart - problem-solving and analytical abilities, with a curious and inquisitive mind, and an openness to new ideas.

Other requirements

• Degree in Human Resources or a related discipline
• 3–5 years’ experience as an HR Generalist within a global organisation
• Experience across HR operations, payroll, recruitment, compensation & benefits, employee relations, and HR policy development
• Strong working knowledge of Asia Pacific employment law
• Previous experience using SuccessFactors is highly advantageous
• Experience working in a lean HR team preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong team player able to collaborate effectively with the Singapore HR team, colleagues across Asia Pacific, as well as our global HR team in London and other international offices
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels
• Comfortable working with a multicultural and diverse workforce
• Confident, assertive and friendly personality
• High attention to detail with excellent organisational and time‑management skills
• Able to prioritise and manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• Proactive, shows initiative, and comfortable speaking up and asking questions
• Self‑motivated, results‑oriented and willing to take a hands‑on approach
• Flexible, positive attitude, including willingness to occasionally work beyond standard hours
• High level of integrity, honesty and professionalism
• Highly proficient in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Able to analyse large volumes of data quickly and accurately
• Singaporean Citizen or Permanent Resident