Graduate HR Generalist - Americas

The role

You will provide HR support to the AMER region by answering employee questions and managing HRIS data. You will also own global projects and partner with managers to drive people strategy.

What you will do

• Provide HR support by answering team members questions and responding to requests
• Maintain HRIS with accuracy and timeliness
• Own global projects such as engagement, training or culture initiatives
• Partner with managers and employees to support HR processes and people strategy
• Work as a global partner to colleagues, leads, managers and executives
• Process new hires including documentation, files, systems set-up and introductory reviews
• Support employees for enrollment and processing of benefits and the payroll process
• Liaise with payroll to guarantee smooth salary payments
• Create purchase orders for internal departments
• Conduct regular audits of employment files and systems for accuracy and GDPR compliance

Required qualifications

• Track record of exceptional achievement from high school and graduate studies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to prioritize complex workloads, manage time effectively and work well under pressure
• Self-motivated and results-orientated with a clear focus on accuracy
• High level of honesty, integrity, and ability to handle confidential data
• Flexible attitude and easily adaptable to change
• Willing to take the initiative and provide suggestions and ideas
• Ambitious to grow your career within HR
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Nice to have

• Internship experience working in an HR/People team
• Experience preferably in the Technology industry
• Fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. The company publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration.