People Operations You own the core people foundation and ensure quality, consistency, and compliance.
Manage contracts, compensation structures, benefits, and payroll
Ensure correct application of labour law, internal policies, and agreements
Coordinate performance cycles, including YERs, peer reviews, and feedback moments
Handle individual employee cases, including performance, well-being, conflict, and absence
Maintain and continuously improve HR tools and people data (Officient, ATS, surveys)
Recruitment Recruitment is a 20% part of the role, with a clear focus on ownership and quality, not volume sourcing.
Own and coordinate the recruitment process for all Just Russel roles
Work with hiring managers to:
Define roles, expectations, and profiles
Structure interview processes and assessments
Ensure fair and consistent decision-making
Safeguard a strong candidate experience
Support onboarding to ensure new hires ramp up quickly and correctly
Support role Together with the Operations Lead, you support and advise team leads and managers in taking ownership of their people responsibilities.
Advise on:
Performance management and feedback
Team dynamics and collaboration
Role clarity and expectations
Difficult or sensitive conversations
Help leaders grow their people skills while keeping accountability where it belongs
Strategic people & organization development You help build a scalable organization by translating operational needs into people initiatives.
Translate operations strategy into concrete people priorities
Contribute to organizational design, role definitions, and responsibility clarity
Help building, maintaining, and safeguard:
Career tracks
Salary grids
Growth and development frameworks
Identify structural people risks and growth opportunities
Culture & ways of working You actively help shape and protect a healthy, high-performing culture.
Safeguard company culture in daily behaviors and decisions
Translate values into clear expectations and concrete behavior
Support change and scaling initiatives with a people lens
Act as a sounding board and driver for culture-related topics
Reporting & positioning Department: Operations
Role type: Hands-on, advisory, and strategic
Reports to: Operations Lead
Who we are looking for Experience & background Experience in a scale-up or fast-growing environment
Experience with recruitment, hiring and people processes
Comfortable combining hands-on execution with strategic thinking
Motivation is more important than experience
Mindset & personality Strong sense of ownership, you take responsibility end-to-end
Pragmatic, structured, and solution-oriented
Comfortable in difficult conversations and decision-making
Able to balance empathy with clarity and firmness
Trusted partner who builds credibility through actions
What success looks like People processes are clear, fair, and consistently applied
Leaders feel supported and challenged in their people responsibilities
Recruitment processes deliver the right profiles, not just hires
Employees understand expectations, feedback, growth paths and enjoy working at Just Russel
People and Operations grow together, without unnecessary complexity
What this role is not Not a traditional HR Business Partner role focused only on advice
Not a purely administrative HR function
Not a role without ownership or mandate
What we offer A role with real ownership and visible impact on how our people processes and company culture are shaped
A competitive salary package, aligned with your experience and level of responsibility
Mobility package, tailored to your role and location
Health insurance via Alan
Learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth
Fun team-building, social and sports activities throughout the year
Access to Benefits at Work, with discounts on brands such as Nike, bol.com and IKEA
Employee discount for your pet, because they’re part of the family too
A MacBook to do your best work
Home office allowance
Fresh fruit and energising drinks at the office
Ervaringsniveau: Medior - 3 tot 5 jaar
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