Talent Acquisition and HR Specialist
We are looking for
The Open Home Foundation is looking for a Talent Acquisition and HR Specialist based in Europe to join our Back-Office team. This team is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Foundation, offering support to the rest of teams to ensure the proper functioning of our entire organization.
In this role you will be mainly focused on recruitment, but we also expect you to collaborate with other HR responsibilities depending on the amount of vacancies you’re working with at any given time.
What you are going to do
- Develop and execute comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract top talent for both technical and non-technical roles.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, candidate management and offers.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to define job requirements, develop interview plans, and assess candidate qualifications.
- Utilize various sourcing techniques beyond LinkedIn to identify and engage passive candidates for specialized roles.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of candidate interactions and recruitment activities in our Applicant Tracking System.
- Lead employer branding initiatives to enhance the Foundation’s reputation as an employer of choice and attract a diverse talent pool.
- Assist with onboarding activities for new employees, ensuring a smooth and positive integration into the organization.
- Support HR initiatives and projects, such as benefits administration, compliance, and employee relations.
- Respond to employee inquiries regarding HR policies, procedures, and benefits.
- Assist with the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
What you need to have
- 3+ years of experience in Talent Acquisition, recruiting for both technical and non-technical roles.
- Experience working with distributed, remote teams. Our team is currently spread across 15 countries and 6 different time zones, so we have a bias for asynchronous communication.
- Knowledge of sourcing techniques beyond LinkedIn. Some of our vacancies will be highly specialized, which means that candidates won’t always be easy to find.
- Experience working in start-ups or scale-ups in the software development or smart home industries.
- Professional Fluency in English: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- European Residency: You must be currently based and eligible to work within Europe.
It would be great if you also have
- A passion for smart homes and automation
- Experience as a Home Assistant user
- Experience in Human Resources
What we offer you
The Open Home Foundation is a fully remote organization that uses Remote to employ people from all over the world. You will be a normal salaried employee in your country.
This is a full-time position for 40 hours per week. Because we are a fully remote company, there is no fixed schedule. For the purpose of team communication, we do try to ensure at least 3 hours of overlap in the workday. You will report to the Head of Operations, who is based in Spain.
Core to the establishment of the Open Home Foundation was the well-being of the people building the future of the smart home. We will provide all the benefits required by the country you reside in. However, we also want to make sure all our employees, regardless of country of origin, get at least a minimal set of benefits, including:
- Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off.
- Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.
- Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth. We will provide the missing days if your country/laws do not provide such compensation.
- A budget for your work hardware once you start. After three years, you may keep this equipment for personal use.
- An annual smart home budget to ensure you keep up-to-date with the latest that smart homes offer.
- A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee at your home workspace.
- One day every two weeks to work on your personal projects.
- If you are currently working on Home Assistant-related side projects, you can spend work time maintaining them.
When first offering a position to a new member, the Open Home Foundation aims to provide a total compensation package that matches the 75th percentile for the new hire's role, seniority, and local market rates. For a Talent Acquisition Specialist in our some of our operating countries, the approximate yearly compensation will be the following:
- Italy: 41.000 EUR
- Portugal: 33.000 EUR
- Czech Republic: 920.000 CZK
- Other countries: compensation can be discussed during the first interview.
These figures may be adjusted based on experience, qualifications, and work hours.
About us
The Open Home Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland, with the objective of fighting for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. It does this by supporting the development of open-source projects, and open connectivity and communication standards.
A big part of this is Home Assistant https://www.home-assistant.io/, the biggest https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/#the-state-of-open-source open-source project in number of contributors, but the Open Home Foundation also owns or collaborates with other projects important to promoting privacy, choice, and sustainability in the smart home, like:
- Open hardware tools (e.g., ESPHome https://esphome.io/, ESP Web Tools https://esphome.github.io/esp-web-tools/)
- Open standards (e.g., Python Matter Server https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/python-matter-server, Z-Wave JS https://github.com/zwave-js, ZigPy https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy, BTHome https://bthome.io/, Improv Wi-Fi https://www.improv-wifi.com/)
- Open voice (e.g., Rhasspy https://github.com/rhasspy/rhasspy, Wyoming Protocol https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wyoming/, Piper https://github.com/rhasspy/piper)
The recruitment process
1. Apply for the role
2. Our team will review your application
3. Interview with your manager
4. Skills assessment
5. Interview with a member of the board
6. Offer
7. Join our team!
