HR Generalist M/F

HR Generalist M/F

YOUR MISSIONS

As HR Generalist, you will own the full employee lifecycle for your assigned scope of work (Portugal + international entities), ensuring compliance and a seamless employee experience.

Responsibilities in HR Administration:

• Employee Lifecycle Management:
  • Contracts & Documentation: Draft, issue, and manage all employment contracts, amendments, and termination documents for multiple countries (Portugal, Spain, France, etc.), ensuring compliance with local labor laws.
  • Onboarding/Offboarding: Coordinate the end-to-end administrative onboarding (collection of documents, system access, benefits enrollment) and offboarding (exit documentation, asset recovery, final settlements).
  • Compliance: Verify right-to-work documentation, manage IEFP internship protocols (Portugal), and ensure all employee files are audit-ready.
• HRIS & Data Management:
  • Data Integrity: Maintain and audit employee data in the HRIS for multiple legal entities, ensuring accuracy for payroll and reporting.
  • Reporting: Generate monthly report, following defined templates.
• Payroll & Benefits Support:
  • Payroll Input: Collect, validate, and submit monthly payroll data (absences, overtime, variable pay) to the payroll provider or (if applicable) finance team.
  • Benefits Administration: Manage enrollment and queries for benefits (meal cards, health insurance, flexible benefits) in coordination with local providers.

Responsibilities in Employee Relations & Support:

• First-Line Support: Act as the first point of contact for employee queries regarding policies, benefits, and workplace concerns, escalating complex cases to the HR Manager when necessary.
• Manager Support: Advise managers on day-to-day people topics, including performance management, probation period extensions, and leave management, ensuring fairness across the organization and consistency with legal frameworks.
• Documentation of Cases: Assist in drafting documentation for disciplinary processes, grievances, etc, ensuring legal compliance and proper record-keeping.

Responsibilities in talent & culture initiatives:

• Performance Cycles: Support the execution of the performance review cycle by sending reminders, compiling feedback, and guiding employees/managers on using the performance management tool.
• Learning & Development: manage logistically the training sessions, attendance, HRIS training insertion and track training hours for mandatory reporting (e.g., Relatório Único in Portugal).
• Engagement: Assist in the execution of planned HR events/initiatives with employees.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCES

The ideal candidate will be/have:

• Ideally, a degree in HR, Business Administration, Law, or a related field;
• Between 2–4 years of experience in an HR role, with relevant experience in HR administration and some exposure to generalist tasks (employee relations, performance management and HR events management);
• Experience supporting international geographies is highly desirable;
• Solid understanding of Portuguese labour law; familiarity with the basics of another European country's labour law is a plus;
• HR Systems: Experience with HRIS (such as Talentsoft, Workday, SAP, or similar) and ticketing tools;
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, vlookups) for data analysis and reporting, Powerpoint and Word;
• Portuguese: Native or Fluent;
• English: Fluent, as it is mandatory for international communication and systems; Proficiency in French is a plus.

KEY SKILLS

• Strong client orientation;
• Detail-oriented;
• Proactive;
• Adaptability;
• International mentality;
• Analytical skills;
• Critical capacity;
• Ability to be multi-task;
• Have a collaborative mindset;
• Problem solving skills;
• Availability and sense of responsibility;
• Ability to work in a complex matrix organization.

If this opportunity excites you, apply now!