Blinkist connects people with powerful ideas from leading authors and experts to broaden perspectives, gain knowledge, and spark understanding in all areas of their life, both personal and professional.
Used by over 28 million people worldwide, Blinkist distills the key ideas from the most relevant, impactful books and podcasts. These can be read or listened to in 15-minute summaries, that we call Blinks.
Together with Go1, our parent brand, who gives organizations and their employees access to the largest curated e-learning library on the planet, we're on a mission to reach one billion learners as we unlock positive potential through a love of learning.
The Opportunity:
Join our dynamic People & Culture team and become a pivotal force in transforming our employee experience!
As a key player, you'll lead initiatives to streamline processes, harness the power of people data for impactful decisions, and be the go-to person for our employees on a variety of topics. Your expertise will ensure they feel supported and informed every step of the way. With your knowledge of local legislation, you'll keep our policies aligned and up-to-date, contributing to a compliant and harmonious workplace. You'll have the chance to work on exciting and meaningful projects that shape the entire employee lifecycle.
If you're an open-minded, decisive professional with a passion for process-driven roles, we want to hear from you! Apply now and make a significant impact on our team's success.
What It Takes to Thrive:
- HR Know-How: Utilise your HR and employee relations knowledge to provide accurate guidance and support.
- Clear Communication: Engage effectively through articulate verbal and written communication, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
- Relationship Building: Create positive connections with employees, handling sensitive matters confidentially and empathetically.
- Problem Solver: Apply analytical thinking to identify and implement effective solutions, continuously improving the employee experience.
- Adaptability: Navigate a dynamic, geographically diverse environment with ease, embracing new approaches to meet evolving employee needs.
- Organisational Insight: Understand our company's culture, values, and strategies to align HR initiatives with organisational goals.
- Data-Driven Decisions: Utilise HR data and analytics to draw insights, make informed decisions, and measure the impact of HR initiatives.
Your Impactful Contributions:
- Expert Guidance: Provide comprehensive support to employees, offering generalist advice and assistance on people-related matters.
- Payroll Processing: Work with external payroll providers to ensure our team are paid accurately and on time.
- Streamlined Operations: Enhance communication of people operations processes, policies, and initiatives, promoting a self-service approach.
- Employee Experience Optimisation: Administer and improve organisation-wide people processes, such as onboarding, offboarding, performance cycles to enable our people to do their best work.
- System Efficiency: Optimise the configuration of people systems for increased efficiency and leverage people analytics.
- Insightful Analytics: Maintain accurate employee records and analyse people metrics to provide valuable insights and support for the people partnering team.
- Policy Management: Develop and maintain up-to-date policies aligned with legislation and organisational priorities.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance the employee experience and implement initiatives for continuous improvement.
About You:
- 3+ years experience in an HR support or Generalist role
- Knowledge of HRIS systems and processes. Experience using HiBob, 15Five, Greenhouse and Culture Amp a plus.
- Exposure to employment law matters across EMEA (including Germany)
- Fluency in German and English.
- Bias for action, sense of urgency, over-communication, and attention to detail are your superpowers.
Why Blinkist/Go1:
Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles.
We are proud to have been selected by LinkedIn as one of the Top 25 Startups in Germany. Glassdoor and Kununu ratings put us amongst Berlin's top three employers.
- Competitive incentive plan in addition to salary
- Employee Stock Option Plan
- Flexible approach to work
- Monthly work from home or transport reimbursement
- One time work from home office set up budget
- Unlimited access to the Go1 Learning Hub, and mentorship program
- Professional development fund
- Volunteer leave to give back to the community
- 30 PTO days + Wellbeing days
- Flexible public holidays - take the days off that are important to you, swap out the ones that are not
- Family planning & parental leave, plus support for parents returning to work
- Wellness initiatives and an Employee Assistance Program
If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you'll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef.
Apply Now:
If we've captured your interest and you want to take part in changing the world through the power of ideas – apply now and tell us what got you excited about this opportunity.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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