We are looking for a People Relations Manager for our Team in Berlin!
As a People Relations Manager, your mission will be to work in partnership with managers and their teams, with individual employees, and with externals to provide services that create a work environment of employee empowerment and involvement in the business.
You will:
- Act as a trusted advisor to employees and managers, providing professional guidance on HR issues
- Manage employee onboarding, offboarding, and lifecycle events, maintaining a smooth experience and compliance with legal standards
- Build strong collaborations with external stakeholders such as the relocation agency, tax advisor, German authorities
- Coordinate and prepare the monthly payroll by providing relevant data and ensuring accurate delivery of payroll, including resolving complaints, questions and discrepancies
- Ensure that P&O records, contractual changes and other people related documentation for employees are processed and recorded
- Take ownership of P&O systems and policies, driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, ensure compliance, and optimize the overall employee experience
- Contribute to the growth and development of the People Relations Team, offering guidance and consultation to peers for effective issue resolution and team alignment
You have:
- 3+ years of experience in People Operations/Relations or HR, preferably in a high-growth startup environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or related field. A master’s degree or HR certification (e.g., PHR, SPHR, CIPD) is a plus
- Strong understanding of German employment law, works councils (Betriebsrat), and local regulations
- Expertise and profound experience of German payroll processes, ideally experiences in preparing payroll data
- Ability to handle sensitive situations with tact and maintain confidentiality
- Strong orientation towards details and structuring workflows and your own work
- Knowledge of people operations processes like work permits, BAV, BEM, work accidents
- Proficiency in written and spoken English, German is a plus
- Proficiency in MS Office and Workday HCM tool
Some perks of becoming a Babbelonian:
- Enjoy 30 vacation days and the chance to take a 3-month Sabbatical. Plus family and life situation counseling.
- Decide how, when and from where you want to work with our flexible working hours and remote friendly options as Jobbatical (up to 3 months inside the EU) or work from our fully equipped office with nap, faith and family rooms.
- Learn and grow with the internal learning opportunities, and use a yearly learning & development budget for external training. Learn languages with Babbel for free with your full access to Babbel & Babbel Live classes.
- Take advantage of your mobility benefits options and a discounted Urban Sports Club membership.
- Be part of our employee communities (such as Femgineers, DE&I Ambassadors and LGBTQIA groups), attend cultural and regular social events.
Diversity at Babbel
As part of our ongoing journey towards building a diverse, equitable and inclusive company, we welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in tech. We are a learning company, inside and out, and we encourage you to apply even if you do not fit all the technical requirements - all candidates are assessed based on skills, qualifications and on our business needs. Please state your pronouns in your application, and let us know if you’d like to be addressed by a name other than the one appearing on your official documents. If you have a disability or special need, feel welcome to inform us, so that we can provide you with the proper assistance in the application process.
What We Do
Babbel is the top-selling language learning platform.
Driven by our purpose – to create mutual understanding through language – we build products that help people connect and communicate across cultures. Through self-study lessons with Babbel, instructor-led live classes with Babbel Live, Babbel for Business, our own podcast series, and our magazine, our users can focus on using a new language in real situations with real people. And it works: studies with Yale University, City University of New York, and Michigan State University prove that Babbel gets users to speak with confidence.
The key is a blend of humanity and technology. More than 60,000 lessons in 15 languages are hand-crafted by more than 200 linguists, and user behaviour is constantly analysed to shape and improve the learner experience.
The Babbel team is as diverse as our content. Based in Berlin, Germany, and New York, USA, 1,000+ Babbelonians from over 80 nationalities represent the diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and perspectives that make each person unique. Building genuine connections with our users is what sets Babbel apart, making it the world's leading language-learning platform with more than 16 million subscriptions sold.
Founded in 2007 as the pioneering online language learning platform, we've grown steadily over the years. In 2023, Babbel was honoured with a place on Fast Company's list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, ranking 4th in the Education category