Director HR (m/f/d)

River Advice is the world's leading independent manager of river passenger vessels. Under the umbrella of UNITED RIVERS, representing a fleet of more than 100 vessels on inland waterways, over 3’500 employees are part of the Group’s dedicated team:

The wide range of River Advice’s inland waterway passenger vessel services includes ship operation management, crew management, nautical/technical management, catering & hospitality service management, safety, ship finance, charter brokerage, insurance management, as well as support for newbuildings & conversions and ship ICT services.

For our head office in Basel, we are looking for a

Director HR (m/f/d)

Due to rapid international growth you help to further scale and develop our HR department; You will assist managers in identifying and assessing development needs, support shore-based HR departments and prepare them for current and future needs in various fields such as:

• HR Management Group Software
• HR Administration Procedures & Standards
• HR Branding & Marketing
• HR Analytics
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Compensations & Benefits
• Organizational Structures
• Training & Development

In our active group of companies with global clients, you will find interesting development opportunities, a collegial working atmosphere in a flat organizational structure and a highly motivated team. Short decision-making processes and the opportunity to actively shape the future of your department requires a high degree of personal initiative.

As a HR professional you are fluent in English and German with excellent written and oral communication skills. You have experience in international labor law with a focus on Swiss and German legislation. In addition, you maintain good relations with external parties, statutory bodies and the trade union.

As you will also be in close communication with the HR departments of the UNITED RIVERS subsidiaries in Limassol, Cyprus, Cologne & Dresden, Germany and Arnhem, Netherlands and sometimes travel to the ships for meetings, you will travel up to 20% within Europe.

If you are interested in this attractive management position where you can make a difference with your expertise and background in business administration and human resources, we look forward to receiving your complete and informative application, including your salary expectations and earliest possible start date, written in German or English