Senior HR Consultant

Time left to apply End Date: March 9, 2025 (16 days left to apply)

Job requisition id JR101881

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What does the job involve?

Responsible for work across Equinor Germany organizational units, carrying out duties aligned to generalist Human Resource (HR) business partnering. Tasks include supporting general HR program/policies, compliance, support across the entire employee lifecycle, supporting the line leaders in employee and labour relations and communications, leadership, team and talent development.

You are utilizing your knowledge to independently solve complex tasks with a short-term operational or tactical impact/risk. You deliver on tasks defined by others (and potentially partly defined by you) with significant impacts on team objectives. You independently communicate within the immediate team, across different areas, and towards key stakeholders, including partners or external parties. You may navigate potentially conflicting agendas. You adhere to established procedures and identify as well as resolve challenges. You proactively seek continuous improvement, embrace change and ambiguity, you demonstrate flexibility to adopt new activities and ways of working, and take ownership of your own work. You follow and comply with safety, ethics, and compliance requirements and align with leadership expectations and company values.

What will my tasks be?

Within this position, your key tasks will be to:

• Actively support the Country Manager on HR related tasks that include:
• Implementing HR processes and policies.
• Support team and leadership development.
• Comply with data protection regulations.
• Support change projects, advice and secure realization.
• Support the leadership focus on Personnel security.
• Become a member of our global HR team and be the HR business partner to our leaders in Germany.
• Professionally support leaders during recruitment and onboarding processes.
• You are responsible for highly complex tasks in work-related legislation, employee contracts and manage master data and external salary payroll provider.
• Be the vocal point in Germany on the annual salary review and reward process and follow up pension schemes and employee related insurances.
• Participation in collaboration arenas to ensure compliance, informal discussions and employee involvement in change initiatives and processes.
• Support Berlin & Etzel offices with IT and Infrastructure services.

Here's what we expect from you:

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture. And for this specific position, we are also looking for:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Resources (HR), organizational structure, labour law or related field.
• Broad relevant experience of working in a Human Resources / People & Organization related position, ideally from within a matrix organization.
• Experience from one or several of the following areas:
• HR generalist.
• Reward.
• Employee relations.
• Data analytics.
• Advanced written and oral communication skills, both in English and German.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g. SAP & Workday) and MS office.
• Ability to work independently, with a proactive mindset, as well as being reliable and structured.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence others.
• Proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• A willingness to work in a full-time position on a hybrid working basis, and flexibility to travel for business purposes when required.

What can we offer you?

We want you to have a rewarding and fulfilling work life. That’s why we offer:

• Not just a job - a career: In Equinor, your development begins on day one. You will build your competence through a wide range of learning activities while being empowered to build your career across multiple disciplines and geographies.
• Attractive rewards: We give you a comprehensive benefits package with a competitive salary, global parental leave, bonus scheme and pension plan.
• Wellness and work-life balance: We care about and prioritise our employees’ well-being. We encourage you to make use of our flexible work arrangements wherever possible.
• An inclusive culture: We believe embracing our differences makes us stronger. True inclusion means being able to bring your whole self to work, and for you and everyone else to feel accepted and valued.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Equinor is an equal-opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, and training, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status.

As part of this commitment, reasonable adjustments will be made during the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions. If you have any specific requirements, please clarify this in your application and our team will be in contact to see how we can support your needs.

Important notes about the application process

We expect you to openly offer all relevant information about yourself during the recruitment process. Background checks are performed on all final candidates, and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened using relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions laws. When applying for a job in Norway you will be asked for information on affiliation to high-risk countries for a security assessment.

About Equinor

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170 million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050.