Opportunity

Are you ready to plant your feet in the field of HR and gain experience from working in a global high performing company? In this position, we are looking for an HR Student Assistant to join the Svitzer Europe HR team, supporting the Svitzer Scandinavia cluster. You will take part in helping the wheels go around in Svitzer Scandinavia (particularly Denmark) from an HR perspective and you will have the opportunity to build your HR foundation and knowledge in this role.

HR Student Assistant

You will be joining a dynamic and highly international maritime company operating in 36 countries across four regions. Svitzer is a towage company, which means we help our customers maneuver their larger ships safely and timely in and out of port.

This role is based at Svitzer Europe’s headquarters at Esplanaden 50 in Copenhagen where we enjoy beautiful view of the waterside right outside our window. You will be reporting to the HR Business Partner for Scandinavia.

You will become part of an European HR team, focusing on delivering HR support, solutions and advice to the business. You will be able to apply your academic knowledge and skills to a range of administrative and HR tasks. You will be expected to work independently and take responsibility for your own tasks and projects, supported by the team to help your learning.

Key responsibilities

As an HR Student Assistant in Svitzer Scandinavia, you will support on a wide range of HR tasks of varying complexity related to mostly HR in Denmark but also supporting on region wide tasks and processes where and if needed:

• Support colleagues on questions and tasks related to employment and benefits, for example payroll, holiday, benefits according to our handbook, and support on implementation of policy changes
• Support core HR processes from recruitment, onboarding to offboarding

• Contract management, including writing and issuing employment contracts and addendums, file management and general confidential data handling
• Data analysis (Excel) and presentations (PowerPoint)

• Assist in ad-hoc HR tasks, projects and processes as needed, for example Employee Engagement, Performance Management and Diversity & Inclusion

We are looking for

You enjoy learning new things and you take pride in delivering service and quality work. You have an interest within the HR field and want to support our leaders and employees in Svitzer Scandinavia.

The ideal candidate showcases the following behaviours and skills:

• You are thorough, have an eye for the details and take ownership of your tasks and projects
• You also like working with statistics, key figures etc.
• You are professional and understand the importance of confidentiality in the work that goes on in HR
• You are a multi-tasker, who understands how to prioritize and pay attention to the importance of executing operational processes accurately and timely
• You have a logical and structured approach to work
• You demonstrate excellent proficiency in both verbal and written English and Danish, preferably also Swedish
• You are in the early part of your studies for a degree in HR management, social sciences, business, economics or related field

Work hours are flexible and especially around examination periods. We expect you to work approx. 15 hours per week.

A student work permit is required if you are not an EU citizen.

We look forward to receiving your CV in English and a maximum one-page motivational letter describing 1-2 HR elements you are curious to learn more about and why, in the role as HR Student Assistant in Svitzer Scandinavia. We will be reviewing and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis, so we recommend you to apply as soon as possible.

If you have questions about the role, please contact Tanja Travica at HR for Svitzer Europe: [email protected]

Building a Diverse Workplace

In Svitzer we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that members from some under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs if they don’t meet every single qualification. At Svitzer we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles, and we are excited about hearing from you!

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