Hr Officer
redwirespaceeurope
Kruibeke, East Flanders, Belgium
Administrative
Office Suite
People Analyst
Job Score
100 pts
On-site model (+70)
Administrative (+10)
Office Suite (+10)
People Analyst (+10)
Join the Redwire Space team in developing and fielding end-to-end innovative mission critical space system solutions for next generation space architecture. At Redwire, you will work closely with customers from concept development through mission operations to ensure mission success.
Location: Kruibeke, Belgium
Work setup: Hybrid (3 days in the office)
About the role
Passionate about people, processes, and creating a great employee experience? Ready to combine operational excellence with a broad and hands-on HR role? We're looking for an HR Generalist to strengthen our HR team in Kruibeke.
In this role, you'll be the go-to person for a wide range of HR activities, including HR administration, recruitment, learning & development, and backup payroll support. You'll help ensure smooth HR operations throughout the employee lifecycle while contributing to HR projects, digitalization initiatives, and continuous process improvements.
If you enjoy taking ownership, working closely with employees and managers, and finding smarter ways of working, this role could be the perfect fit for you. You'll join an HR team that believes HR should be a true business partner, creating value for both the organization and its people through efficient, people-focused, and frictionless processes.
Expect real responsibility, the opportunity to make your voice heard, and the chance to work within an ambitious and forward-thinking team. You'll support an environment full of engineers, specialists, and problem solvers—people who value quality, collaboration, and getting things right. Whether you're coordinating recruitment activities, managing HR administration, supporting employee development initiatives, or acting as a backup for payroll processes, you'll play a key role in helping our people and organization succeed.
We'd love to hear how your expertise, energy, and ideas can help us build the next chapter of space together.
The responsibilities
- Guarantee compliance with Belgian social legislation and tax regulations.
- Act as the first point of contact for employees and managers regarding all sorts of people related questions and soft HR topics.
- Support the performance review Cycle.
- Manage HR administration focusing on contracts, healthy strategic balances, accurate financial data, etc.
- Take the lead in our L&D framework: developing learning paths and support defining our learning strategy.
- Support with onboarding/offboarding, absences, benefits, insurance etc.
- Act as backup for our hard HR expert, including acting as back up for our international payroll.
- Lead Recruitment of supporting roles (finance, IT, PMO,...) and act as backup for technical roles.
- Handle the necessary reporting to both global company levels and internal reporting.
- Work closely with HR colleagues and the business to optimize workflows and HR services.
Your background
- Minimum 3 years of experience in a HR generalist role
- Strong knowledge of Belgian social legislation.
- Experience in a scale-up or SME is considered a big plus.
- Comfortable with international and changing work environments.
- Familiarity with HR systems and automation, knowledge of Hibob is a plus.
- Strong Excel and data management skills.
- Fluent in Dutch and English is a must.
- Expert people skills, open minded and works in a structured way
What your team looks like
You’ll join a team of 5 HR/Comms colleagues working together across different HR domains. The team supports around 200 employees and consultants in Belgium, while also collaborating within a larger international group structure and supporting other European entities.
What your team looks like
You’ll join a team of 5 HR/Comms colleagues working together across different HR domains. The team supports around 200 employees and consultants in Belgium, while also collaborating within a larger international group structure and supporting other European entities.
Why join us
What makes this role unique is the combination of local impact and international exposure. You’ll work in a Belgian team while being part of a growing international organization, where HR plays a central role in supporting expansion across Europe — including setting up and coordinating new HR procedures in different countries. And perhaps most importantly: you’ll work in a company where people take pride in the fact that the technology they build actually ends up in space.
Interested, but not sure you meet every single requirement? Research shows that men will apply to jobs when they meet only 60% of the requirements, but women and other minority groups may only apply if they're sure they meet 100%. If you were turning away because you don't meet 100%, well, we'd still like to hear from you - tell us how you're the best fit for the requirements you're sure you meet.
To accept positions and relocate to Redwire Space, candidates must
- have a police/criminal record check, that is not more than six months old.
- be approved by ITAR regulations.
- be uploaded to the greenhouse portal.
- apply directly or be uploaded by a recognized partner.
About Administrative
The Administrative area is responsible for ensuring the efficient functioning of all organizational operations. Administrative professionals manage processes, human resources, procurement, and facility management.
Key skills include process management, Office 365, administrative ERPs, compliance, and people management. Knowledge of automation and AI tools is becoming increasingly relevant.
The digitization of administrative processes has created new opportunities for professionals who master technology and management.
About Office Suite
Proficiency in Office Suite is an essential skill for professionals across various areas. Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook are fundamental tools in the corporate day-to-day, while Google Workspace and other collaborative solutions are gaining increasing space.
Key skills include advanced Excel (formulas, pivot tables, Power Query, VBA/Macros), Word (formatting, mail merge, styles), PowerPoint (presentation design, animations), Outlook (email and calendar management), and collaborative tools like Google Sheets, Notion, and Airtable.
Professionals with advanced Office Suite proficiency are valued in administrative, financial, data, and operational areas. Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certifications are important differentiators. The combination of advanced Excel with data analysis skills is one of the most in-demand competencies in the market.
About People Analyst
The People Analyst is the professional responsible for transforming people data into strategic insights for HR decision-making. They combine data analysis knowledge with people management vision to help organizations understand workforce metrics, turnover, engagement, and diversity.
Key skills include people analytics, workforce analytics, turnover and retention analysis, HR metrics (time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, e-NPS), data visualization (Power BI, Tableau, Visier), workforce planning, and compensation analysis. Knowledge of statistics, SQL, and people analytics tools is a differentiator.
People Analysts in technology companies are highly valued, especially those who can translate complex people data into actionable insights for retention, diversity, and growth strategies. The field offers opportunities from HR analyst to head of people analytics, with a focus on data-driven people management.
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Key specializations include Network Security, Cloud Security (AWS, Azure, GCP), Offensive Security (Penetration Testing, Red Team), Defensive Security (SOC, Blue Team), AppSec, and Security Governance. Tools like SIEM (Splunk, QRadar), firewalls, EDR, and Vulnerability Management platforms are essential.
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About Sales
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Key skills include prospecting, negotiation, CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot), sales enablement, and value consulting. The consultative and data-driven approach is increasingly valued.
Consultative sellers and senior Sales Managers have very high earning potential, with OTE (On-Target Earnings) that can exceed monthly salaries in technology companies.
About Technical Support
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Key skills include troubleshooting, customer service, technical documentation, ITIL knowledge, and ticketing tools (Zendesk, Freshdesk, Intercom).
Technical support has evolved from a reactive to a proactive function, with high-level professionals working in Customer Engineering and Support Engineering.
About Talent Acquisition
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Key skills include advanced sourcing, employer branding, labor market analysis, talent pipeline management, and candidate experience. Tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby), and assessment platforms are essential.
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