Senior Specialist, Employee Relations

**Company Description**
As the world’s pioneering local delivery platform, our mission is to deliver an amazing experience, fast, easy, and to your door. We operate in over 70+ countries worldwide, powered by tech, designed by people. As one of Europe’s largest tech platforms, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Delivery Hero has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2017 and is part of the MDAX stock market index. We enable creative minds to deliver solutions that create impact within our ecosystem. We move fast, take action and adapt. No matter where you're from or what you believe in, we build, we deliver, we lead. We are Delivery Hero.

We are on the lookout for a **Senior Specialist, Employee Relations** to join the **People & Culture Team** on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

Join the team that champions the employee experience at Delivery Hero. As part of the People & Culture Team, you’ll help attract, develop, and retain top talent, creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported, and empowered to grow. With each initiative you support, you’ll be building a positive culture that fuels innovation, teamwork, and a sense of belonging across our global organization.

You will work in close partnership with our People and Business teams in Berlin to support Employment Law matters and establish a collaborative relationship with our works council. You will have the unique opportunity to build a strong working relationship with our works council while it is still in its early stages with the support of your Employee Relations and Employment Law colleagues.
- Deliver a consistent and professional service in areas including disciplinary, grievance, probation, performance, long-term sick leave, etc. ensuring all such matters are dealt with in line with policy, best practice, and legislative requirements to mitigate risk.
- Provide sound, expert ER advice and guidance to People Partners (HRBPs) and business leaders on reorganization and restructuring activity in line with local employment practices and employment law.
- Curate and deliver relevant training and education to improve HRBP and leader effectiveness and drive better ER decisions.
- Build partnerships with business leaders and our People Partner team (HRBPs) to sustain positive employee relations practices.
- You foster strong working relationships with our Employment Law team, compliance, and investigations teams to balance risk and calibrate recommendations for decision-making.
- You will prepare information and consultation of works councils to advise on business decisions as well as participate in negotiations with works council in committee proceedings

**Qualifications**
- You gained at least 5+ years of professional experience within HR or Employment Law
- You are fluent in English and German
- You have a track record of working from election to implementation of works councils and managing works councils in highly demanding environments
- You are a progressive, hands-on, and customer-obsessed person with the credibility and gravitas to succeed in a fast-moving and customer-focused high-tech environment.
- You bring excellent stakeholder management skills with an ability to connect at all levels of an organization and foster positive collaborative environments and relationships.
- You are a strong communicator with the ability to express and “translate” legal-related (and complex) topics into a clear, concise and business-relevant language

**Additional Information**
Ensuring you and all our Heroes are looked after, happy, and healthy is always on the menu. Because if you’re in good shape, then we’re in good shape.
- Make the most of our hybrid working model and join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in our beautiful Berlin campus 2 days a week
- We offer 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service
- We will support you in developing yourself and your career growth opportunities: 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform to explore a variety of online courses.
- Get moving and release those wonderful, mind-boosting endorphins: Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy
- Cash. Dough. Cheddar. Whatever you call it, we’ll help you with it: Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan
- The power of getting together over some food is unrivaled. Here are a few ways to help you do that. All the yum: Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts. Courses.