The posting
TOUCHING HEARTS CREATING MEMORIES
We are a leading global theater production company producing musicals across Europe, with 16 theaters in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, and Italy, plus offices in the UK. We bring some of the world’s best-known musicals to the stage, developed by international partners and their creative teams, including Disney's The Lion King, MJ the Musical, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
We also create our own original productions, such as Anastasia and TINA - The Tina Turner Musical, sharing them worldwide through tours and licensing. We also have our own in-house ticketing system, ensuring a seamless customer experience.
With around 2,000 employees, we are committed to exceptional shows and a welcoming experience for all. If you want to be part of a creative, dynamic team that brings the magic of theater to life worldwide, we’d love to hear from you!
Here is where your challenge starts
As HR Advisor, you provide professional and operational HR support to managers and employees at our Headquarters. You are a trusted point of contact for day-to-day HR matters and help ensure that our HR processes run smoothly, consistently and accurately throughout the employee lifecycle.
Your role combines hands-on HR support with professional HR advice. You support managers with employee relations, performance, absence and employment matters, while also coordinating recruitment, onboarding, employee changes and offboarding.
You will work closely with your HR colleagues, Payroll, our Workday team and Legal. As part of an international organization, you may also contribute to Group wide HR activities and projects.
Together with the other HR Advisor, you help ensure continuity and quality of HR service delivery at our Headquarters. Specific projects and areas of focus can be divided between you based on priorities, capacity and expertise.
Role & Primary Responsibilities
HR Advisory & Employee Support
- Provide practical HR advice to managers and employees on day-to-day employment matters.
- Support managers in applying HR policies, processes and procedures consistently.
- Advise on employee relations, absence, employment conditions and other employee lifecycle matters.
- Support managers in preparing for and conducting employee conversations where HR guidance is required.
- Recognise when matters require escalation or specialist expertise and involve the appropriate People or Legal expert.
Employee Lifecycle & HR Operations
- Coordinate HR processes throughout the employee lifecycle, from onboarding and employment changes through to offboarding.
- Prepare and coordinate employment documentation, contractual changes, transfers and other employee-related documentation.
- Ensure employee information, records and HR documentation are complete, accurate and up to date.
- Work closely with Payroll and Workday colleagues to ensure employee changes are processed correctly and on time.
- Resolve day-to-day operational HR issues and identify opportunities to improve HR processes and service delivery.
Recruitment & Onboarding
- Coordinate and support recruitment processes for assigned vacancies, guiding managers through recruitment procedures, approval requirements and the selection process.
- Support vacancy preparation, interviews, candidate communication and offer processes.
- Help ensure a fair and consistent recruitment and selection process.
- Ensure an effective transition from recruitment into employment administration and onboarding.
Performance, Development & Employee Experience
- Support the effective delivery of recurring performance and development cycles.
- Support the implementation of Group Talent & Development programmes within Headquarters.
- Contribute to engagement, wellbeing and employee experience activities.
- Help translate Group People initiatives into practical activities and communications for employees and managers.
- Monitor agreed actions and follow up with managers, employees and relevant stakeholders.
HR Data, Systems & Process Improvement
- Monitor HR data quality and support the resolution of discrepancies or operational system issues.
- Support recurring HR reporting and workforce information requests.
- Identify opportunities to simplify HR processes and contribute to system and process improvements.
Group People Projects & ESG
- Contribute to selected Group People projects and implementation activities by coordinating assigned activities, documentation, stakeholder input and follow-up within project workstreams.
- Support the introduction and implementation of new or updated HR processes, tools and frameworks.
- Support own-workforce ESG activities, including workforce data collection, validation, documentation and recurring reporting.
- Monitor assigned actions and deadlines, escalating barriers or delays where necessary.
- Collect and consolidate information from relevant managers, countries and internal stakeholders where required.
Collaboration & HR Service Continuity
- Work closely with the other HR Advisor to ensure reliable and continuous HR service delivery.
- Act as back-up for agreed HR processes, recurring activities and employee populations.
- Collaborate with Country HR teams and Group specialists, including Talent & Development, Reward, HR Data, Payroll, Workday and Legal.
- Contribute to consistent and effective ways of working across the People function.
Qualifications and Experience
- At least 3 - 4 years of relevant experience in an HR Advisor, HR Generalist or comparable HR role, preferably within an international organization.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of working and thinking, preferably in Human Resources.
- Good and up-to-date knowledge of Dutch employment legislation and HR practices.
- Broad experience across the employee lifecycle, including employee relations, performance, absence, employment changes and HR administration.
- Experience providing practical HR support and advice to managers and applying HR policies and procedures.
- Experience coordinating recruitment and onboarding processes.
- Experience working with HR systems such as Workday.
- Able to work independently within established policies and recognize when escalation or specialist expertise is required.
- Strong communication skills and comfortable handling sensitive and confidential HR matters.
- Able to coordinate multiple HR activities, priorities and deadlines while maintaining accuracy and follow-through.
- Experience contributing to HR projects, process improvements or recurring HR cycles.
- A collaborative team player who enjoys working with HR colleagues, managers and specialists in an international environment.
- Fluent in Dutch and English, both written and spoken.
What does Stage Entertainment offer?
- A dynamic, creative and international working environment.
- 25 days of annual leave, one D&I day and 2 designated Stage Entertainment days off.
- A good pension scheme and travel allowance.
- Hybrid working, with an absolute minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
- The opportunity to work remotely from a destination of your choice for 2 weeks
- Training and development opportunities to support your growth.
- A competitive, market-aligned salary.
Passion connects us: Step into the next STAGE of your career.
Take the stage and let's arrange a meeting to discuss the exciting opportunities that await you here!
Location: De Boelelaan 30 – Amsterdam
Application End date: November 22,2026
Stage Entertainment encourages candidates to apply for this vacancy, even though they don’t fit all qualifications. However, candidates must demonstrate a history of innate curiosity and rapid learning and articulate how skills and experiences are transferable to our company.
Stage Entertainment ensures we are always recruiting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diverse audiences we attract. In doing so, we have access to a broad range of ideas, perspectives and insights that allow us to touch hearts and create memories. Please find more information about our DE&I initiatives: DEI | Stage Entertainment (stage-entertainment.com)
