People and Culture Specialist

• You’ll be the main contact for our employees and managers on everything across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding
• Your work will keep our people operations running smoothly and support a culture where employees can do their best work
• This is a chance to own day-to-day People operations at a mission-driven scale-up, contribute to ongoing projects and help shape how we grow as an organization
• Manage the employee lifecycle: Help make onboarding, contract changes, leave administration, and offboarding smooth and well organized for every employee
• Oversee people operations: Prepare employment contracts, amendments, and reference letters; keep employee data up to date in our HRIS; and work with our external payroll provider to prepare monthly payroll inputs
• Advise employees and managers: Be a friendly first point of contact for questions about policies, working time, leave, benefits, and employee relations, offering practical guidance grounded in German labor law
• Support people programs: Help bring performance and feedback cycles, engagement initiatives, and team events to life, strengthening our culture along the way
• Improve processes: Spot ways to simplify and scale our policies, tools, and workflows, and help put improvements into practice. Use Claude and other AI tools where appropriate
• Contribute to team success: Share what you know, support your colleagues, and help create a positive, inclusive, and high-performing work environment

The right candidate brings sound judgment, discretion, a collaborative mindset and the ability to turn complex people topics into clear, practical solutionsLanguages: You are fluent in English and German (C1 or higher)Nice to have experience in recruitment and people partneringCommunication and collaboration: You build trust quickly with people across teams, backgrounds and levels of seniorityOwnership and judgment: You handle confidential matters with discretion, get up to speed quickly and work independently when things are ambiguous or changingHR expertise: You have solid working knowledge of German labor law, employment contracts and payroll preparation. Experience with HRIS tools such as Personio is a plusOrganized and results-oriented: You juggle competing priorities, meet deadlines and keep your standards highRelevant experience: You have 3+ years of experience as an HR Generalist or in a similar role, ideally at a startup or scale-up