HR Generalist (Maternity Leave Replacement)

Cenosco is a fast-growing software company helping industrial organizations worldwide improve safety, sustainability, and operational reliability. Our Integrity Management software supports companies in managing critical assets and preventing failures, helping industries operate more safely and efficiently. Headquartered in The Hague, with colleagues working across multiple countries, Cenosco combines the agility of a scale-up with a strong global footprint. As we continue to grow internationally, building a solid and scalable people foundation becomes increasingly important.

Our People function plays a key role in supporting this growth, ensuring that our HR operations run smoothly while enabling managers and teams to perform at their best.

As an HR Generalist at Cenosco, you will play a key role in ensuring a smooth and effective employee experience across the full employment lifecycle. This role combines strong HR operations ownership with pragmatic and proactive HR advisory, supporting managers and employees in their day-to-day people topics while maintaining a solid operational foundation.

You will be responsible for HR operations in the Netherlands and for a growing group of global remote employees across approximately 15 countries. This includes managing HR operations, supporting payroll processes, maintaining the HRIS, and ensuring compliance with local regulations.

At the same time, you act as a trusted HR partner to managers, supporting them with employee relations topics, performance management, and team development.

This is a hands-on role with a strong operational component (approximately 60% HR operations, 30% advisory, 10% office & facilities coordination). Establishing a strong operational foundation will be a key priority in the role. As processes mature and the organization continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunity to expand the advisory and business partnering aspects of the role.

In addition, you will coordinate office operations and vendors for our The Hague office.

This role is initially offered as a maternity leave replacement, starting as a fixed-term contract. Given the company’s growth and evolving People priorities, there may be opportunities to extend the role or transition into a longer-term position.

• HR Operations & Employee Lifecycle (60%)
  • Manage HR administration across the full employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, contract changes, and documentation.
  • Maintain and manage the HRIS, ensuring accurate employee data and reporting.
  • Prepare payroll inputs and coordinate with Finance and payroll providers.
  • Manage time-off administration for Dutch employees and global EOR employees.
  • Support benefits administration for employees in the Netherlands and globally.
  • Ensure compliance with Dutch employment law and coordinate with EOR partners for international employees.
  • Coordinate with EOR partners for international employees.
  • Support global hiring, contracting, and employment changes.
  • Ensure smooth onboarding and offboarding for remote team members.
• HR Advisory & Employee Support (30%)
  • Act as a trusted HR partner for managers and team leads, supporting people-related topics and challenges.
  • Support employee relations cases and performance-related conversations.
  • Partner in facilitating key people processes such as performance review cycles, salary review cycles, and learning & development initiatives.
  • Support managers in maintaining healthy teams and effective communication.
• Office & Facilities (The Hague) (10%)
  • Coordinate office operations and vendor relationships.
  • Ensure a well-functioning and welcoming office environment.
  • Support practical facilities needs as they arise.

• 5+ years of HR experience in a generalist or operational HR role
• Strong knowledge of Dutch employment law and HR best practices
• Experience supporting global teams and remote employees, ideally working with EOR providers (e.g. Deel)
• Hands-on experience with HRIS systems (such as BambooHR, HiBob, Rippling, Personio) and a strong focus on data accuracy
• Comfortable working in a hands-on operational environment while also advising managers on people topics
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills, clear, empathetic, and pragmatic
• High level of integrity, discretion, and sound judgment
• Fluent in English; Dutch or any other additional languages that support our global footprint are a plus but not required

• Work in a fast-growing and interesting industry
• Flexible work that best fits your needs and the role
• Competitive compensation with some nice additional perks
• Top-notch offices and equipment
• Continuous improvement and learning opportunities to grow your career
• Team activities, not the usual one just to look nice on social media but what our team choose and ask for
• A great team of engaged passionate and helpful people