Silence Therapeutics: HR Administrator

Role Purpose

The HR Administrator will support the HR function and primarily the HR Manager in Germany with all operational aspects and employee life cycle from onboarding to resignation/termination.

Role Overview

As an HR Administrator, you would be responsible for the administration and general duties for all German employees in relation to drafting employment contracts, certificates or letters, absence management, payroll administration, and other HR activities. The position requires absolute discretion as the role holder has access to confidential personnel information.

Tasks

Key Responsibilities

1. Independent preparation of contracts, certificates, and references
2. Compilation of starter documentation and related materials
3. Organization and administration of onboarding and offboarding processes
4. Maintenance of personnel master data and other documents
5. Responsibility for absence management
6. Assisting in the preparation of the monthly payroll as an interface to our external payroll office
7. Participation in various HR projects
8. Preparation of personnel statistics and reporting
9. Support of our international recruiting process including relocation

Requirements

Person Specification

1. Initial work experience in operational HR, e.g. through internships or student traineeships, or successfully completed bachelor's degree with a focus on human resources or comparable professional training
2. Strong communication skills, able to demonstrate a professional and collaborative approach to working with colleagues and external parties, and reliable way of working even with a high workload and under time pressure
3. Basic knowledge of German labour and social security law desirable
4. Fluent German as well as very good written and spoken English skills
5. Excellent IT skills, confident handling of MS Office and other HR software tools
6. Self-starter with excellent attention to detail
7. Very independent, professional, and reliable way of working with very good organizational skills
8. Team player as well as communicative, open, and possessing a sense of humor
9. Actively participates in identifying new ways of doing things to improve or increase existing value in Silence
10. Clear affiliation with company vision and values, and a true ambassador of our organization
11. Attention to detail especially in proofreading material going externally
12. Demonstrable experience of working in a dynamic, fast-changing organization
13. Experience in an international environment desirable