Senior Human Resources Generalist

About the Role

We're looking for an on-the-ground HR partner to support our Intramuros office. If you enjoy real ownership and the initiative it takes to keep things moving, you'll thrive here.

In this role, you partner directly with on-site managers to solve everyday people challenges and shape the culture of our internal corporate team. (To be clear: this role is 100% internal staff — seafarer processing and crew deployment are handled separately.) You get the independence of being the go-to HR person on the floor, backed by the wider Spiderhook HR Operations group whenever a project needs more hands, or you just want a second opinion.

What You Will Actually Do

• Employee relations. Handle grievances, disciplinary cases, and exits within our SLA tiers, with documentation and due process done right the first time.
• Compliance and reporting. Apply DOLE labor law and Data Privacy Act requirements, prepare mandatory reports, and keep the compliance calendar current.
• Onboarding and contracts. Prepare employment contracts and offers, run pre-employment clearances, and lead new hire orientation.
• Employee records and data. Maintain 201 files and HRIS records, and process attendance, leave, payroll inputs, and personnel movements. You read what the data shows on turnover and leave patterns, then bring it to the managers you support.
• Recruitment and benefits. Coordinate hiring and HMO administration with our centralized teams, and run recruitment or benefits work yourself when timelines call for it.
• Performance and engagement. Administer performance evaluations, recognition programs, and engagement activities onsite.

Who We Are Looking For

• Sound judgment. You can decide, explain your reasoning, and hold your position with a manager who sees it differently.
• Solution-finder. You stay steady when conditions are messy and find a way through rather than waiting for one.
• AI-capable and tech-comfortable. You already use tools like ChatGPT or Claude in real HR work, and you are comfortable in Google Workspace, Canva, and HRIS platforms.
• Warmth with clarity. People trust you enough to come to you early, and you stay clear about what the situation requires.
• Curious. You test better ways of working instead of keeping a process because it has always run that way.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field. HR certifications are an advantage.
• Solid generalist experience across the employee lifecycle, with direct ownership of employee relations, benefits, and HR documentation.
• Working knowledge of the Philippine Labor Code, DOLE issuances, and the Data Privacy Act as applied to HR records.
• Experience improving HR policies and processes, not only running existing ones.
• Strong documentation habits and careful handling of confidential information.
• Maritime or manning agency exposure is a plus, though not required.