About Verdane

Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with sustainable, tech-enabled Northern European businesses to help them reach the next stage of international growth. With a focus on Digitalisation and Decarbonisation, Verdane manages over €8 billion in assets and has invested in over 400 fast-growing businesses since 2003.

Our team of over 150 professionals is based in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, London, Munich, and Berlin and we are growing rapidly. We are proud to have attracted high-calibre investors from over 15 countries including foundations, endowments, pension funds, insurance companies, and family offices. More than half of the capital commitments in our recent funds come from not-for-profit investors and Verdane is a certified B Corporation, the most ambitious sustainability accreditation globally.

Verdane is on a truly exciting journey which also includes growing our HR team and we are now recruiting an HR Generalist to join us. This role is based in Oslo.

In this role you will:

• Support, and interact with, all members of the HR team including Talent Acquisition, HR Operations and Performance & Development, as well as many of our key stakeholders across the organization in ensuring seamless collaboration.
• Drive initiatives within employer branding including coordinating events to continuously strengthen our employer brand and our ability to attract top talent.
• Work with our internship program by coordinating activities, providing guidance and ensuring a positive experience for our interns.
• Take part in driving improvement- and development projects within HR, including processes and routines. We are continuously developing our ways of working as we grow and this is a great opportunity to participate in, and learn from, that.

About you

For this role we are looking for someone who enjoys a fast-paced, high-performance culture and wants to be part of our exciting journey. In order to succeed in this role, you have strong analytical and communication skills and a solid HR/People understanding together with a strong drive to grow your professional skills within this area.  You have excellent communication skills and you bring experience from an international, highly professional environment.

You collaborate well in a value-based culture that is committed to building long-lasting relationships. You have a can-do attitude and a drive to deliver high quality work and you enjoy the combination of working with great colleagues and solving challenges on your own. Naturally, you have a passion for business and for the industry.

We can offer you a truly exciting opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the working cogs of a leading private equity firm working closely with HR/People team and the wider organization.

In addition to this, you also have:

• A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Solid experience in a broad, operative HR role or a role within talent acquisition/employer branding within a professional environment.
• Project management skills: you are a self-starter, well organized, able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work and build relationships with a large, international team and senior stakeholders.
• Experience of working in an HRIS (Human Resource Information System).
• Fluency in English, both oral and written.

You will be a perfect fit if our corporate values resonate with you:

Get things done: We actively work to shorten decision making cycles, always completing our set tasks with quality. We prioritise what lies before us in order to ensure that everything we set out to accomplish is done well, rather than taking on too many things at once.

Dare to be different: We are bold in our thinking and challenge the status quo. We treasure differences of opinion and value complementary perspectives as we seek creative solutions to complex problems.

Love what we do: We are genuinely committed and passionately curious, entrepreneurial in spirit and deed – the best idea wins.

Respect people and the planet: We act with integrity and seek to build trust in all relations. We show responsibility and aspire to be on the right side of history, helping to move our industry towards more sustainable, long-term thinking.

Verdane is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive working environment and we actively seek for qualified candidates regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, or age.

In this recruitment we work together with Intenco AB. If you have any questions, please contact sandra.waldnert@intenco.se or anette.lidman@intenco.se. Please note that applications are assessed on an ongoing basis and we encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.