HR Operations Specialist Iberia (temporary) at Tripadvisor

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! 💚</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table. </span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people-first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive. </span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">👉<a href="https://www.careers.thefork.com"> Discover life at TheFork</a></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What you will do: </strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Act as a strategic partner to the Iberia HRBPs, ensuring the operational alignment of People strategies across the region.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Lead and optimize the entire employee lifecycle, delivering an exceptional employee experience across onboarding, leave management (temporary disability/IT), and offboarding processes.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ensure full legal and operational compliance of all contractual documentation, internal policies, and employee handbooks in accordance with the regulatory frameworks of Spain and Portugal.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proactively maintain, audit, and safeguard digital employee files to ensure permanent internal audit readiness for legal or corporate requirements.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Oversee the governance of HR data, ensuring strict regulatory compliance with data protection laws (GDPR) across all departmental information workflows.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Coordinate and supervise payroll inputs with the external vendor, guaranteeing data quality, timely payments, and social/tax compliance for Iberia.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Manage the end-to-end administration of corporate benefits and flexible remuneration schemes, leading vendor relations and resolving complex employee inquiries.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Execute annual Compensation and Benefits (C&amp;B) processes, including salary review cycles, as well as the calibration and accrual of variable bonuses.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Act as the primary focal point (Tier 1/2 Support) for employee inquiries regarding labor relations and internal policies across Iberia, maintaining excellent response SLAs.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Maintain core HRIS functionality (Workday), ensuring the integrity of master data and leveraging HR Analytics to build dashboards for data-driven decision-making.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Drive continuous improvement across People Ops workflows by automating manual tasks and designing impactful Employee Experience strategies.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Collaborate on cross-functional regional (EMEA) and global HR initiatives, leading the local implementation of system upgrades and global policy harmonization.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Serve as the internal labor law advisor for Iberia, anticipating legislative or collective bargaining agreement modifications, and assessing their impact on the company's operational policies.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Who you are:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">3-5 solid years of experience in HR Operations</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Rigorous, autonomous, curious, project management &amp; detail oriented</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Open minded, responsible &amp; eager to learn</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Actively seeks ways to optimize internal processes and elevate team practices.</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong expertise in Spanish and Portuguese labor regulations, local legal frameworks, and corporate HR policy compliance</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Tech savvy: use of HRIS Workday, Gdrive, Notion</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Fluent in Spanish, advanced level of English</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>You Can Impress With These Additions</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Good level of Portuguese</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">International experience</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>What we offer you:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Spain&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">😄 An awesome team&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">🏠 A temporary contract&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">⚖️ Flexible working environment&nbsp; (2 days home office per week)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">💸 Competitive fixed salary</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">🌎 International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 11 offices across Europe</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">🤝Highly inclusive working environment&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">🍴 Amazing offices with dining, a coffee point on each floor, and leisure area&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">🎤 Team building events&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>All hiring happens through our careers site and official email. We do not text or ask for payment during the hiring process. Please report any suspicious messages immediately.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure&nbsp; that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic &amp; cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under&nbsp; applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application,&nbsp; interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.</em></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>