The Human Resources Division is responsible for the definition and implementation of employee policies and for the management of HR processes, including planning and financial aspects and supports the entire employee life-cycle including recruitment, learning and development, performance and reward management and employee relations for approx. 650 employees.

Within the HR Division, the team of Human Resources Business Partners (HR BP) ensures the delivery of harmonised HR business processes, services and advice to the managers and staff of all EUMETSAT departments, and provides support to the management on HR projects, formulation of HR policies and cross-organisational HR activities.

Reporting to the HR Business Partner Manager, the Human Resources Coordinator provides administrative support to the HR Business Partner team, while also having an active role in many operational HR business processes such as recruitment, learning and development, sickness and worktime management and contributing to various HR projects. The successful candidate will closely interact with other teams within the HR Division to ensure that HR business processes are implemented in accordance with established rules and procedures.

• Act as an administrative coordinator between the team of HR Business Partners, other HR service teams (Recruitment, Administration, Training) and management / staff of the organisation;
• Support the end-to-end recruitment process for assigned vacancies, including pre-screening interviews and participating on selected interview panels;
• Coordination and implementation of learning and development activities for individual staff and teams/groups, including advising staff and management on learning needs, preparing and managing departmental training plans and ensuring their effective implementation;
• Support the recruitment and administration of University Internship and/or Student Practicum programmes;

• Provide support for the implementation of organisational development initiatives and departmental/divisional reorganisations;
• Support long-term sick leave management by preparing key correspondence for staff and EUMETSAT Medical Officer;
• Maintain and further develop a dashboard of key HR metrics relating to sickness-absence, working time, training, succession planning and skills assessment;
• Support the management of cross-organisational and divisional HR projects such as the staff survey, performance management improvement and core values implementation.

• Relevant experience working as an HR generalist or coordinator in a business-facing role, preferably in an international environment;
• Proven experience supporting an end-to-end recruitment process, including screening and interviewing of candidates;
• Experience operating within a project-based environment, working towards defined goals/milestones;
• Confidence and ability to engage, communicate and build relationships at all levels within an organisation;
• Excellent writing skills in the English language, including report writing and drafting of sensitive HR correspondence;
• Experience working with large volumes of HR data and transforming this into useful metrics and dashboards for organisational management;
• Strong experience of using HR information technology (e.g. SAP HR and Financial modules, or an applicant/talent management system) as well as strong knowledge of the Microsoft office suite (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint).