People Advisor

APM Terminals; København; On-site; DKK 540,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Maersk Air Cargo is strengthening its People & Payroll team with a People Advisor role that supports employees on HR queries, ensuring a positive employee experience. You will be the first contact for HR issues and own resolution from start to finish, while collaborating with Legal, Payroll, Tax and global HR teams.

The role emphasizes advisory excellence, compliance, and end-to-end lifecycle support in an international setting, with a focus on fairness and professional development.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build effective partnerships.
• Experience in highly unionised environments with collective agreements.
• Cross-border employment experience across jurisdictions.
• Aviation industry experience is an advantage.
• Solid operational HR experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Strong legal and compliance mindset with risk awareness.
• Knowledge of Danish employment law and HR compliance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; problem-solving.
• High execution capability with ownership and delivery.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Workday experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert HR guidance to leaders and employees.
• Advise on employment law, employee relations, and HR policies.
• Coordinate cross-border employment solutions across jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with local legislation and collective agreements.
• Support onboarding, performance management, changes, and off-boarding.
• Collaborate with Legal, Payroll, Tax, and HR teams and external advisors.
• Drive timely HR initiatives with ownership and accountability.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Unionised HR

Cross-border HR

Aviation industry

Lifecycle HR

Legal/compliance mindset

Danish employment law

English fluency

Workday

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Workday

Job description

Maersk Air Cargo is accelerating the future of global logistics. As part of Maersk’s integrated end‑to‑end offering, our air cargo business connects speed, reliability, and scale—linking critical markets and enabling customers to move high‑value and time‑sensitive goods with confidence. With a growing global network and a clear ambition to redefine how air logistics supports supply chains, Maersk Air Cargo is where aviation meets transformation.

About the role

As People Advisor, you’ll join the People & Payroll team and play a vital part in our success, supporting our employees with their HR queries so they can focus on their own jobs. Taking care of their issues, whether big or small, and ensuring they receive a great employee experience in every interaction with HR. You will act as first point of contact for employees and take ownership of managing each HR related query to conclusion to deliver a positive employee experience.

We Offer

We offer exciting career opportunities with an international reach to further expand your experience through our diversity‑focused and award‑winning talent development initiatives. As one of the cornerstones of our values, we strive to deliver the right environment for the right people while fostering a culture of fairness, mutual respect, responsibility, and care for our business and our customers. We have a competitive compensation and benefits package for full‑time employees. Our talent policies are recognized worldwide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our people through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

As a People Advisor in Maersk Air Cargo, you will provide expert HR guidance and operational support to leaders and employees, ensuring compliant and effective people practices across the business.

• Advising managers and employees on employment law, employee relations matters, collective agreements, and HR policies.
• Supporting a highly unionised workforce and partnering with employee representatives to maintain constructive labour relations.
• Coordinating complex employment matters and identifying risks, engaging Legal and other stakeholders as needed.
• Coordinating cross‑border employment solutions and ensuring compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Supporting key employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, performance management, organisational changes, and off‑boarding.
• Partnering closely with Legal, Payroll, Tax, local and global HR teams, managers, and external advisors to resolve people‑related matters.
• Ensuring compliance with local legislation, collective agreements, company policies, and global HR processes.
• Driving timely execution of HR initiatives with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a proactive and resourceful HR professional who thrives in a dynamic, international environment and is passionate about delivering pragmatic, compliant people solutions.

• Proven ability to build effective partnerships.
• Experience working in highly unionised environments and supporting leaders on collective agreement and employee relations matters.
• Experience with cross‑border employment and coordinating compliant employment solutions across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience from the aviation industry is an advantage.
• Solid operational HR experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• A strong legal and compliance mindset, with the ability to identify risks and engage the right stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Danish employment law, employment relations, and HR compliance.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
• High execution capability, with a track record of ownership, accountability, and delivery in a fast‑paced environment.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Experience with Workday is an advantage.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing [e-mail].

A.P. Moller — Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customer's supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 100,000 people. With a simple end‑to‑end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement, and a superior end‑to‑end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere — all over the world.