People Team Working Student

 

 

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About The Role

The People team supports all employees at Blinkist through their employee experience - for hiring and onboarding through to engagement, performance development, our culture and office environment and everything that touches the employee journey. 

We are a small but perfectly formed (and long-standing) People team comprised of 1 person leading each area:

• People Experience
• People Development
• Talent Acquisition
• Office Management and Wellbeing,
• Internal IT
• Plus our two wonderful Chefs in La Cantina 🧑‍🍳

We work in a super collaborative way - own our areas of accountability but roll our sleeves up and support each other as workloads vary. We also have a lot of fun along the way ☺️

The role will be based in our Berlin office and will work 20 hours per week with hours agreed together. The role will primarily support the Senior People Experience Lead but will support others across the team as needed. 

We have had many strong Working Students who have been with us - moved internally, grown at Blinkist and have gone onto exciting projects elsewhere. So as a team, we are committed to supporting your development and providing opportunities to gain a broad range of experience across the employee lifecycle. 

The role will report to Lisa, who leads People Experience.

What You'll Do

• Own the on and off boarding for joiners and leavers including:
• Be the first point of contact for People queries through our people@blinkist.com inbox (benefits queries, reference requests, signposting to information etc)
• Support the Internal IT Manager with first line IT queries through our Jira helpdesk (account resets, account creation etc)
• Support with People and Culture projects as they arise which can be across the whole employee lifecycle. Current projects for example are:
• Provide support where needed across the team 

What We're Looking For

• Currently enrolled in a German University with at least 3 semesters until the end of their study programme.
• Preference is for an HR related degree or background, but most important is a passion for supporting business growth through the strength of employees 💪🏻.
• Fluent in German and English.
• Bias for Action: Ability and love of rolling up your sleeves, working collaboratively and supporting the People and broader Blinkist Team to grow and succeed.
• The best day to get something done is today: Motivated by a fast-paced environment and a way of working where no two days will be the same (you will never be bored).
• True Ownership: Strong sense of ownership for your responsibilities and a strong bias for action, coupled with high quality of delivery.
• Team Player: sees success as us winning as a team and can build strong relationships both within the People Team and beyond. 
• Growth Mindset: We love a curious mindset - if you’re keen to learn, grow and expand your horizon through a variety of tasks, then we could be the place for you
• Have fun along the way: Great sense of humour and desire to take work seriously but approach it with a light heart.

Why Blinkist

Our unique culture of empowerment, mutual respect, and transparency has always been our defining characteristic. We support each other and carve out opportunities for every individual to develop and grow. We strongly believe that diversity powers innovation, thus we celebrate and support our differences, providing equal opportunities for employment and career growth. We embrace a flexible, remote-friendly way of working that supports different needs and lifestyles. 

These are some of our most valued benefits:

• 30 PTO days (based on a 5-day work week)
• Wellbeing days & Learning days 
• Flexible approach to work
• Work from home / Transport budget 
• Unlimited access to the Go1 Learning Hub and Blinkist app
• Volunteer leave to give back to the community
• Wellbeing support 

If you choose to join our team in Berlin, you'll have access to our modern office space in Neukölln and enjoy healthy plant-based meals prepared fresh every day by our very own chef. 🥑

Apply Now

If we’ve captured your interest and you want to take part in changing the world through the power of ideas – apply now and tell us what got you excited about this opportunity. 

We look forward to hearing from you! ☀️

🔎 Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalised folks tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, even if you don't meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We’d love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

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