Job Description

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About Yara

Yara grows knowledge to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. Supporting our vision of a world without hunger, we pursue a strategy of sustainable value growth, promoting climate-friendly and high-yielding crop nutrition solutions for the world’s farming community and food industry.

Founded in 1905 to solve the emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence of about 17,000 employees and operations in 60 countries.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary HR contact for managers and employees in Denmark, providing advice and support on all people-related matters.
• Serve as the Country HR Legal Lead, ensuring complicance with local employment law, company policies, and HR governance requirements.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employment changes, and offboarding.
• Implement and coordinate global HR policies, programs, and initiatives at the country level.
• Manage payroll administration and company pension processes in collaboration with external providers, ensuring accurate data, compliance, and timely execution.
• Maintain employee records, contracts, and HR data in the systems while ensuring high data quality and GDPR compliance.
• Collaborate with business leaders, global HR teams, and external partners to deliver effective HR services.
• Participate in the local Danish senior management team.
• Lead and contribute to local, regional, and global HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain and update local HR policies, employee handbooks, and HR communications.
• Support organizational change, transformation, and people-related projects across the business.
• Coordinate fleet management activities.
• Act as the practical facility manager and coordinator for the Fredericia office.

Profile

• Degree-level education with a minimum of 5 years of relevant HR experience, preferably in a broad HR Generalist or HR Advisor role.
• Experience managing the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, employment changes, employee relations, and offboarding.
• Strong knowledge of Danish employment law (Funtionær loven) and collective agreements (Fællesoverenkomsten), HR compliance and HR governance requirements.
• Experience, and strong hands on knowledge of Danish tax, and other related payroll components, coordinating payroll administration and company pension schemes in collaboration with external providers.
• Strong understanding of HR systems, data management, and GDPR requirements.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage country-specific HR responsibilities in a standalone HR environment.
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to effectively support employees, managers, and business leaders.
• Experience implementing HR policies, processes, and global HR initiatives at local level, as well as supporting change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Fluent in Danish and English, both written and spoken.

Additional Information

• Work Location: Fredericia office

Contact details

If you have any questions about the position, you can contact Isabel Montero, HR Advisor (isabel.montero@yara.com).

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Apply no later than

Last day to submit your application is 16th of September.

Knowledge grows through differences

Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.