Work Arrangement
Office Days per Week: 3 days
Key Skills
Job Description
About Helin
Why this Role Matters
What You'll Achieve
- Provide first-line P&C support and advice to employees and managers across a wide range of people topics.
- Manage employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, contract changes, leave administration, and offboarding to name a few.
- Coordinate monthly payroll processes, ensuring all employee changes, salary adjustments, benefits, and other mutations are accurately prepared and shared with our payroll provider.
- Support with recruitment, from sourcing and interviewing to offer management and onboarding.
- Ensure P&C documentation, policies, employee files, and workflows are complete, accurate, and compliant
- Support performance management, engagement initiatives, and other P&C programs
- Use P&C metrics and analytics to support data-driven decisions.
- Continuously improve P&C policies, processes, and the overall employee experience.
- Managers trust you as a reliable partner for day-to-day P&C matters.
- Payroll changes are prepared accurately and on time each month.
- New employees experience a smooth and professional onboarding process.
- Recruitment processes run efficiently and candidates have a positive experience.
- Employees and managers know they can depend on you for timely support.
- You have successfully taken ownership of several new responsibilities and expanded your P&C expertise
What You Bring
- 3-6 years of HR Generalist, HR Operations, or HR Administration experience.
- Experience across the full employee lifecycle.
- Knowledge of P&C best practices and employee relations.
- Experience preparing payroll mutations or supporting payroll administration.
- Recruitment experience and partnership with hiring managers.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
- Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action.
- Ability to handle sensitive matters with professionalism and discretion.
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
- Fluent in English.
- You are highly organized and rarely let details slip through the cracks.
- You enjoy creating structure and improving processes.
- You take ownership and follow through on commitments.
- You are comfortable working independently and figuring things out when faced with unfamiliar challenges.
- You are naturally curious and continuously look for ways to learn and improve.
- You enjoy supporting people while balancing empathy with professionalism.
- You are comfortable handling confidential and sensitive information.
- You are proactive rather than waiting for others to tell you what needs to be done.
Nice to Have
- Experience working in a scale-up, technology, SaaS, or engineering-driven environment.
- Familiarity with Dutch labor law.
- Experience with HRIS systems (Personio).
- Experience supporting international and multicultural workforces.
- Knowledge of compensation benchmarking and benefits administration.
- Dutch language skills.
Additional Information
- Location: Rijswijk, Netherlands
- Employment type: Full-time
- Working arrangement: Hybrid working model (3 days in the office, 2 days from home)
- Reports to: Head of People & Culture
What We Offer
A meaningful opportunity to transform industrial data into safer, smarter, real-time decisions worldwide- A diverse, multicultural environment with 60+ colleagues from 38 nationalities
- Competitive base salary
- Pension scheme
- SARs (Stock Appreciation Rights) plan
- €3,000 annual learning & development budget
- 24 vacation days on top of public holidays
- Complimentary lunch at the office
- Commuting expenses fully covered
Our Recruitment Process
- Recruiter Screening (30 minutes, online)
An introductory conversation to discuss your background, motivation, cultural fit and provide an overview of the role and expectations. - Peer Interview (60 minutes, online)
A discussion with team members about your experience, skills, ways of working, and what it's like to work at Helin. - Hiring Manager & Leadership Interview (60 minutes, onsite)
A conversation focused on your expertise, potential impact, and a deeper discussion about the role, team, and future opportunities at Helin. - Reference Check
As part of our hiring process, we conduct professional reference checks with former managers or relevant professional contacts. We will discuss this step with you in advance and request your consent before contacting any references. - Offer Stage
If successful, we'll discuss the offer details and next steps. Please note that any offer of employment is conditional upon a satisfactory reference check.
Data Privacy Policy
Please refer to our Data Privacy Policy.Core Responsibilities
The HR Specialist will manage day-to-day people operations, including onboarding, payroll administration, and recruitment. They will also support performance management, ensure policy compliance, and provide advice to employees and managers.
Requirements
Candidates must have 3-6 years of experience in HR operations or administration and a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Strong organizational skills, proficiency in English, and the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion are required.
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Stock appreciation rights
- Learning and development budget
- 24 vacation days
- Complimentary lunch
- Commuting expenses covered
About Helin
Industry: Software Development
Company size: 51-200 employees
Industrial Edge Intelligence Platform: We bring intelligence to industrial areas by making dumb assets smart. In industries like Maritime, Renewable Energy, and Offshore, our care-free infrastructure leverages AI, coupled with top-notch cybersecurity and 100% data control and ownership, to enable companies across the globe to unlock the full potential of their industrial assets. This makes them safer, smarter, and improves their ecological footprint. In doing so, we shape a better world by upgrading the present.
