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HR Generalist

Role overview

Summary

This HR Generalist role at Canadian Solar focuses on providing comprehensive HR support across EMEA and LATAM. You will manage employee relations, recruitment, and compliance while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure a consistent and compliant HR service.

Qualifications

  • Previous HR generalist or HR operations experience.
  • Experience supporting employees across several countries, ideally in EMEA and/or LATAM.
  • Solid knowledge of employee lifecycle administration, employee relations and performance management.
  • Workday experience and strong Excel skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal English, and the discretion to handle confidential information.

Responsibilities

  • Provide day-to-day HR support to teams across EMEA and LATAM.
  • Advise managers on employee relations matters and support disciplinary processes.
  • Coordinate recruitment activities and ensure smooth onboarding for new joiners.
  • Act as the HR contact for EOR providers regarding onboarding and offboarding.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Communication

About the company

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Canadian Solar Inc.

  • Renewable Energy
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Canadian Solar was founded in 2001 in Canada and is one of the world's largest solar technology and renewable energy companies. It is a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules, inverters, and battery energy storage solutions and a developer of utility-scale solar power and battery energy storage projects with a geographically diversified pipeline in various stages of development. Over the past 23 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered over 125 GW of premium-quality solar photovoltaic modules to customers worldwide. Likewise, since entering the project development business in 2010, Canadian Solar has developed, built, and connected over 10 GWp of solar power projects and 3.3 GWh of battery energy storage projects worldwide. Currently, the Company’s total solar project development pipeline was 26.3 GWp, 6.5 GWp of projects under construction or in backlog (late-stage), and an additional 19.8 GWp of projects in advanced and early-stage pipeline. In addition, the Company has 600 MWh of battery energy storage projects in operation and a total battery energy storage project development pipeline of around 56 GWh, including approximately 4.3 GWh under construction or in backlog, and an additional 51.6 GWh at advanced and early-stage development. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable companies in the solar and renewable energy industry, having been publicly listed on the NASDAQ since 2006. Canadian Solar Founder and CEO Dr. Shawn Qu blogs as a LinkedIn Influencer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnqu/. Canadian Solar is Making the Difference by delivering more clean, safe, and affordable solar energy to the world.

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Job description

At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide. As a leading manufacturer of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage solutions, we've been an industry front-runner since our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our organization as we navigate the complexities of a booming industry.

Throughout Canadian Solar's subsidiaries, e-Storage, Recurrent Energy, MSS and CSI Solar Co., we invest in our employees' growth. Our training programs and promotional opportunities ensure we all can continue to learn. We understand the importance of work-life balance and provide various flexible work options to support our employees' well-being. Join our team to "Make the Difference" by creating a lasting positive impact on the world and the communities where we operate.

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Location: Remote with a day a month in the London Office


About the role
We’re looking for an HR Generalist to provide day-to-day HR support to our teams across EMEA and LATAM, including employees engaged through Employer of Record (EOR) providers. You’ll be the first point of contact for employees and managers on HR matters and will support the full employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding through to offboarding. You’ll work closely with regional HR, Legal, HRIS, external advisors and EOR partners to make sure every country gets a consistent, compliant and people-focused service.


What you’ll do

  • HR operations: Keep employee records in Workday accurate, process lifecycle changes, prepare contracts and employment letters, and track probation and contract milestones.
  • Employee relations: Advise managers on routine matters such as conduct, performance, attendance and flexible working. Support disciplinary, grievance and investigation processes, and escalate complex cases.
  • Recruitment and onboarding: Coordinate hiring approvals, interviews, offers and pre-employment checks, and give new joiners a smooth, well-organised start.
  • EOR coordination: Act as the HR contact for EOR providers on onboarding, amendments, probation and offboarding, and support moves from EOR to direct employment.
  • Performance and engagement: Coordinate review cycles, support development planning, and help with engagement surveys, recognition and company events.
  • Policy and compliance: Help localise and roll out HR policies, support audits, keep an eye on employment law changes, and produce regular HR reports.
  • Immigration and mobility: Coordinate work authorisation and visa documentation and track renewal dates.
  • Continuous improvement: Simplify processes, improve data quality, and support HR projects, new entity launches and expansion.

What you’ll bring

  • Previous HR generalist or HR operations experience
  • Experience supporting employees across several countries, ideally in EMEA and/or LATAM
  • Solid knowledge of employee lifecycle administration, employee relations and performance management
  • The judgement to spot country-specific issues and know when to get local advice
  • Workday experience and strong Excel skills
  • Excellent written and verbal English, and the discretion to handle confidential information

Nice to have

  • Experience working with EOR providers
  • Recruitment, immigration or international transfer experience
  • Spanish or another language relevant to the region
  • CIPD, SHRM-CP or an equivalent qualification
  • Experience in a fast-growing multinational

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