HR Generalist
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted July 15, 2025
$107k - $162k· Est.
Power Generation
Remote
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Job Description
With 1,200+ colleagues across 75 countries, we require an HR function that thinks and acts globally. We're looking for an HR Generalist who will report into our Regional HR Manager who can help build our company as we go through continued growth plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide HR guidance to team members and managers, setting high expectations of behaviour and performance.
- Partner with line managers to provide employee relations advice on global policies and procedures.
- Ensure accuracy and timeliness in processing employee changes, joiners and leavers.
- Manage and drive benefit programs spanning either our EMEA (UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain) or AMER (US, Canada and Brazil) locations
- Liaise with our finance team on monthly payroll, projects and enquiries.
- Support the full life-cycle of HR including onboarding, benefit administration, and departure.
- Apply critical thinking to automate and reduce administrative tasks.
- Take a lead role in the management, continued development, and integration of our HR
- system.
- Act as a system expert and advocate for the global HR team.
- Produce data driven reports to inform and influence HR initiatives.
- Lead and participate in projects where you’ll see the impact of your work.
- Create, update and maintain corporate policies that have a global lens with local application.
- Ensure consistency of application of our HR policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Relevant professional qualification and certifications.
- Excellent practical insights into either EMEA or AMER HR practices and employment laws.
- Self-directed, organised problem solver with the ability to prioritise and meet goals and deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to exercise discretion, sound judgement, tact and diplomacy in all communications.
- Fearless and principled approach to professional interactions at every level of the business with commitment to confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events, with at least one trip of two full working weeks.
Benefits & Perks
- We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Annual compensation review.
- Recognition rewards.
- Annual holiday leave.
- Maternity and paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events.
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