HR Assistant

Destinus

HR Assistant supporting employees from their first day to growth at aerospace company Destinus. Managing HR operations, offboarding, payroll, and employee engagement initiatives.

Posted 5/13/2026full-timeHengelo • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

**What You’ll Do**
- Act as the point of contact for all employees for HR related questions providing guidance on questions regarding contracts, policies, benefits, payroll, time off and daily people matters.
- Manage offboarding processes including documentation, exit coordination, handovers and system updates.
- Actively advise employees and managers on HR policies, internal procedures, benefits and employment conditions.
- Prepare and manage employment amendments, extensions, promotions and role changes in close collaboration with managers and HR leadership.
- Maintain accurate up to date and compliant employee records ensuring data integrity confidentiality and consistency across HR systems.
- You support and advise on all activities and process steps related to the absenteeism process, managing absence cases from the first day of sickness. You actively steer the process, take a proactive role in complex cases, and determine the (follow-up) steps.
- Support payroll preparation by collecting, validating and processing monthly employee data such as absences, changes, bonuses and contract updates.
- Support employee engagement actions internal initiatives and HR projects that strengthen company culture.
- Partner closely with the HR team and leadership to support HR projects and organizational changes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

**What You’ll Need**
- You have an HBO level of working and thinking, preferably in the field of HRM.
- Solid knowledge of HR operations including contracts, employee relations, payroll coordination, benefits and HR administration
- Confidence handling sensitive information with discretion and integrity.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience working with HRIS and digital HR tools with a strong focus on data accuracy and process consistency.
- Good communication skills and a service-oriented mindset.
- Fluency in English and Dutch.

Benefits

Comp & perks

**Why Join Us?**
**✨ The Thrill of the Future – Work on cutting-edge projects that redefine aerospace.** ✨ Global Innovation Hub – Collaborate with top engineers from all over the world.** ✨ Fast-Paced & High-Growth – Experience the rush of working in a rapidly expanding company.** ✨ Real Impact – Your work won’t be theoretical—it will shape the future of flight.**

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Hard Skills & Tools

HR operationsemployee relationspayroll coordinationbenefits administrationHRISdata accuracyprocess consistencyemployment amendmentsoffboarding processesabsence management

Soft Skills

organizational skillsattention to detailcommunication skillsservice-oriented mindsetdiscretionintegrityadvisory skillscollaborationproactive approachemployee engagement

Certifications

HBO level in HRM