Strategic People Advisor: Compensation & Benefits

Head Energy AS; Stavanger; On-site; NOK 700,000 - 1,020,000; Full time

Job summary

Head Energy Consulting AS is seeking a People Advisor Comp&Ben to provide strategic and operational HR support across recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee relations. You will guide salary processes, market benchmarking, and job evaluation, while developing HR metrics and dashboards for management decisions.

Fluent Norwegian and English are required, with hands-on experience in HR systems, reporting, and data-driven decision support in a dynamic energy environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in HR, finance, business administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of relevant experience in HR advisory services, compensation and benefits, HR analytics, or related disciplines.
• Good understanding of Norwegian employment law and HR practices.
• Experience with salary processes, market benchmarking, and job evaluation.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate data into clear recommendations and decision-support materials.
• Advanced Excel skills and solid experience with HR systems, reporting, and dashboards.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent deliverables in a dynamic environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Norwegian and English.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and strategic HR advice to managers and employees in areas including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, employee relations, organisational changes, and termination of employment.
• Support managers in workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, and employee-related decisions.
• Provide guidance on the application and interpretation of internal policies, procedures, Norwegian employment law, and collective agreements.
• Take ownership of assigned procedures in the management system, ensuring they are regularly reviewed, updated, and maintained in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, ISO standards, and internal governance requirements.
• Initiate, coordinate, and execute compensation and benefits processes, including salary reviews, market benchmarking, job evaluation, incentive schemes, and remuneration governance.
• Analyse salary structures, compensation data, and market information, and prepare evidence-based recommendations.
• Develop, maintain, and analyse HR metrics, dashboards, and reports that support management decision-making.
• Prepare analyses relating to areas such as turnover, recruitment, absence, organisational structure, diversity, and compensation.
• Contribute to local and global initiatives, projects, and system implementations through analysis, change support, and stakeholder management.
• Ensure high-quality HR data and support compliance with statutory requirements, audit requirements, and internal controls.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and decision-support materials for management and other stakeholders.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR processes, systems, reporting, and ways of working.

Skills

Advanced Excel

HR analytics

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor or Master’s degree in HR or related field

Tools

HR systems

Dashboards

Job description

Head Energy Consulting AS is seeking a People Advisor Comp&Ben to provide strategic and operational HR support across recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee relations. You will guide salary processes, market benchmarking, and job evaluation, while developing HR metrics and dashboards for management decisions.

Fluent Norwegian and English are required, with hands-on experience in HR systems, reporting, and data-driven decision support in a dynamic energy environment.