Senior Recruiter

About Us

Avea is a Swiss longevity startup with the vision to become the leading player in the evidence-based longevity supplement industry. We offer science-based longevity supplements to target multiple hallmarks of ageing, allowing individuals to improve their well-being by slowing down ageing itself. Our mission is to optimize people’s health- and lifespan, helping them keep or regain their vitality to live as healthily as possible for as long as possible.

The Role

As a newly created position, we are in search of our first Senior HR Generalist to join our company to be responsible for a wide range of HR tasks such as talent acquisition, employer branding, onboarding, training and career development.

Tasks And Responsibilities

• Overall leadership and responsibility of all HR processes (recruiting, staff development, exit, training, employer branding etc.)
• Advertising and managing job positions on different job portals
• Sourcing and screening candidates
• Performing candidate selections and interviews as well as managing candidate communication and delivering exceptional candidate experience throughout the application process
• Onboarding selected new team members
• Supporting and helping develop the recruitment strategy and employer brand of AVEA
• Utilizing a number of innovative recruitment methods and channels to build a strong pipeline of candidates
• Managing employee retention and development

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree from a leading university, preferably in business administration, human resources management or social sciences
• Several years of experience as HR all-rounder and operational experience in full life-cycle recruitment
• Proven success using creative sourcing channels to build a pipeline of candidates, including identifying and engaging passive talent
• Well organized, reliable & flexible personality
• Excellent written and oral English
• German language knowledge is a big plus
• Outstanding communication and people skills
• You have a can-do attitude and are motivated to work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment
• You are a flexible, open-minded and communicative team player
• Start-up and company experience is a plus

You'll Fit Great With These Skills And Values

• You are ready to fully support the founders of the company
• You are proactive and have the ability to initiate new processes as the company's first HR professional
• You are interested in working in an early-stage startup, where many things are still hectic at times, and where you have the chance to indeed contribute and make a difference
• Healthy lifestyle is important to you
• Interest in the longevity industry is a plus