Senior HR Specialist – Equinor

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Important! To make sure your application is considered, please submit it before the end of the day on (dd.mm.yyyy): 07.12.2025. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

Responsible for administering multiple areas of human resources and rewards programs including HR employment cases related to hiring, compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, terminations, contracts, retirements and maintaining personnel records. Includes statistical reporting for internal management and external agencies.

Within This Position, Your Key Tasks Will Be:

• Execute tasks related to Core HR master data (onboarding, offboarding, life cycle employee data administration), payroll, HR accounting, personnel tax, benefits and travel administration.
• Support and advise leaders and employees with queries related to payroll and HR master data.
• Oversee payroll service provider ensuring accuracy in salary calculations, deductions, and benefits by providing relevant data (e.g. new hires, terminations, leave of absence, etc).
• Assist in managing HR systems and tools, ensuring data integrity and compliance with policies.
• Administration of the time management system and support implementation of new time & absence system (Workday).
• Execute service requests.
• Support improvement, digitalization initiatives and change projects across People and Organization.
• Ensure compliance with Polish labour laws, tax regulations, and internal policies as well as comply with data protection regulations to ensure accurate and confidential maintenance of personnel records.
• Collaborate with various departments and teams to address and solve HR operations-related issues, provide guidance and support decision‑making.
• Prepare and support a range of HR reporting and HR analytics.

Qualifications

At Equinor, certain qualities are essential. We want you to identify with our values: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and contribute to our zero‑harm culture. For this position, we are also looking for:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant subject area.
• 7+ years of experience with payroll, time and attendance, HR Admin / Operations.
• Excellent knowledge of local labour law and willingness to stay up to date on changes in work‑related legislation and mandatory training.
• Experience in SAP and/or Workday is an advantage.
• Ability to function as a team player within a matrix organization, managing own priorities and troubleshooting.
• Excellent internal customer orientation.
• A proactive way of working and communicating incorporating excellent written and verbal skills.
• Fluent in Polish and English (written and spoken).

Benefits

We want you to have a rewarding and fulfilling work life. That’s why we offer:

Not just a job – a career: In Equinor, your development begins on day one. You will build your competence through a wide range of learning activities while being empowered to build your career across multiple disciplines and geographies. Our internal job market allows a wide range of opportunities for development and growth within your own field, or even in other areas you find interesting and relevant.

Attractive rewards: We give you a comprehensive benefits package with a competitive salary, global parental leave, bonus scheme and pension plan.

Wellness and work‑life balance: We care about and prioritise our employees’ well‑being. We know that for you to be the best version of yourself in the workplace, being able to collect your children, attend a class or simply enjoy social time can be invaluable. That’s why we encourage you to make use of our flexible work arrangements wherever possible.

An inclusive culture: We believe embracing our differences makes us stronger. For us, true inclusion means being able to bring your whole self to work, and for you and everyone else to feel accepted and valued.

Equal Opportunity

Equinor is an equal‑opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination and training, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, veteran status or any other protected status. As part of this commitment, reasonable adjustments will be made during the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities or long‑term health conditions. If you have any specific requirements, please clarify this in your application and our team will be in contact to see how we can support your needs.

Important notes about the application process: We expect you to openly offer all relevant information about yourself during the recruitment process. Background checks are performed on all final candidates, and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened using relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions laws. When applying for a job in Norway you will be asked for information on affiliation to high‑risk countries for a security assessment.

About Equinor

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170 million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like‑minded people to join our team of 25,000 colleagues working in more than 20 countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?