At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide. As a leading manufacturer of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage solutions, we've been an industry front-runner since our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our organization as we navigate the complexities of a booming industry.
Throughout Canadian Solar's subsidiaries, e-Storage, Recurrent Energy, MSS and CSI Solar Co., we invest in our employees' growth. Our training programs and promotional opportunities ensure we all can continue to learn. We understand the importance of work-life balance and provide various flexible work options to support our employees' well-being. Join our team to "Make the Difference" by creating a lasting positive impact on the world and the communities where we operate.
HR Generalist – EMEA & LATAM
e-STORAGE (a Canadian Solar company)
Location: Remote with a day a month in the London Office
About the role
We’re looking for an HR Generalist to provide day-to-day HR support to our teams across EMEA and LATAM, including employees engaged through Employer of Record (EOR) providers. You’ll be the first point of contact for employees and managers on HR matters and will support the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to offboarding. You’ll work closely with regional HR, Legal, HRIS, external advisors and EOR partners to make sure every country gets a consistent, compliant and people-focused service.
What you’ll do
- HR operations: Keep employee records in Workday accurate, process lifecycle changes, prepare contracts and employment letters, and track probation and contract milestones.
- Employee relations: Advise managers on routine matters such as conduct, performance, attendance and flexible working. Support disciplinary, grievance and investigation processes, and escalate complex cases.
- Recruitment and onboarding: Coordinate hiring approvals, interviews, offers and pre-employment checks, and give new joiners a smooth, well-organised start.
- EOR coordination: Act as the HR contact for EOR providers on onboarding, amendments, probation and offboarding, and support moves from EOR to direct employment.
- Performance and engagement: Coordinate review cycles, support development planning, and help with engagement surveys, recognition and company events.
- Policy and compliance: Help localise and roll out HR policies, support audits, keep an eye on employment law changes, and produce regular HR reports.
- Immigration and mobility: Coordinate work authorisation and visa documentation and track renewal dates.
- Continuous improvement: Simplify processes, improve data quality, and support HR projects, new entity launches and expansion.
What you’ll bring
- Previous HR generalist or HR operations experience
- Experience supporting employees across several countries, ideally in EMEA and/or LATAM
- Solid knowledge of employee lifecycle administration, employee relations and performance management
- The judgement to spot country-specific issues and know when to get local advice
- Workday experience and strong Excel skills
- Excellent written and verbal English, and the discretion to handle confidential information
Nice to have
- Experience working with EOR providers
- Recruitment, immigration or international transfer experience
- Spanish or another language relevant to the region
- CIPD, SHRM-CP or an equivalent qualification
- Experience in a fast-growing multinational
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Skills Required
- Previous HR generalist or HR operations experience
- Experience supporting employees across several countries, ideally in EMEA or LATAM
- Knowledge of employee lifecycle administration, employee relations, and performance management
- Ability to identify country-specific issues and determine when local advice is needed
- Workday experience
- Strong Excel skills
- Excellent written and verbal English
- Discretion when handling confidential information
- Experience working with EOR providers
- Recruitment, immigration, or international transfer experience
- Spanish or another language relevant to the region
- CIPD, SHRM-CP, or equivalent qualification
- Experience in a fast-growing multinational
What We Do
Founded in 2001 in Ontario Canada, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is as a global energy provider with successful business subsidiaries in 20 countries & regions on 6 continents. Canadian Solar is both a leading manufacturer of solar PV modules and a provider of solar energy solutions, with over 14,000 employees globally. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, Brazil and South East Asian countries, Canadian Solar now has module manufacturing capacity and has delivered more than 55 GW of premium quality solar modules to customers in over 150 countries in the past 20 years. Canadian Solar has solar power projects globally and solar power plants that are in commercial operation, with a resale value of US$1.2 billion. In addition, Canadian Solar has a geographically diversified utility-scale solar power project pipeline around 10 GWp, with projects being developed in the U.S., Japan, Latin America,Australia, EMEA, South East Asia, India and China. Of the total project pipeline, 2.9 GWp of projects are at late-stage development and have secured energy offtake agreements. In 2018, Canadian Solar achieved a revenue of US$3.74 billion, Meanwhile, Canadian Solar was listed as the Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Tier 1 Module Manufacturer in terms of bankability for Q4 2018, and was named as Top 3 Global Utility-scale Solar PV Project Developer for 2017 by GTM Research. Canadian Solar Founder and CEO Dr. Shawn Qu blogs as a LinkedIn Influencer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnqu/. Canadian Solar is making the difference by delivering more clean, safe and affordable solar energy to the world.
