Employee Relations Expert

E.ON

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Essen • 🇩🇪 Germany

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Preparation of decision papers and procedural guidelines for projects and personnel measures
  • Active participation in HR projects and taking professional responsibility for your area
  • Monitoring legal, collective bargaining and company-level changes, deriving required actions and implementing them
  • Supporting contract and settlement negotiations with various employer stakeholders
  • Ensuring statutory co-determination and involvement of employee representative bodies (works councils)
  • Preparation of works agreements and responsibility for HR governance–related topics

Requirements

  • University degree in economics or law, preferably with a focus on labor/employment law
  • Relevant professional experience in a comparable HR role, or a strong willingness and ability to quickly and thoroughly familiarize yourself with the subject area
  • Proficient in German labor law as well as works constitution and collective bargaining law
  • Experience in project work as well as in preparing, conducting, and following up on co-determination matters
  • Strong analytical and conceptual skills, and an independent, structured working style
  • Strong argumentation skills, ability to persuasively present positions, and a pronounced legal and diplomatic sensibility
  • Excellent communication skills in German and English, and team orientation combined with high interpersonal competence
Benefits
  • Hybrid work: in-office collaboration and focused work-from-home days
  • Up to 20 days per year working in workation mode (remote work while traveling)
  • 30 days of vacation per year plus Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve off
  • Option to exchange part of your salary for additional vacation days or to take a sabbatical
  • Corporate fitness program
  • Mobility solutions ranging from car and bicycle leasing to a subsidized Deutschland-Ticket (Germany-wide public transport pass)
  • Company pension scheme and a comprehensive insurance package

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
German labor lawworks constitution lawcollective bargaining lawproject managementcontract negotiationsettlement negotiationHR governancedecision paper preparationprocedural guideline preparationco-determination matters
Soft skills
analytical skillsconceptual skillsindependent working stylestructured working styleargumentation skillspersuasive presentationlegal sensibilitydiplomatic sensibilitycommunication skillsteam orientation
Certifications
university degree in economicsuniversity degree in law