Global HR Generalist

Who is Bird

Bird is on a mission to bring environmentally friendly transportation to everyone. Our products, services, and people share one common goal: to make cities more livable by reducing gas-powered car usage, lowering carbon emissions, and improving the safety of all road users.

We are relentless in our pursuit of better—for our riders, for our partners, for our employees, and for future generations. Our award winning electric vehicles help millions of riders take carbon-free trips in more than 300 cities globally. And our teams push boundaries and challenge the status quo in pursuit of a brighter future.

Job Summary

As a Global People Operations Associate, 60% support for Talent Operations (for both NA and EMEA) and 40 % Benefits support; you will support employees across a wide-range of HR administrative matters spanning the full employee life-cycle. You will work with managers, business leaders, employees, and the People team to support over 11 countries within Europe with an increased focus on our most active countries: Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, France and Israel

Responsibilities

• New Hire Onboarding & HRIS Management involves setting up new hires in BambooHR and payroll systems, triggering IT setup, ensuring system access, assigning time-off policies, and tracking onboarding progress.
• HR Projects: Support the EMEA People Team in driving different projects, including but not limited to the Company Policies, Benefits Policies, Onboarding & Offboarding revamp, LOA and Time Tracking, etc.
• Work with the Benefits Dept., Payroll and Legal teams in Europe to assess employee engagement and satisfaction on a proactive, ongoing basis and make suggestions for improvement; When necessary, take actions regarding HR employees requests compliance and conformity subjects, working in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Data & Reporting focuses on maintaining churned employee records, tracking terminations, ensuring data accuracy for reporting and compliance audits, and aligning with payroll and finance teams for final payments and records.
• Monitor and keep track of all documents sent to employees, payroll and the governmental authorities
• Support the Immigration/ Bird Entity transfer processes including taking actions regarding HR related compliance and conformity subjects;
• With the support of the EMEA and NA leader , act as a Partner in making sure the employment law is fully respected , including ensuring accuracy and completion of all official documents sent to the employees and Labor authorities, following legal requirements; HR Inbox & Administrative Support involves monitoring the HR inbox for new hires, resignations, and terminations, updating and maintaining employee records in HR systems, and providing administrative support for HR-related processes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience; Master’s degree in Human Resource Management or related field preferred;
• 3+ years of experience as an HR Generalist in Europe across a variety of HR disciplines: employee relations, training and development, local employment law, employee support, and employee life cycle? (Onboarding/Off-boarding and admin tasks)
• Proven ability to build trusted relationship with management as well as employees, also in an international environment
• Excellent communication skills in English + a second language – written and spoken, Spanish and /or French is a plus
• Experience in working with HRIS Systems, Bamboo, GreenHouse, and Lattice is a plus

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong problem-solving capability, proven quantitative and analytical skills with a keen eye for details
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, judgment, professionalism, maturity, and trustworthiness

Culture at Bird

We're an ambitious, smart and open-minded team that is passionate about our mission. Each day is unlike the last, as we’re constantly moving forward, challenging each other, and working together to create the future of micro-mobility.

Perks up

We want people to succeed at Bird, so we give our teams plenty of time off to relax and recharge. We also offer a generous employer-paid healthcare package, mental health resources, a work from home stipend, a wellness stipend, and a whole host of other out of the box benefits that meet you where you are.

Bird is the world

Bird stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives —encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Bird is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics, and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.

Sound like a place you’d like to work? Sweet. Let’s chat.

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