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Human Resources Specialist

Title: HR Specialist

Department: Human Resources

Role Location: Braga

Contract: Permanent

Applications: Please complete your application and submit your CV in English.

Overview

PTW is currently looking for a passionate HR Specialist to join our crew. PTW has been a stalwart of external development in the games industry for nearly three decades and is ready to add to our team, as we open our new European studio in Portugal.

As the PTW family of brands grows, our HR teams needs to expand our skillset by adding a creative mind to our team. We are looking for an HR professional who can operate at a tactical level across all facets of HR. Someone who is experienced in recruiting operational roles, providing HR support and managing payroll.

The ideal candidate for this role is excited about our brands and our people and looking to bring their own magic and experience to the team to support the growth and development of the business.

As we are opening a new studio facility, we need this role to be based in Braga.

Requirements

• Primary partnership with local country management leaders to establish HR strategic and tactical framework & plans to align with global, regional, and local commercial priorities.
• Be involved on strategic, tactical, and operational HR fronts, while providing leadership to the local HR teams.
• Manage the recruitment of all new team members for the studio.
• Ensure best practices in HR are relevant to the business needs and acted as counsel to the management team on HR issues such as talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations & engagement, diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I), manpower reporting & analysis, and budgeting.
• Be responsible for all payroll and benefit administration for our Portuguese team.
• Develop and improve HR policies and procedures for implementation.
• Manage organizational change processes and initiatives in the areas of integration and restructuring.
• Lead and provide support as the HR focal point in HR and organizational system implementations.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Marketing & Communications, Learning & Development to uphold the standards and practices required of an integrated HR function.
• Provide support and front organizational audits and ensure that HR practices (processes and controls) are aligned with requirements.
• Keep abreast of local statutory regulations and industry initiatives to partner with the business.
• Be actively involved in regional projects, as well as undertake other HR responsibilities that are reasonably required from time to time

What we are looking for

• Professional qualifications/certifications in HR.
  
• Extensive full spectrum HR experience, including recruitment.
• Experience of managing a payroll process.
• Able to prioritize, organize and execute multiple tasks with competing deadlines.
• Fluency in English
• Good communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with client-oriented mindset.
• Be prepared to be operationally hands-on where necessary.
• Resourceful, meticulous, and a team player who can work well with all levels.
• Possess a high level of integrity & discretion.
• Self-driven personality and team player.

Benefits

What we offer

• Permanent & full-time with competitive salary & benefits
• Paid personal and sick leave
• Flexible work model
• Employee Assistance program for you and your family
• Company provided laptop and phone
• Fun, diverse, inclusive and collaborative work environment
• You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and the opportunity to work on some of the biggest game clients, titles, projects, and tech in the world.
• Attractive remuneration, holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. Our environments thrive with collaborative team-work with people from all around the world, different nationalities, and languages.
• A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing programme. We empower our people and offer regular progression opportunities to ensure our employees flourish.
• Remote/Homeworking with flexible working schedules, a fun environment, and a relaxing culture, including the opportunity to work with the leading technology and creative minds in the world.

Our Values

Pole To Win's core values are imbued across our global organisation: Reinforced by our actions and our attitudes. Echoed throughout our approach to our operations and our clients. Exemplified by our culture, and most of all, our people. We build people and their careers. We actively turn to team-mates for counsel, inspiration, and diverse perspectives. Relationships are built on mutual respect. Personal and professional integrity is our guiding principle. We are honest, authentic, transparent, and ethically sound. Our primary goal is to advance our clients' businesses and their customers' satisfaction. We set the bar for generating imaginative and effective solutions for the most challenging problems. We move with speed and agility. We love what we do. We have unwavering loyalty to our DNA, our culture, our values, and ourselves.

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