HR Specialist

Helin Data; Rijswijk; Hybrid; EUR 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Helin Data is seeking an HR Specialist in the Netherlands to oversee people operations with focus on onboarding, payroll, and compliance. You will partner with managers and employees to ensure smooth employee lifecycle processes across a fast-growing, international team.

The role demands attention to detail, ownership, and a data-driven approach to improve policies and the employee experience. Hybrid work is available, with a mix of in-office and remote days.

Qualifications

• Experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Knowledge of P&C best practices and employee relations.
• Experience preparing payroll mutations or supporting payroll administration.
• Recruitment experience and partnership with hiring managers.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters with professionalism and discretion.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line P&C support and advice to employees and managers across a wide range of people topics.
• Manage employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, contract changes, leave administration, and offboarding.
• Coordinate monthly payroll processes, ensuring changes and mutations are reflected with the payroll provider.
• Support recruitment from sourcing to onboarding.
• Ensure P&C documentation and workflows are complete and compliant.
• Support performance management and engagement initiatives.

Skills

HR Generalist

Payroll administration

Recruitment coordination

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related field

Tools

Personio

Job description

About Helin

At Helin, we empower industrial organizations to make faster, safer, and more informed decisions across maritime, offshore, and renewable energy operations.

Our edge-to-cloud platform integrates data from sensors, video, and machines into a unified, real-time view — enabling greater operational visibility, improved safety, and enhanced performance, even in remote environments. By combining advanced analytics, AI, and edge computing, we help organizations shift from reactive operations to proactive, data-driven control.

We partner with leading global operators and pride ourselves on delivering scalable, high-impact solutions. At Helin, you’ll join an international team of 60+ professionals from over 35 nationalities, working collaboratively in a culture defined by innovation, trust, and continuous growth.

Why this Role Matters

As our HR Specialist, you will help ensure that our people operations run smoothly, accurately, and compliantly while delivering a great employee experience.

You will be the go-to person for many day-to-day P&C processes, supporting managers and employees throughout the employee lifecycle. From onboarding and payroll administration to recruitment, contract management, and P&C reporting, you will play an important role in keeping our people operations efficient and reliable.

We're looking for someone who enjoys creating structure, pays attention to the smallest details, and takes pride in getting things right. Equally important, you're curious and eager to grow. You don't need to know everything today, but you should be excited to learn, take ownership of new challenges, and continuously develop your P&C expertise.

What You'll Achieve

• Provide first-line P&C support and advice to employees and managers across a wide range of people topics.
• Manage employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, contract changes, leave administration, and offboarding to name a few.
• Coordinate monthly payroll processes, ensuring all employee changes, salary adjustments, benefits, and other mutations are accurately prepared and shared with our payroll provider.
• Support with recruitment, from sourcing and interviewing to offer management and onboarding.
• Ensure P&C documentation, policies, employee files, and workflows are complete, accurate, and compliant
• Support performance management, engagement initiatives, and other P&C programs
• Use P&C metrics and analytics to support data-driven decisions.
• Continuously improve P&C policies, processes, and the overall employee experience.

What Success Looks Like After Your First Year

• Managers trust you as a reliable partner for day-to-day P&C matters.
• Payroll changes are prepared accurately and on time each month.
• New employees experience a smooth and professional onboarding process.
• Recruitment processes run efficiently and candidates have a positive experience.
• Employees and managers know they can depend on you for timely support.
• You have successfully taken ownership of several new responsibilities and expanded your P&C expertise

What You Bring

• 3-6 years of HR Generalist, HR Operations, or HR Administration experience.
• Experience across the full employee lifecycle.
• Knowledge of P&C best practices and employee relations.
• Experience preparing payroll mutations or supporting payroll administration.
• Recruitment experience and partnership with hiring managers.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into action.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters with professionalism and discretion.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• Fluent in English.

Who You Are

• You are highly organized and rarely let details slip through the cracks.
• You enjoy creating structure and improving processes.
• You take ownership and follow through on commitments.
• You are comfortable working independently and figuring things out when faced with unfamiliar challenges.
• You are naturally curious and continuously look for ways to learn and improve.
• You enjoy supporting people while balancing empathy with professionalism.
• You are comfortable handling confidential and sensitive information.
• You are proactive rather than waiting for others to tell you what needs to be done.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in a scale-up, technology, SaaS, or engineering-driven environment.
• Familiarity with Dutch labor law.
• Experience with HRIS systems ( Personio ) .
• Experience supporting international and multicultural workforces.
• Knowledge of compensation benchmarking and benefits administration.
• Dutch language skills.

Additional Information

• Location: Rijswijk, Netherlands
• Employment type: Full-time
• Working arrangement: Hybrid working model (3 days in the office, 2 days from home)
• Reports to:Head of People & Culture

What We Offer

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