HR Operations Specialist

Elgin; Dublin; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Elgin is seeking an HR Operations Specialist to join the People & Culture team on a six-month fixed-term contract. You will handle onboarding, contracts, leave records, and employee data while supporting payroll inputs and HR processes in a fast-paced environment.

The role reports to the Head of People & Culture and requires strong attention to detail, discretion and collaboration with multiple stakeholders across the employee lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in HR Operations or similar role.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day HR operations across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, changes, leave, records and offboarding.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication

Discretion

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent HR qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Elgin Values

Core Behavioural Responsibilities For All Employees

Agility

We Lead with Agility

Integrity

We Act with Integrity

Excellence

We Empower Excellence

Care

We Value Care

Job Description

Location: Dublin

Contract Type: 6-Month Fixed-Term Contract

Are you an HR professional who combines a passion for people with strong attention to detail and a talent for keeping things running smoothly?

We are seeking an experienced, organised and detail-oriented HR Operations Specialist to join our People & Culture team on a six-month fixed-term contract. Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, you will play a key role in ensuring our day-to-day people operations run smoothly and efficiently across the employee lifecycle. This is a hands-on role covering HR administration, recruitment coordination, employee queries, systems and data, payroll inputs and operational support to the wider business. You will bring sound judgement, discretion and a practical, people-focused approach in a fast-paced environment.

What you will do:

• Manage day-to-day HR operations across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contractual changes, leave, employee records and offboarding.
• Support recruitment operations and coordination, including job postings, candidate tracking and communications, scheduling interviews across multiple stakeholders, interview logistics, recruitment documentation and offer processes, ensuring a professional and timely candidate experience.
• Prepare employment documentation including contracts, letters and other employee correspondence, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR systems, ensuring people data is complete, up to date and handled confidentially.
• Act as a first point of contact for employee HR queries, providing clear, timely and helpful support and escalating matters where appropriate.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure a positive and consistent employee experience.
• Support payroll preparation and maintain accurate leave, absence and other employee-related records, ensuring changes are captured and communicated within required timelines.
• Support the Head of People & Culture with employee relations matters, HR processes and wider People & Culture initiatives as required.
• Help ensure HR policies, processes and documentation remain current, practical and aligned with Irish employment legislation and internal requirements.
• Produce people data and reporting, and identify opportunities to simplify, document and improve HR processes and ways of working.

Your profile

What you will need:

• Ideally 3+ years of experience in HR Operations, People Operations, HR Administration, HR Generalist or a similar role.
• Good working knowledge of Irish employment legislation and core HR processes across the employee lifecycle.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong coordination and diary-management skills, with experience scheduling interviews or meetings across multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with HR systems and employee data, with a high level of accuracy and confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a professional and service-focused approach to supporting employees and managers.
• Sound judgement, adaptability and a practical, solutions-focused approach, with a high degree of discretion when handling sensitive employee information.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent HR qualification is desirable but not essential.

About Us

About Elgin

Elgin is a fully integrated, utility-scale solar and storage Independent Power Producer, developing, building, owning and operating renewable energy assets across the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Italy. With a 10GW+ pipeline spanning solar, co-located and standalone storage projects, Elgin brings projects from origination through development to energisation and long-term operation.

The company has delivered over 1GW of ready-to-build projects, with more than 200MW currently under construction across the UK and Ireland. Elgin is backed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), which acquired a majority stake in 2024, supporting the company’s long-term growth and ambition to scale.

Founded in 2009, Elgin operates from offices in Dublin, London, Ulm, and Rome, with a team of over 100 professionals driving the delivery of large-scale renewable energy projects. For more information, visit www.elgin.com.

About CIP

Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield energy investments. The funds managed by CIP focus on investments in offshore and onshore wind, storage, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X.

CIP manages 13 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR 35 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 200 international institutional investors. CIP has projects in more than 30 countries and more than 2,300 employees across platforms. For more information, visit www.cip.com.