Human Resources Director
REF. 26-053_MS_AG
About the research group
The Human Resources Area at IDIBELL brings together Talent, People Management and Occupational Risk Prevention (PRL) functions to define and implement a comprehensive HR strategy, ensuring alignment with institutional objectives and the applicable regulatory framework.
About the role
IDIBELL is seeking an Human Resources Director to lead the Human Resources Area from a strategic and transversal perspective.
The selected candidate will be responsible for defining the direction of the area, coordinating the Talent, People Management, and Occupational Risk Prevention (PRL) teams, and ensuring the consistency, quality, and compliance of HR policies and processes.
This role combines leadership of the Talent function with the overall oversight of People Management and PRL, acting as a key internal reference and a strategic partner to senior leadership.
The position also includes preparing regular reports for the General Management, supporting decision-making through key indicators and monitoring the main initiatives within the area.
The Head of People will ensure alignment across all HR functions with the organization’s strategic objectives, driving an integrated, efficient, and results-oriented approach.
Job requirements
Professional experience
- Experience in Human Resources, preferably in positions of responsibility
- Experience coordinating or leading teams
- Experience defining and implementing HR strategies and policies
Education and training
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field
- Specific training in Human Resources and Labour Relations
Technical & soft skills
- Strategic mindset and decision-making capability
- Leadership and team coordination skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
- Ability to operate in complex environments
- High level of accountability, sound judgment, and confidentiality
- Specific rol must work within agreed budgets
- Ability to wok both on your own and in a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- It must be proactive an resilient
Languages
- Professional working knowledge of English
- Spanish and/or Catalan required
We will value, but not required
- Experience in research or institutional environments
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory frameworks
- Experience in organizational transformation or improvement processes.
What do we offer
- Estimated start date: As soon as possible
- Contract duration: The contract duration will be for the time required until the position is permanently filled through the official recruitment process.
- Estimated annual gross salary: 1
- You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
- Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way.
- Possibility to work some days in remote -Teleworking
- 26 working days of holiday per year
- System of accumulated hours for employees, from 88 to 104 hours depending on the year (11 to 13 working days), to attend to personal matters.
- Benefits of constant training are offered
- We offer and promote diverse and inclusive conditions. Applicants are made free from any discrimination. Specifically IDIBELL works to improve gender equality in all areas with the aim of achieving gender balance, but maintaining the most scrupulous respect to any choice at the level of gender identity. Please express yourself freely, safely and non-binarily, if that's the case.
Deadline: Please submit your application by 15/05/2026
Data protection notice
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Our institute
IDIBELL is a research center that integrates the biomedical research of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and the University of Barcelona in the Bellvitge Campus (UB), and the Viladecans Hospital (HV). The research focuses of IDIBELL are cancer, neuroscience, translational medicine and regenerative medicine. Research, innovation and society are the pivots on which researchers work every day in order to improve the quality of life of citizens.
Observations:
The 'HR Excellence in Research' award represents IDIBELL’s commitment to the implementation of Human Resources policies, which oversee the attracting and development of talent in an open, transparent, and based on personal merit, in alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment Researchers (Charter and Code).
IDIBELL is committed to the principles of the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers of the European Commission and the implementation of open, transparent and merit-based recruitment (OTMR).
