Responsibilities
· To provide a comprehensive HR service, which ensures that managers and employees are equipped with best practice to foster a high-performance culture.
· Manage the local UK HR team to ensure that the support provided to managers and employees is conducted and delivered in a timely way with issues resolved quickly and in line with policy guidance and good practice.
· Provide management with advice and strategic support in executing strategies to improve the organisational culture, performance, staff engagement and talent management in pursuit of exceptional performance.
· Provide day-to-day advice and guidance on complex employee relations cases, namely performance, disciplinaries, grievances, sickness and change management.
· Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements and employment law developments related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance.
· Provide coaching and challenge the management teams to ensure that lessons are learned and robust action plans are agreed, implemented and monitored.
· Supporting managers with the effective monitoring and management of employee absence including, sickness.
· Ownership of non-employees, including Consultants and ensuring compliance and IR35 checks are carried out to reduce risk to the business.
· Responsible for ensuring that monthly payroll and benefits administration is accurate and completed timely
· Promote the use of the performance development and review process throughout the company, giving advice to managers and staff as required.
· Ensure managers maintain systems for the accurate and timely recording of PDRs.
· Lead on learning and development across the business, carrying out needs analysis to ensure learning meets need, including developing and maintaining training frameworks for key roles.
· Support the Senior HR Director with regional and global projects as and when required.
· Monthly and quarterly reporting in KPI’s
· Other duties as assigned.
Skills, Education & Qualifications
* Strong HR generalist experience in the UKA hands-on attitude to managing and delivering day-to-day BAU work, as well as project work
* A real team player, who enjoys working in partnership with colleagues
* Solutions focused and able to implement processes to meet business needs and does not priortise process over agile solutions
· Ability to make sound judgement and decisions autonomously in relation to day-to-day UK HR operations.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Agile and flexible, with the ability to switch between tasks seamlessly
* Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to build trust and work collaboratively in a diverse team
* Well versed in utilizing MicroSoft Office 365
* Prior HRIS system experience required, ideally with flexible benefits platforms knowledge (UKG Ready and Darwin as preferred examples);
* Highly organised, with a methodical approach to work and record keeping
* Line Management experience and/or demonstrated ability to coach and mentor HR professionals is preferential.