HR Specialist - France

Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline; Fingal; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Travel discounts

Pension scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Annual leave

Unpaid leave option

Cycle to work

Career progression

Job summary

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline group, is recruiting a HR Specialist to manage day-to-day HR across our French bases. Based in our Dublin HQ, you will travel regularly to meet employees, draft contracts and handle employee relations, while acting as a HR Manager for your remit.

This is a fast-paced, dynamic role with excellent exposure as Ryanair grows toward 800 aircraft and 300m guests. Competitive salary, travel benefits and a structured pension scheme accompany the opportunity to develop

Qualifications

• HR degree or masters essential.
• Fluent in English and French.
• Minimum of 1 year HR experience with French employees or French labour law.
• Ability to work in a pressurised and fast paced environment.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• PC skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Managing day-to-day HR across 3 French bases with ~600 employees.
• Deal with broad HR issues and administration, including legal cases and contracts.
• Travel frequently to assigned bases to meet employees and answer queries.
• Provide advice and resolve employee relations matters as acting HR Manager.
• Maintain HR databases and ensure files and systems are up to date.
• Weekly reporting to HR Manager on HR issues in your area.
• Contract, payroll and reference administration; prepare legal cases as needed.
• Travel across Europe to meet employees on employment matters and conduct interviews.
• Support management at all levels across the business on HR-related matters.

Skills

Fluent English

Fluent French

Education

HR degree or masters

Job description

Ryanair, over our 40 year history has grown to become Europe's largest airline group connecting more guests across more routes than any other European carrier. We are a fast-paced, ambitious and innovative company, offering exciting career opportunities across aviation, technology, operations and support functions. Now is a fantastic time to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 8 years.

Job Description

Ryanair are currently recruiting for a HR Specialist to join Europe’s Largest Airline Group.

This is an excellent opportunity to join as we look to grow to over 800 aircraft and 300m guests within the next 10 years.

Based in our Dublin HQ, the HR Specialist will be responsible for the day to day HR management across our 3 French bases with an employee headcount of approx. 600.

They will deal with a broad range HR issues and administration, from legal cases to drafting contracts and all the stuff in between, while travelling frequently to your assigned bases to meet with employees and answer an queries they may have. At Ryanair, you will gain vast experience very early in your career as you are entrusted and expected to act like a HR Manager for the employees under your remit to make daily decisions, offer advice and resolve all employee relations matters that arise.

This is a perfect opportunity for a recent graduate seeking a challenge and to join a fast paced and dynamic working environment.

Duties Include

• Managing the entire HR function for up to 1000+ employees in your assigned bases/ areas.
• Monitoring employee absence and turnover to identify trends and deal with same.
• Managing employee and industrial relations
• Liaising, supporting and advising management at all levels across the business on all HR related matters, ranging from general queries, grievances to disciplinary investigations and legal case preparation.
• Maintain the HR databases to ensure all files and the HR system is up to date and accurate.
• Weekly reporting to the HR Manager on all HR issues in your area
• Contract, payroll & reference etc. administration.
• Legal case preparation for local litigation across Europe and for WRC & LC.
• Travelling across Europe to meet with employees on general employment matters, attend interviews and employee negotiations.

Qualifications

• HR degree or masters essential
• Fluent in English and French
• Minimum of 1 year experience in HR dealing with French based employees and/or French labour law
• Ability to work in a pressurised and fast paced environment
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• PC Skills (Word, Excel, Power point etc.)

Additional Information

• Competitive salary
• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 250 destinations
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme – Matched up to 5% or €5,000
• Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary
• 20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service.
• Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme
• Unrivalled career progression