Senior HR Manager

Marine Stewardship Council; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading environmental organization as an HR professional focused on North Europe. You will handle employee relations, manage recruitment processes, and ensure cohesive policy development, all while fostering strong relationships across a diverse team. This role offers flexibility, allowing for remote work alongside time in the London office.

Qualifications

• Extensive HR experience, particularly in North Europe.
• Ability to develop relationships with senior managers.
• Fluency in one relevant North European language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage employee relations and outsourced payrolls.
• Work on recruitment and HR policy development.
• Develop collaborative relationships in a diverse, dynamic environment.

Skills

Employee relations

Recruitment

Policy development

Excellent written communication

Cultural awareness

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

The Vacancy

Do you:

• want to work for a mission-driven environmental organisation
• have international HR experience, particularly covering North Europe?

If so, and you enjoy the challenge of working with line managers and employees based in different locations this might be the role for you!

You will have day to day HR responsibility for our colleagues in the North Europe region, which includes managing:

• employee relations issues
• outsourced payrolls in each location
• relationships with key stakeholders in the organisation.

You will also work with HR colleagues to ensure the continuous improvement of recruitment and other key day to day processes, as well as reviewing and updating policies.

You will be expected to develop strong collaborative relationships throughout your region of responsibility and be able to make decisions in a dynamic international environment where both requirements and priorities can change rapidly.

To succeed in this role you should:

• be CIPD qualified
• have extensive HR experience, preferably in an international context
• enjoy recruitment, policy development and managing employee relations issues
• have the ability and gravitas to gain credibility, and develop excellent relationships, with senior managers
• have excellent written communication skills and be able to speak at least one relevant North European language.

If this has inspired you, please apply here.

We look forward to hearing from you!

We’re an international organisation and our employees all demonstrate a level of cultural awareness, and value the diverse views and approaches relevant to the MSC program.

The MSC is committed to flexible working. The successful candidate will need to work from theLondonoffice for a minimum of 50% of their working time each month The remaining time can be worked from home.During the onboarding process, hybrid work may require more in-office work than remote work

Working at the MSC

The MSC’s vision is for the world’s oceans to be teeming with life, and seafood supplies safeguarded for this and future generations. Today, the impacts of overfishing and climate change pose an even greater threat to the ocean and fish stocks. Through our internationally recognised certification and ecolabeling program, well-managed sustainable fisheries are recognised and rewarded throughout the seafood supply chain. Over 700 fisheries around the world, representing 19% of the annual global marine catch, are now engaged in the MSC program and MSC certified and labelled seafood products are now available in over 66 countries. Through partnerships and collective endeavour, we are on a mission to end overfishing.