HR Specialist

Job description

About Helin At Helin, we empower industrial organizations to make faster, safer, and more informed decisions across maritime, offshore, and renewable energy operations. Our edge-to-cloud platform integrates data from sensors, video, and machines into a unified, real-time view — enabling greater operational visibility, improved safety, and enhanced performance, even in remote environments. By combining advanced analytics, AI, and edge computing, we help organizations shift from reactive operations to proactive, data-driven control. We partner with leading global operators and pride ourselves on delivering scalable, high-impact solutions. At Helin, you’ll join an international team of 60+ professionals from over 35 nationalities, working collaboratively in a culture defined by innovation, trust, and continuous growth. Why this Role Matters As our HR Specialist, you will help ensure that our people operations run smoothly, accurately, and compliantly while delivering a great employee experience. You will be the go-to person for many day-to-day P&C processes, supporting managers and employees throughout the employee lifecycle. From onboarding and payroll administration to recruitment, contract management, and P&C reporting, you will play an important role in keeping our people operations efficient and reliable. We're looking for someone who enjoys creating structure, pays attention to the smallest details, and takes pride in getting things right. Equally important, you're curious and eager to grow. You don't need to know everything today, but you should be excited to learn, take ownership of new challenges, and continuously develop your P&C expertise. 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. What Success Looks Like After Your First Year 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. Who You Are 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 .