About GALVANY\n\nAt GALVANY, our goal is to make climate-neutral living a reality for everyone. We focus on execution---developing concrete, smart solutions and making heat pumps, battery storage, and smart metering easy to access, reliable, and affordable. \n\nWe are a profitable greentech startup and believe that sustainable impact and long-term growth are only possible when grounded in a healthy business model. Driven by customer value, clarity, and responsibility, we stand for high-quality heating solutions and an environment where people take responsibility and drive lasting impact. \n\nWe're hiring our first (Junior) People Business Partner (m/w/d) at GALVANY --- a foundational role that will shape how the people function operates for years to come!\n\n### Your Responsibilities\n\n* Talent Acquisition: Independent end-to-end recruitment for all roles in assigned teams; development of suitable search strategies to fill vacancies; coaching hiring managers to ensure an excellent candidate experience\n* Person of Contact: Provide guidance and support to all employees of your teams, Lead conflict resolution & feedback sessions; conduct investigations into employee concerns and complaints\n* Leadership Support: Being a trusted partner of all leads within your business areas; provide them with proactive feedback that improves our KPIs and people metrics (such as: team productivity, engagement, absence, retention, internal development & completion of performance management cycles); develop & deliver trainings for team leads on people related topics (e.g. hiring manager training,...)\n* People Operations: Coach and support end-users of HR systems & processes providing administrative support to resolve issues quickly & effective; contribute to the development, maintenance and interpretation of our HR policies and practices\n* Administration: Maintaining employees' records (hand file, HRIS system, reference letters, etc.); manage contractual modifications and carry out the inherent amendments; check absence procedures, rules and balances of your teams\n* Payroll: Responsibility for all payroll processes in our HRIS Personio.\n* People Analytics: Leading in problem-solving insights by connecting various feedback and people data to identify gaps and create recommendations on solutions to improve trends in turnover, retention, and key indicators of employee engagement\n* Change Management: Act as positive promoter of change into the organisation & support team leads & employees during transformation processes\n\n### About you:\n\n* Bachelor's degree in business/ psychology or relevant practical experience\n* At least one year of HR experience in a startup/scale-up environment (including internships)\n* Understanding of German labour law, payroll processes and employee lifecycle management\n* Excellent communication skills in German and English \n\n### Skills and Attributes:\n\n* Charismatic Communicator: You observe and empathise with others, and tailor your interactions in a way that draws people to you. You are able to communicate complex topics to a range of audiences in a clear, concise and expert manner.\n* Expert Operator: You are able to manage multiple requests at the same time and prioritize accordingly. You have a structured way of working, employing efficiency and effectiveness in your day-to-day tasks.\n* Resourceful: You can think on your feet, you're always prepared, and you come up with quick and innovative solutions to fill a critical role. You love delving deep and asking intelligent and insightful questions when it comes to learning about people, be it stakeholders or candidates.\n* Resilience: You thrive in high-volume, fast-paced environments without losing quality. When hires fall through or the workload spikes, you stay focused, bounce back fast, and keep standards high.\n* Data-driven problem solver: You actively seek out qualitative and quantitative data and you use this to develop hypotheses, form insights, and ultimately, make decisions and measure impact.\n* Growth-oriented: You may be junior but you are passionate about developing yourself, and this drives you to work hard, seek learning opportunities, receive feedback, and self-reflect.\n\n### Benefits:\n\n* Become part of a fast-growing and profitable climate tech startup.\n* Attractive and competitive compensation.\n* Our vibrant office is the heart of our culture, where in-person time drives collaboration and connection.\n* Hybrid working model: after onboarding, partial remote work is possible.\n* Flexible benefits tailored to your needs, such as sports memberships, public transport tickets, learning budgets, or similar.
