Hr Advisor

About us

Get on board with Damen Naval, along with more than 1,200 professionals based in The Netherlands, Romania, and Germany. We are the naval division of the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group which employs 12,000 professionals globally. Damen Naval designs and builds advanced naval vessels for customers all over the world. With a passion for technological innovation and sustainable solutions, we continue to push the boundaries in naval shipbuilding. You can be part of our team! Are you ready for duty?

The role

Damen Naval is currently seeking a dynamic HR Advisor to join our team and play a pivotal role in shaping our HR strategies and initiatives. As HR Advisor you will provide strategic, tactical, and operational HR support and advice to managers across the organization. Your primary focus will be on developing, implementing, and coordinating HR initiatives that align with our organizational goals and foster a positive working environment for our employees.

Key accountabilities

As HR Advisor, your responsibilities will include:

• Co-developing and implementing HR strategies, policies, and initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Driving organizational changes in line with Damen Naval's key objectives.
• Supporting managers in recruitment and development activities to meet current and future business needs.
• Monitoring and intervening in HR strategies, systems, tactics, and procedures as necessary.
• Overseeing performance management processes and ensuring optimal tool utilization.
• Identifying and retaining talent within the organization and contributing to succession planning.
• Developing and executing HR policies and procedures for international operations, including expatriation.
• Monitoring HR administration for temporary staff in compliance with legislation and regulations.
• Acting as a case manager for long-term absenteeism cases.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of HR processes and knowledge transfer within the department.

Skills & experience

As HR Advisor, your responsibilities will include:

• Co-developing and implementing HR strategies, policies, and initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Driving organizational changes in line with Damen Naval's key objectives.
• Supporting managers in recruitment and development activities to meet current and future business needs.
• Monitoring and intervening in HR strategies, systems, tactics, and procedures as necessary.
• Overseeing performance management processes and ensuring optimal tool utilization.
• Identifying and retaining talent within the organization and contributing to succession planning.
• Developing and executing HR policies and procedures for international operations, including expatriation.
• Monitoring HR administration for temporary staff in compliance with legislation and regulations.
• Acting as a case manager for long-term absenteeism cases.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of HR processes and knowledge transfer within the department.
• Good command of the Dutch and English language both written and verbal.
• Excellent references antecedents as a pre-employment security screening is standard part of the recruitment procedure.
• Permanent EU citizenship and passport are both required and candidates with NL/EU (work) visa or with both an EU and non-EU nationality and/or passport are not eligible in accordance with the requirements imposed by the military nature of our projects.

What we offer

At Damen Naval, we highly value our employees, and we will support your professional and personal development. We also provide our employees with:

• A competitive salary and 8% holiday pay.
• 27 holidays and 13 ADV days.
• Travel allowance of 23 cents per kilometre.
• PME-pension arrangement with an employer contribution of 60%.
• Profit sharing based on company results.
• Working from home policy and other benefits including a bicycle plan and company fitness.

Other

Are you interested in the position of HR Advisor, kindly submit your application along with your CV and motivation letter, along with an indication of:

• Your (preferred) monthly gross salary based on fulltime work.
• Availability (fulltime / part-time / number of hours).
• Notice period / possible starting date.

For more information about the vacancy or Damen Naval, please visit the Damen Naval website, the Damen Naval Career website or call the Corporate Recruitment department on +31 (0)118- 485 000.

Please note that due to the military nature of our projects, only candidates who have permanent EU nationality can be considered for vacancies at Damen Naval. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to process candidates who (also) have a non-EU passport or nationality. A pre-employment and security screening and investigation form part of the recruitment process.
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