Position
: Full time – FTC (fixed term contract)
Location: Gatwick / Hybrid
Are you an experienced HR generalist, confident at working across a diverse range of HR areas and autonomously managing employee relations issues? Are you looking for a collaborative team environment, dedicated to shaping an inclusive workplace culture?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for an HR Business Partner to join our supportive team on a 6-month fixed term contract.
What you’ll be doing:
1. Overseeing contractual arrangements, pay, pension and benefits by ensuring accurate monthly payroll changes for business units, auto-enrolment and administration of benefits, including notification of changes
2. Maintaining accurate and up to date records across the HR database and reporting on information and metrics when required by the business
3. Preparing offer letters and contracts for new starters within allocated business areas
4. Supporting both managers and employees during the onboarding and probationary period, ensuring effective role inductions and regular feedback
5. Working with managers ahead of recruitment to consider role structure & content and impact on wider team before ensuring proper sign off process and handing over to in-house Talent Acquisition team. Supporting where needed during the recruitment process and hiring managers are operating to a high stand on legal and best practice requirements
6. Contributing to the development of a wellness programme including mental health support and other innovative wellbeing initiatives. Ensure managers are informed and supported in managing employee wellbeing
7. Monitoring absence rates in allocated business areas and supporting managers in any absence management or capability issues within their teams
8. Advising managers on team and individual performance including effective use of feedback / PDRs and providing coaching through any performance improvement issues within their teams in accordance with our performance policy
9. Competently and compassionately dealing with employee relations, including reorganisations, redundancy processes, disciplinaries and grievance issues
10. Supporting the learning and development by advising teams on available training and regularly review development needs
Requirements
What you’ll need:
11. Relevant HR qualification to CIPD Level 5 or above
12. Strong experience as a HR Generalist to sufficiently and independently manage absences, performance, redundancies and restructuring, and disciplinary and grievance related issues in a legally compliant and highly professional manner
13. Experience using job architecture frameworks and an understanding of pay transparency practices is desirable
14. Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excell & Powerpoint) and HR Information Systems
15. High attention to detail and excellent organisational skills
16. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
17. Excellent teamwork and stakeholder management skills
18. Confident speaking with individuals from diverse backgrounds and varying levels of expertise, and able to adapt communication style to suit different audiences and situations