Senior People & Culture Manager (maternity cover)

Start date: March 1st, 2023

Location: Remote-first (possibility to work from our Berlin office)

Type of position: 80% preferred but flexible.

Maternity cover until March 2024 (with possibility of extension).

About Kiron

Kiron Open Higher Education gGmbH is a non-profit organisation founded in 2015 with the mission to enable access to high-quality education for refugees and underserved communities through digital solutions. Our team of Kironistas is international, agile and thinks out of the box. We are education experts, techies, designers, project managers, communicators, grant writers, researchers, coffee drinkers, innovators and dreamers, all united in our passion for democratising digital education.

The People & Culture Team at Kiron has had an exciting 2022, introducing new frameworks for development and salaries, streamlining and professionalising our systems and processes, and continuing to foster a culture of care, well-being and inclusion in our organisation. The new Senior People & Culture Manager will build upon this work, guide the team and ensure that Kiron continues to offer an outstanding candidate and employee experience.

About the position

As Senior People & Culture Manager, you will be responsible for shaping and delivering on the strategy for People & Culture at Kiron and provide leadership and oversight in all areas, including recruitment, operations, policies, staffing & planning, employee experience, culture, development and inclusion.

Tasks

You will own / guide:

• The delivery on the roadmap for 2023, readjusting priorities and setting goals with the team as needed
• The optimisation of our recruitment and operations processes and systems
• The streamlining, updating and / or definition of HR policies (e.g. on remote work, distributed workforce, employee benefits)
• Organisational and project staffing processes, HR planning and HR controlling, payroll and legal
• The alignment with internal and external stakeholders, such as Works Council, Management, Finance & Operations, hiring teams, our tax advisor and accountant
• The roadmap planning and goal-setting for 2024

. And grow / learn in:

(depending on your previous experience)

• Team leadership
• All-round HR experience
• Organisational development
• People development, culture and inclusion

Internal stakeholders

• People & Culture Team
• Finance & Operations Team
• Management Board
• Works Council

External stakeholders

• Tax advisor and accountant
• Lawyer
• Insurance / benefit providers
• Recruiting agencies

Requirements

About you

To succeed and grow in this position, you will likely be:

• Passionate about our mission to democratize access to education for refugees and disadvantaged communities worldwide.
• An excellent communicator and committed to creating an exceptional experience for all the stakeholders you interact with.
• Extremely organized, process- and delivery-oriented, with a keen eye for detail and a focus on continuous optimisation.
• Able to provide leadership with understanding and compassion and to keep multiple projects and topics going forward.
• Fluent in English and German in both writing and speaking.

and will likely have:

• Experience in People & Culture departments or teams, particularly in recruitment, operations, legal & payroll and HR policies.
• Experience in managing projects.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and communicating with different audience.

Ideally, you might also have:

• Experience leading a team (or project teams).
• Worked in an NGO, social business or start-up environment.
• An academic background in HR or Business Administration.
• Fluency in Arabic.

This profile draws on our experience of people who have been successful in this role in the past. We warmly encourage you to apply if you feel your experience and skills equip you for this job but are not listed here!

What you can expect at Kiron

Your journey:

After your first month, you will have completed your onboarding, learned the ins and outs of Kiron and the People & Culture Team, and identified priorities for the next quarter and the rest of the year.

After three months, you will have established good relationships with all relevant stakeholders, have ownership of your areas of responsibility (e.g. payroll, legal, staffing), and guide the team on the day-to-day functioning of People & Culture.

After six months, you will additionally have made progress on agreed upon HR projects (e.g. streamlining of all HR policies, distributed workforce concept).

After 1 year, you will have delivered on all relevant HR projects, maintained a happy, motivated People & Culture team, and contributed to improving our processes, our team and Kiron s culture.

Benefits

Your compensation:

A transparent wage model provides the framework for salary decisions at Kiron. Ranges are based on the job category (e.g. software engineers, fundraisers), and the level of experience and responsibility expected of the role (junior / entry-level, professional / experienced, senior / expert, team / content lead). The final salary offer is made considering the candidate s experience and expected contribution.

The range foreseen for this role is between 3750 - 4750 Euros / monthly.

You can also expect: 30 days of vacation, flexible working hours, remote working arrangements, 5 days of educational leave per year, team-building activities and opportunities for professional development.

Your workplace:

• We are a mission-driven organization committed to making a difference for underserved communities and passionate about the potential of education to change the world.
• We offer a flexible, agile and entrepreneurial work environment, where purpose, enthusiasm, and your ideas are valued.
• We are a vibrant, diverse and international team based in Germany and Jordan

Are you ready to join our mission?

Then please submit your application, and your resume should state the following questions:

• Why are you interested in working at Kiron?
• What professional or personal experience do you believe makes you suitable for this role?
• Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

Please note if these above questions are not stated, we won't proceed in reviewing your application.

You can expect at least two rounds of interviews and, in some cases, to complete a task. We will inform you about the process in our first interview. We will inform all applicants of the outcome of their application.

Please contact us if you have questions about the position or would like to discuss individual requirements relating to the application process and/or the role's demands.

Kiron is committed to empowerment and inclusion and continuously works to create a diverse, safe and inclusive environment. We welcome applications from all people - regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion, worldview or sexual orientation. In line with our values, we especially encourage people with refugee or migration backgrounds, as well as people with disabilities, to apply. If you have any questions or constructive feedback on the topic of inclusion at Kiron, please get in touch with us.