Batughan YUZUAK

Act as an HR advisor to management in workforce planning, recruitment, and restructuring across Istanbul and Edirne offices. Lead and support complex restructuring and downsizing initiatives driven by donor funding changes, regulatory constraints, and emergency transitions. Manage high‑volume recruitment, including urgent emergency hires, ensuring compliance, transparency, and timely delivery. Serve as PSEAH Focal Point, providing safeguarding guidance, promoting ethical conduct, and supporting survivor‑centered approaches in sensitive cases. Supervise and coach HR staff through outcome‑based performance management, strengthening accountability and team effectiveness. Support staff welfare, wellbeing, and duty of care during crises, including COVID‑19 and post‑earthquake response.

Supported full‑cycle recruitment processes for staff and non‑staff positions, including vacancy processing, shortlisting coordination, interview scheduling, and onboarding. Maintained accurate personnel records and HR documentation in line with organizational policies and audit requirements. Supported SAP / Oracle HR data entry, contract administration, and updates related to leave, benefits, and personnel changes. Acted as a first point of contact for staff HR inquiries, providing guidance on entitlements, procedures, and administrative matters. Supported performance management processes by coordinating documentation, timelines, and reporting. Assisted with timekeeping, attendance monitoring, and HR data reporting for management and headquarters. Contributed to onboarding and induction processes for new staff, ensuring a smooth start and compliance with internal procedures.

Conducted research on social policy, labor rights, and industrial relations, with a focus on social dialogue mechanisms and employment policy. Contributed to EU-funded projects, including Horizon 2020 ETHOS, supporting research on fairness, inequality, and working life. Collaborated with the ILO Ankara Office on initiatives to improve social dialogue and labor standards in Türkiye. Produced policy briefs, literature reviews, and research outputs on employment, education, health, migration, and social investment.

Specialized in health and healthcare policies, labor policy implementation, barriers to social services, the social investment approach, and vulnerable groups. Worked as a researcher at the Social Policy Forum during the program. Thesis: “Trade Union Responses to Precarization: The Case of Mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution in Turkey.”

Elected Student Representative for Sarıtepe Campus (2012–2013); led key initiatives including the 10-Year Development Plan and Project ASK ME, an orientation program for incoming students. Served as a member of the Boğaziçi University Student Council (2014–2015), contributing to student advocacy and institutional engagement. Academic focus: precarity, migration and integration, political economy, poverty, and political history.

This is a one year Exchange Program between my home university and host university, Boğaziçi an METU respectively.