HR Operations & Administration Specialist

Key highlights:

• International group | Geneva
• HR Operations & Administration focus (no business partnering)
• Small, collaborative HR team (~5 people)
• Strong process improvement & transformation component
• HRIS: Workday
• Full-time (100%) | Up to 2 days remote per week
• Excellent English required | French optional

For one of our clients, a leading international organization based in Geneva, we are looking for an HR Operations & Administration Specialist to join a lean and engaged HR team. This role comes with increasing operational and transformation responsibilities in a complex, international environment.

Your role:

• Manage the full administrative employee lifecycle (contracts, onboarding, offboarding)
• Handle absences, insurance matters, resignations, and terminations
• Ensure accurate HR data management in Workday
• Apply HR policies and ensure proper documentation
• Contribute to HR process simplification, automation, and transformation projects
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and shared service centers
• Support day-to-day HR operations with a hands-on and flexible mindset

Your profile:

• 4–5 years’ experience in HR Operations / HR Administration
• Strong understanding of HR processes and comfort with data and numbers
• Experience with an HRIS (Workday strongly preferred)
• Agile, reliable, and solution-oriented
• Comfortable in international, matrix environments
• Excellent English required; French is a plus

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