France HR Officer At Relief International

We are currently recruiting a HR Officer to join our HR team.

This is a hybrid position, open to candidates based in France.

At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.

We are proud to be a global recruiter, hiring people from around the world. We offer competitive salaries and benefit packages for all staff, that are applied fairly and transparently. This means we are unable to advertise the salary as it is dependent on the local job market of the staff member, we will inform shortlisted candidates of the salary range as part of the selection process.

Note you must have the right to work in your home-based location and that national terms and conditions will apply.

This role is classified as requiring standard pre-employment checks.

About Relief International.

Relief International (RI) works in 15 countries globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and chronic poverty.

About the Opportunity.

The HR Officer will support the Global Support Office (GSO) HR Team with proactive and efficient administrative support, and work with the GSO HR Manager to provide a high quality onboarding process for new joiners. This will include administration of RI’s onboarding processes; checking and verifying due diligence in the hiring and contracting process; maintaining employee profiles and staff files and providing an ‘HR helpdesk’ service to GSO staff.

In addition, the HR Officer will apply their knowledge and experience of employment practices and regulations in France to support the full employee life cycle of staff employed by RI France, working closely with the Director of RI France and the Chief HR Officer.

Your responsibilities will be

• Support with recruitment in France, advising on JDs, supporting translations, participating in interviews and engaging with job boards, agencies and networks as required.
• Oversee the onboarding of French staff, and ensure relevant information is shared with French payroll providers.
• Ensure all departing French staff are de-registered as required.
• Manage the French office and relationship with landlord.
• Provide administrative support to the Director of France.
• Ensure employee data in the Human Resources Information system (HRIS) is up-to-date and accurate, and reflects any changes in employment status or contracts.

About You.

You will bring the following experience and skills.

• Passionate HR Professional, with relevant HR experience in France.
• Good knowledge of French labour law, HR practices and employment institutions.
• Fluent French and English language skills.
• Experience of working with HR information systems.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, with superb attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively with a dispersed workforce, and build professional relationships across cultures and time zones
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Experience working within the humanitarian or development sector desirable
• Formal HR qualification or part-qualification desirable
• Proficiency with MS Sharepoint desirable

Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs, unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align with every criteria described, we encourage you to apply anyway, you could be exactly what we need!