HR Business Partner
You will be our first HR professional. You set up HR from the ground up, with a mandate to shape the function yourself. You report to the COO.
Apply nowCleverbase is a Qualified Trust Service Provider supervised by the Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur (Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure). We help organisations make the switch to the European digital identity wallet (EUDI Wallet) and are growing fast, with almost fifty people.
Until now, HR has been shared between the management team and compliance. With our growth, the number of employees is rising, and so are the requirements of the supervisory authority and auditor. That is why we are looking for our first dedicated HR professional, with a mandate to shape the function.
- Team HR
- Hours 32–40 hours
- Location The Hague, hybrid
- Salary Market rate
What you will do
- 01Sounding board for management: translating growth plans into a workforce plan with roles, timing, authorisations and segregation of duties
- 02Recruitment and selection, from job posting to employment contract, with demonstrably objective selection
- 03Guiding new hires, such as back-end engineers, project managers, an Information Security Officer and Registration Officers
- 04Onboarding and trusted roles: screening, appointment, confidentiality and mandatory training completed on time and recorded in the personnel file
- 05Training and development: setting up a training calendar and competence register, including security awareness for everyone
- 06Setting up a salary structure that grows with the organisation
- 07Employment law administration: contracts, renewals, absence, leave and offboarding, on time and with the right documents
- 08Guiding complex cases, such as performance improvement plans and terminations, together with the employment law adviser
- 09Health and safety, and policy: maintaining the terms of employment and HR policy with the occupational health service and bringing them in line with legislation
- 10Audit and evidence: HR point of contact for internal and external audits
- 11Employee participation: preparing the step towards a works council and setting up an internal whistleblowing procedure
- 12Culture and retention: keeping an eye on workload, turnover and engagement, and using data to put them on the table
Work that matters
What you work on reaches the top tables in Europe. At the Benelux Summit in Maastricht, we gave a live demo of the European Business Wallet to the three Benelux prime ministers: Rob Jetten, Bart De Wever and Luc Frieden.
We showed how the wallet saves entrepreneurs a great deal of paperwork when they do business across borders. The demo ran on existing eIDAS technology from Cleverbase, together with building blocks from the WE BUILD consortium. Rob Jetten's message: “The sooner, the better.”
Everyone safe online. That is what we work towards every day.
How we work
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Secure by default
For us, the highest level of security is not an option but the starting point.
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Short lines of communication
Developers, marketers, lawyers and designers work together.
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A step every day
Agile in a regulated market: a step forward every day, always by the book.
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Everyone is welcome
Our team is diverse, and that is exactly what makes us strong. You are welcome as you are.
What you bring
What we ask of you
- Thinking at bachelor’s or master’s level (HBO/WO)
- At least five years of experience as an HR Business Partner, HR adviser or HR manager, partly in an organisation of a comparable size
- Strong knowledge of Dutch employment law: contract types and the rules on successive fixed-term contracts, notice of (non-)renewal, absence and reintegration, and termination by settlement agreement
- Experience recruiting in a tight technical labour market
- You record agreements meticulously
- Dutch at native level and good English, because our documentation is bilingual
- An experienced generalist who independently sets up an HR function: a builder, not a maintainer
- You dare to push back with well-founded arguments, including to the management team
- You are discreet and enjoy helping colleagues
Nice to have
- Experience in a certified or regulated environment, such as ISO 27001, eIDAS/ETSI, the financial sector or government
- Experience with screening, integrity policy or segregation of duties
- Experience setting up a works council
- Experience with risk inventory and evaluation (RI&E) and occupational health services
The best view in The Hague
From our office you look out over the city's skyline. And it is easy to reach by public transport, car or bike.
Knowledge and technology
This is what you will work with. You do not need to know it all yet: you will learn a lot here.
- Dutch employment law: contract types, the rules on successive fixed-term contracts and notice of (non-)renewal
- Absence and reintegration
- Termination by settlement agreement
- Screening, confidentiality and trusted roles
What we offer
- Salary In line with the market and your experience.
- Hybrid working Partly from home, partly at our office in The Hague.
- Flexible hours 32 to 40 hours per week.
- Mandate You help decide what the role looks like.
- Prospects With a view to a permanent contract.
- 26 days of annual leave Based on full time, plus holiday allowance.
- Pension A non-contributory scheme: €0 personal contribution.
- Lunch together Catered every day, with the whole team.
- Growth A training budget for your development.
- Padel and sport Winning is allowed, taking part is what counts.
- Knowledge sessions From legislation to new technology.
- Drinks and outings We celebrate successes together.
The team behind Cleverbase
Ambitious in what we do. Sociable in how we do it.
How applying works
Clear and personal. You always know where you stand.
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Send your CV
With a short motivation. Above all, tell us who you are and why this appeals to you.
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Getting to know each other
A first conversation to see whether there is a click, both ways.
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Second interview
A second interview, and for some roles a real-world case.
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Screening and VOG
As a trust service provider, we check identity, diplomas and references, and ask for a certificate of conduct (VOG).
Does this sound like your next step?
Send your CV and a short cover letter. You do not tick every box, but think you could add value? Get in touch anyway.