People Administrator

DEPT; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transparent career development and pay

Flexible hybrid working policy

Health insurance

Pension scheme (third pillar)

Referral bonus program

OpenUp wellness contribution

Multisport programme

DEPT Cares Month volunteering

Job summary

DEPT® is seeking a People Administrator to ensure a smooth employee journey, handling onboarding, offboarding, payroll data, and confidential contract management. You’ll be the first point of contact for cross-site administrative tasks and support teams across locations.

This full-time, hybrid role is ideal for someone who communicates clearly and stays well-informed about company offerings. Visa or relocation costs are not supported.

Qualifications

• Experience with onboarding and offboarding processes.
• Knowledge of payroll-related tasks and confidentiality.
• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken).
• Ability to learn quickly and stay informed about DEPT offerings.

Responsibilities

• Handle routine onboarding/offboarding tasks including contracts and scheduling introductory meetings.
• Prepare and edit routine documents such as amendments and employment certificates.
• Collate and submit monthly payroll data to ensure accuracy and timely processing.
• Pull standard HR system reports to support teams.
• Maintain employee and freelancer databases with accurate records and compliance.
• Be the primary contact for daily administrative queries from new hires, employees, and freelancers.

Skills

Onboarding

Payroll experience

Communication

English proficiency

Confidential information handling

Tools

HR tools

Job description

Hybrid

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021.

JOB PURPOSE

As a People Administrator, you will create a smooth employee journey experience. You will be responsible for fulfilling processes to make them as easy and pleasant as possible for all stakeholders. You will be the first point of contact for cross-site administrative tasks and actively support the teams.

Do you work in a precise, structured manner and always have a clear overview of contracts and schedules? Are you good at handling confidential information and performing payroll-related tasks? Can you learn quickly and stay well-informed about what DEPT® has to offer? If you embody all these qualities and are willing to answer every question with a big smile, you might just be our perfect candidate.

Note: Visa or relocation costs are not supported. This position is a full-time position. It is located in Croatia and requires Croatian citizenship. Croatian-speaking applicants who reside in Croatia with a valid work permit are also eligible.

Our DEPT® culture is very important to us. That is why we are eager to find not only the most talented expert in the game, but also a perfect DEPT®-fit.

We are looking for someone who is eager to learn and teach, is honest and direct. Our ideal candidate communicates clearly and brings out the best in situations and people around them.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Handled routine administrative tasks for onboarding and offboarding, including tracking next steps, issuing standard employment contracts, and scheduling introductory meetings.

• Prepare and edit routine paperwork, including contract amendments, employment certificates, and standard employee documentation.

• Collated, verified, and submitted monthly payroll data to ensure accuracy and timely processing.

• Pulled standard system reports from internal HR tools to support teams

• Performed regular updates to employee and freelancer databases, maintaining accurate records and upholding data compliance standards.

• Acted as the primary point of contact for daily administrative queries from new hires, employees, and freelancers.

WHAT YOU'll BRING

• Are enthusiastic, ambitious, have a positive mindset, and a proactive attitude and approach.

• Are accustomed to conscientious, independent and forward-looking way of working and acting accordingly.

• Are punctual and can work well independently.

• Are eager to learn new skills and master new technologies.

• Communicate clearly, completely, and on time.

• Have a strong professional command of English in both writing and talking.

• Big Plus: Already have some experience with personnel/payroll administration.

WHAT YOU'll GET

• Transparent career development and pay;

• A flexible, hybrid working policy;

• A rewarding, supportive and healthy company culture.

• Supplemental and additional health insurance;

• Pension scheme: third pillar pension fund;

• Referral bonus program;

• Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform, and a multisport programme;

• A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.

• Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!

• The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.

• Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.