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Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.

Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page. If you have questions about the company or open roles you can chat with an insider.

As a People Operations Associate, based in Paris, your primary responsibility is to support EcoVadis professionals in Southern Europe, mainly based in France. This support encompasses various aspects of daily HR operations, including employee administration, payroll reporting, benefits management and onboarding processes.

In this role, a unique combination of traditional HR skills, operational efficiency expertise, and a steadfast dedication to the company's mission will be essential. You will be expected to actively contribute to the cultivation of a workplace environment aligned with EcoVadis' ethical and sustainable business objectives.

A hands-on approach to HR management and administration is imperative, with a strong emphasis on operational excellence and sustainability. Your efforts will be instrumental in fostering a culture that empowers employees to make meaningful contributions while ensuring inclusivity and support for our international and diverse talent pool.

Your role will be pivotal in creating and maintaining an engaging and sustainable workplace environment, one that reflects our commitment to both our employees and our broader organizational goals.

Technical and Compliance Skills and Operational Excellence:

• Payroll Processing Expertise: Preparing reports for payroll, accurate data collection of the different inputs, including close collaboration with external payroll providers
• Regulatory Compliance: A thorough understanding of local, national, and international payroll regulations and tax laws to ensure compliance and avoid penalties. This includes staying updated on changes in legislation that may affect payroll procedures, including work permits and visas
• Data Management and Security: Skills in managing sensitive employee data securely, understanding the importance of data privacy, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR for European employees) maintaining personal files and updating data in our HRIS. 
• System Proficiency: Familiarity with payroll software, especially “Silae” and HR information systems (HRIS), such as Workday that facilitates payroll processing and reporting. Ability to leverage technology to streamline payroll operations and improve accuracy.
• Process Optimization: Proficiency in streamlining HR processes to enhance efficiency, improve employee experience, and maintain compliance with labour laws and regulations. 
• Adaptability: The capacity to adapt to changes in payroll legislation, company policies, or employee arrangements (e.g., remote work policies) that impact payroll processing.
• HR expertise: Skills in managing the employee lifecycle from onboarding to retention, and exit, ensuring alignment with the company’s sustainability ethos. Providing high-quality and sustainable administrative support to employees across France, Spain and Italy. Coordinate onboarding/offboarding of new EcoVadians, including the collection of essential onboarding documents for new hires. 

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Effective Communication: Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with employees, HR colleagues, and external partners (e.g., tax authorities, payroll vendors) regarding payroll issues and policies.
• Problem-solving: Strong analytical skills and the ability to troubleshoot and resolve payroll-related issues swiftly to prevent or minimize impact on employees.
• Employee Support and Service: A focus on providing önsidte support and excellent service to employees, addressing payroll and benefits queries with empathy and efficiency, and ensuring a positive employee experience.
• Attention to detail: Meticulous attention to detail to ensure payroll accuracy, which is crucial for maintaining employee trust and satisfaction.
• Adaptability and Resilience: The capacity to adapt to changing circumstances and challenges, embodying resilience in the face of evolving sustainability practices and workplace dynamics. Contributing to a positive and pleasant working environment.
• Fluent in English is a must. 

This list is not exhaustive and can evolve according to the priorities of the HR team.

• Targeted starting date : May 2024
• Permanent contract / full time 
• Location : Paris  - Hybrid 

Our growing team in France is full of talented professionals from various fields who all share a desire to make sustainability real. We support personal growth from day one. 

This includes extensive onboarding, teammates' support and a brand new e-learning platform bursting with courses and modules. So you can learn new skills and fine-tune old ones!

In return for your expertise and energy, we offer:

• Working organization benefits:
• Casual and very friendly work environment
• Hybrid work organization (from the office or from home)
• Flexible working hours
• Home office allowance program 
• IT equipment allowance 
• Working from abroad policy
• Opportunity to work in a truly international atmosphere
• Meal vouchers (Swile)  
• 50% transportation reimbursement (Navigo)
• Sustainable mobility allowance

Wellness and Healthcare benefits:

• Private Health Insurance (Mutuelle) 
• Gymlib susbscription
• Wellness allowance 

More:

• Employee referral bonus policy
• Online learning library 
• Virtual and in-person team building events

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application.

A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate?

Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes.

We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect.

EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).