AYY is looking for an Administrative and HR Manager

Come work on open-minded personnel development and nimble administration in a nice work community!

As the Administrative and HR Manager, for the part of human resources, you will be responsible for e.g. carrying through and developing AYY’s recruitment and induction processes and everything they involve, comprehensively promoting wellbeing at work and spurring on the managers in relation to various personnel management questions. In this position, you get to boldly implement the personnel strategy completed at the end of 2018, to make the position reflect yourself and to take all of HR in a new direction. The work also includes tasks related to the Student Union’s records management, for example, in relation to meetings of the Board and Representative Council, making travel and meeting reservations as well as many other tasks related to the office’s general administration.

What we require from you:

  • Good organisational skills
  • Good interaction skills
  • Ability to see the big picture and to prioritise and, at the same time, an eye for detailed observation
  • Solution-centred and independent approach to work
  • Ability to work under pressure and to adapt to changing circumstances
  • Higher-education studies
  • Fluent knowledge of the Finnish language and knowledge of the English language

What we see as beneficial:

  • Familiarity with organisation operations as well as AYY and Aalto University
  • Suitable higher education degree
  • Familiarity with the Administrative Procedure Act and Administrative Judicial Procedure Act as well as employment legislation in general
  • Knowledge of the Swedish language

The salary is determined by the collective labour agreement for student unions (salary class IV, acknowledging also possible education and experience supplements). The recruited person will have the opportunity to apply for residence in the Student Union’s apartments. The AYY Office is located in Otaniemi, Espoo, and has good transport connections.

The position is a fixed-term cover for a leave of absence. The work begins as soon as possible in March 2019. The fixed-term contract ends on 22 Mar 2020.

Send your application and salary request to rekrytointi(a)ayy.fi by Sunday 3 Mar 2019. You will be notified of the receipt of your application. Interviews will take place primarily between 6 and 8 Mar at our office in Espoo. The decision on the recruited person will be made shortly after the interviews, and we hope the selected person to start work as soon as possible.

Further information on the position is available from Secretary General Niko Ferm (niko.ferm(a)ayy.fi, 050-5209415) and Administrative and HR Manager Johanna Pietiläinen (johanna.pietilainen(a)ayy.fi, 050-5209434).

Aalto University Student Union (AYY) has approximately 14.000 student members. AYY employs more than 40 permanent employees as well as around 100 volunteer operators. There are around 200 associations operating within AYY. The focal points of the Student Union’s operations are advocacy, communal operations and service operations. In addition, the Student Union provides a home to around 3000 of its members in the apartments it owns. AYY’s assets are worth approx. 150 million euros, and its annual turnover is approx. 15 million euros. It has been scientifically proven that AYY has an exceptionally good working environment, and we take pride in maintaining this.

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