Hybrid Junior HR Generalist – EdTech

at Syntax Institut

• Job title: Junior HR Generalist – EdTech
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior
• Salary: €40,000 - €45,000 per year
• Degree requirement: High School Diploma
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Berlin, Germany

About the role

• Junior HR Generalist supporting the entire Employee Lifecycle at an EdTech startup in Berlin. Involved in recruiting, onboarding, and HR operations while ensuring a positive candidate experience.

Responsibilities

• You support our HR team across the entire employee lifecycle — from recruiting and onboarding to administrative processes and organizing team events.
• You coordinate applications, conduct initial conversations with candidates and assist our employees with organizational HR matters.
• You create and post job advertisements, review and evaluate incoming applications, and organize and conduct first interviews.
• You support administrative tasks in the daily HR operations.
• These tasks include drafting employment contracts and contract amendments, preparing employment references, and maintaining and updating personnel data in Personio.
• You plan and coordinate our team events and ensure shared experiences for the team.
• For administrative and organizational inquiries throughout the employee lifecycle, you will develop into a trusted, solution-oriented point of contact for our employees.
• You assist our Head of HR in preparing and maintaining central HR metrics.

Requirements

• Ideally you have at least one year of operational experience in HR or a comparable role (e.g., internship, working student position, or entry-level role).
• Initial experience in a startup or a dynamic environment is a plus.
• You take ownership of your tasks and drive them forward independently.
• You value goal-oriented and structured work.
• You work carefully and with attention to detail and can organize yourself well.
• You are eager to develop, reflect on your own actions and actively draw learnings from your experiences.
• Confident use of Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Calendar).
• Experience with Personio, DATEV, Trello and Notion is advantageous.
• You speak and write excellent German and ideally also have very good English skills (C1+).

Benefits

• A business with purpose: you work on topics that are economically, socially and societally highly relevant (digitalization, Germany’s economic competitiveness, labor market policy, equality, technology, etc.).
• Steep learning curve: you will work closely with our Head of HR, be onboarded quickly and contribute to important topics shortly after starting.
• Long-term perspective: in addition to a permanent contract, we offer the opportunity to grow within the organization according to your skills.
• Attractive package: alongside a market-based salary and deep insights into HR, you benefit from a discounted fitness offer via our partner Urban Sports Club, receive high-quality company devices (MacBook, iPhone) and, if necessary, reimbursement of a public transport ticket.
• Great team: we regularly organize team events (such as a summer party and Christmas party) and meet for team lunches, so fun (and the food!) is not neglected.