Vacancy Human Resources Advisor (0,8 - 1,0 FTE)
Are you passionate about people and purpose? Join us in supporting our researchers who are making the world a better place through top-tier language and communication science. We’re looking for a motivated HR Advisor to help us engage our colleagues across the organization.
Your role: provide HR support
As an HR Advisor at MPI, you will play a key role in reinforcing our standing as an employer of choice. This role is designed to support and advise our research and non-research departments on HR-related topics, ensuring that our practices are not only compliant with established policies but also contribute to the realization of a well-staffed, capable and motivated workforce. The HR Advisor operates within a dynamic international environment, and is essential in executing operational HR activities. With a direct reporting line to the Head of HR, the HR Advisor plays a key role in shaping the workforce to meet MPI's goals.
What you’ll do
- Offer expert advice and proactive support on a broad range of HR practices
within our institute.
- Ensure professional recruitment processes, including selection and new employee
on-boarding.
- Serve as trusted partner for management and staff, support leaders in managing performance.
- Help us to apply our compensation & benefits policies, making sure they’re fair, transparent and consistent, and in line with applicable German collective labour agreement (TVöD).
- Drive MPI’s key challenges and HR strategic themes in the fields of Organisational Development, Talent Management, Automation of the HR function, Social Safety and Employee Engagement.
- Identify training and development needs, organise training programs.
- Ensure legal compliance (labour law) in all aspects of our work.
- Active participation in some of our committee activities, such as Diversity,
Equity & Inclusion and Sustainability; work closely together with our Gender Equality officers, etc.
What we’re looking for
Our ideal candidate is a knowledgeable HR professional with relevant experience and willingness to further grow. You are proactive, adaptable, and have good communication skills. With a positive mindset you build relationships and provide HR advice. With your expertise in recruitment, talent management, and employee engagement you enable and drive initiatives that support the institute’s goals and create a positive work environment. You are a reliable advisor who reflects our core values, which are
- We treat each other with RESPECT.
- We act honestly, ethically and with INTEGRITY.
- We communicate TRANSPARENTLY and respectfully, both internally and externally.
The ideal candidate
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Human Resource Management.
- Minimum 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
- Advanced experience with all HR subjects, ideally in a research or academic setting.
- A demonstrable supportive and positive mind-set, or “can-do” mentality.
- Experience with HR Information Systems, SAP HR / SuccessFactors and digitization
of workflows.
- Strong language skills, excellent working knowledge of Dutch, English and German.
Your regular workplace is Nijmegen, where your office will be in our Operations department. Although hybrid working is possible, we believe this role is best performed with frequent on-site presence.
Why join us?
In this position as HR Advisor, you will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to our mission to attract, support, and retain top talent in an inclusive and safe environment, enabling ground-breaking research and scientific excellence. We offer a position in a truly international organization, with respect for each individual’s background and culture, and with room for individual development. A job in a dynamic environment, where every day is different, with freedom to take initiatives and express ideas, and with motivated and open colleagues that will be pleased to welcome you to our Institute.
The salary is in accordance with the German collective labour agreement TVöD (Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst) and is classified in salary group E10. Depending on the experience of the applicant, the salary is between EUR 4.012,19 and EUR 4.664,10 gross per month (for full-time employment), plus a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross salary. This equates to EUR 51.997,98 - EUR 60.446,74 per year, including holiday allowance. Our offer contains a one-year contract with intention for permanent employment, pension scheme, 30 holidays and multiple training opportunities.
Ready to apply?
Send us your CV and a short motivation letter in English before August 1st 2025. We aim to have first and second round interviews (in English and/or Dutch) completed by the end of August. We’d love to hear why you’re interested and how you’d contribute to our HR function!
Please submit your application directly via our recruitment portal: https://www.mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/vacancy-human-resources-advisor-08-10-fte
For more information about our Human Resources Department and the role of HR Advisor, please contact the Head of the Department [email protected].
About our institute
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is a world-leading research institute devoted to interdisciplinary studies of the science of language and communication, including departments on genetics, psychology, development, neurobiology and multimodality of these fundamental human abilities.
We investigate how children and adults acquire their language(s), how speaking and listening happen in real time, how the brain processes language, how the human genome contributes to building a language-ready brain, how multiple modalities (as in speech, gesture and sign) shape language and its use in diverse languages and how language is related to cognition and culture, and shaped by evolution.
We are part of the Max Planck Society, an independent non-governmental association of German-funded research institutes dedicated to fundamental research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunities employer. We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion, promote equity and challenge discrimination. We aim to provide a working environment with room for differences, where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Therefore, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Our institute is situated on the campus of the Radboud University and has close collaborative links with the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour and the Centre for Language Studies at Radboud University. We also work closely with other child development researchers as part of the Baby & Child Research Center.
Staff and students at the MPI have access to state-of-the art research and training facilities.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: €4.000,00 - €5.000,00 per month
Expected hours: 39 per week
Work Location: In person
Application Deadline: 01/08/2025
Expected Start Date: 01/11/2025
