German Speaking HR Administrator

Job title: Bilingual HR Support Advisor (German)

Office Location: Birmingham

Work location: Hybrid with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote working

Contract: 3 Months Temporary Rolling Contract (Full-time) – could lead to permanent

Pay rate: £11.00 – £13.00 per hour + Holiday pay

Working days/hours: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm – Shifts starting at 8.30am 9.00 am or 9.30 am on a rota basis

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a bilingual HR Support Advisor with fluent German written and oral skills to join our client’s International HR Operations team.

Our client is a global low firm who pride themselves on being a great place to work. Their International Operations team is a HR Shared Service which is at the very heart of the employee experience. In this role, you will work as part of a professional and energetic team that is at a pivotal point of change, introducing new technology to enhance their HR service delivery. You can expect to get involved right across the spectrum of HR activity to make a real difference to their business. You can expect to achieve professional satisfaction by using your skills to the full.

The main purpose of the role will be to provide accurate advice and efficient administrative support to the HR team in Germany, covering the entire employee life-cycle.

Key responsibilities:

You will take responsibility for a variety of HR processes across the Germany offices. Building key relationships and confidence in the HR support and advice with the local HRBP team.

• Creating and issuing contracts of employment
• Pre-employment screening
• Managing the on-boarding process
• Ensuring the new starter induction process runs smoothly
• Managing the leavers process
• Processing maternity and paternity paperwork
• Managing and answering queries by email and phone
• There will be a specific focus on coordinating employee payroll queries, working closely with the UK payroll team and the international payroll provider

Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken German to mother-tongue standard
• Fluency in English to high standard
• Experience of HR administration or a strong administrative background, such as data processing and entering information accurately on a CRM.
• Previous experience of working in a fast-paced customer facing role, resolving enquiries would be advantageous, particularly experience of providing advice and support by email and/or telephone
• Attention to detail is a fundamental part of this role, with the ability to prioritise high volumes of work whilst maintaining quality and accuracy.
• Ability to put the employee/customer experience at the heart of all tasks
• Fantastic organisational skills and ability to multi-task
• Good IT and keyboard skills; in particular, good working knowledge of Word and Excel