Human Resources Officer

By 2030, 150 million people are able to prevent or resolve their most pressing justice problems. Do you want to join us on our mission?

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL) is a social enterprise that works internationally to enhance access to justice through innovation. We are recruiting a driven and internationally orientated HR Officer based in The Hague.

What fills you with pride?

Is it the accurate and timely payment of our salaries each month? The welcoming of our new hires and managing our HiiL onboarding program? Securing the wellbeing of our staff? Recruiting new HiiLers? In combination with optimising workflows in the AFAS environment and assisting the HR Manager on reports and organising events? It’s all in a day’s work.

Are you well organised, caring and a great team player? If all of the above applies, please keep reading.

As our HR Officer, we are offering you a varied and challenging work package. You would join 2 other colleagues passionate about Human Resources and Recruitment and report to the HR Manager. You will become part of a dynamic and international team of 70+ professionals.

What are you going to do?

• You process HR and salary-related changes of the employee life cycle in the HRIS AFAS Insite and the monthly payroll.
• You support with drafting contracts, arrange 30% ruling/visa/work permits, take care of the administration of the Performance Review & Appraisal cycle.
• You answer questions from our employees regarding our HR policies.
• You contribute to the continuous optimisation of HR workflows and processes.
• You maintain contact with external parties such as the external payroll office, UWV and pension provider for compliance and administration purposes and support the HR Advisor in registering the sick leave reports.
• Next to your role you can participate in HR projects most appealing to you, like co-developing so-called Learning Paths and/or contributing to the development of HR policies.

Our new colleague

• Has a HBO / bachelor degree in relevant fields (e.g. Human Resources / Business administration/economics, Social Sciences).
• Has at least 3 solid years of work experience with independent execution of HR administration.
• Is IT tech-savvy and has experience in working with HRIS systems, preferably AFAS (InSite & Profit) and Excel.
• Has good knowledge of Dutch relevant labor laws and regulations.
• Has full professional proficiency in English and Dutch; verbally and written.
• Is very dependable, punctual and has a can-do attitude.
• Is a great people-person and brings good energy to the office.
• Is comfortable working in a dynamic environment and can adapt easily to ongoing organisational and operational changes.
• Is able to work under time pressure and has great planning skills.
• Holding EU-citizenship or NL work permit.

We offer:

• An organisation with a culture in which motivation prevails; the work that we do is meaningful and contributes to changing people’s lives.
• A diverse environment that will strengthen and widen your professional skills.
• Hybrid working, including flexible working hours and a combination of working from home and at the office.
• An opportunity in the future to grow to a HR advisory capacity.

What else:

• Starting date: in mutual agreement
• We offer a position for an initial period of 12 months with the aim of building a long-term work relationship.
• A monthly salary for a full-time working week [40h] between € 3.200,- / € 3.950,- based on years of relevant experience.
• More than 8 weeks of holidays when working full time.
• NS Business card for commuting
• Company laptop

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks and assessment. By submitting your application you accept that HiiL will conduct such pre-employment screening for successful candidates.