HR Advisor

Robert Half Office Team are currently recruiting for a HR Advisor / Generalist for a 3 month contract. Based in London you will be between 2 sites in Croydon and Wandsworth.

Key responsibilities:

Recruitment Onboarding

• Support the recruitment process in assisting with interviews, hiring but also by collaborating with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings.
• Prepare paperwork, schedule, and facilitate smooth new hire onboarding process, coordinating with cross-functional departments to deliver an exceptional first-day experience
• Handle administrative tasks for onboarding, new hire orientation, and exit interviews, including entering data into HR information systems and auditing for accuracy and compliance.

Employee relations

• Addressing and resolving employee concerns, providing guidance on HR policies, and promoting a positive work environment.
• Provide an effective and dedicated Employee relationship management service to employees in relation to absence and health issues, conduct and capability, grievance matters, organizational change, and all other employee-relations matters
• Ensuring compliance with employment laws and HR regulations, updating HR policies, and maintaining employee records
• Assist in the communication, interpretation, and upkeep of employee handbook, employee directory, and organizational chart, and contributes to the development of policies
• Employee development, and training. Reviews, tracks, and documents compliance with mandatory and non-mandatory training, continuing education, and work assessments. This may include safety training, security training, professional license, and aptitude exams and certifications.
• Providing guidance and interpretation for business operations in all HR aspects

• Collaborating with managers on organisational structural changes such as TUPE

• Suggest new procedures and policies to continually improve efficiency of the HR department and to improve employee experience.

Learning and Development

• Support Operations trainers in Identifying training needs, organising training programs, and facilitating employee development opportunities
• Assist in developing strategies to develop and retain key talent

Performance Management

• Supporting performance appraisal processes, providing feedback to employees, and assisting in the development of performance improvement plans
• identifying, reporting, and resolving employees barriers to performance

Payroll

• Be the primary backup for payroll processing, including monthly updates to employee files, bonus/incentive pay, tracking vacation/sick pay, importing expense reimbursements, inputting exceptions, hourly employee validations, and benefit changes

Employee engagement

• Implementing initiatives to enhance employee morale, supporting employee surveys campaign , and organising employee engagement activities.

HR Reporting

• Compiling HR data and generating reports on various HR metrics, such as turnover rate, training hours, and recruitment statistics

The following range of knowledge, skills and experience are required:

Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or a related field. Additional HR training or experience is a plus

• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness
• Resourceful, problem-solving aptitude and thorough knowledge of HR procedures and policies
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office, HRIS systems, and comfortable learning new technical systems as needed
• Proven min 4 years' experience working in an HR department
• Natural interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong detail-oriented and resourceful mindset
• Knowledge of HR laws and regulations
• Fluent in English, and excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to articulate complex situations into precise and easily understandable dialogue, French would be a plus
• A can-do attitude and willingness to go the extra mile when required
• Patient, professional with an adaptive approach to be assertive where necessary.

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