HR Specialist 6 Month Fixed Term Contract Job Details

HR Specialist 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Reporting to Senior HR Generalist, UK
Location - London

28,000 + benefits

The Company
Our client is a global company financial services company operating in 200 countries and territories. With an exciting growth strategy to bring their service to every corner of the world. A fast paced, challenging and changing place to work.

The Role:

To work with the Senior HR Manager and Senior HR Generalist to provide general administrative support for London as well as first line support to management and employees

General HR Administrative duties include:

-Support the end to end administrative processes of the employee life cycle;
-Prepare offer and contract documents ready for signature;
-Maintain all HR records including personnel files and job descriptions;
-Amend and issue all relevant paperwork for all contractual changes for employees;
-Request Criminal Records background checks;
-Prepare responses to reference requests from past employees;
-Preparing various PS forms for Peoplesoft input (HRIS)and updates;
-Provide administrative support for the Company benefit schemes;
-Run PS reports as required;
-Support Payroll and benefits administration for the UK business; and
-Assist with other HR projects and duties as directed by the Senior HR Manager and/or Western Europe HR Team members.

Provide front line HR support to Managers and Employees in the Hammersmith office:

-Act as first line support to general HR/ER enquiries from London management and employees;
-Support local recruitment, interview and assist with the selection of candidates;
-Escalate more complex issues to the Senior HR Generalist or Senior HR Manager; and
-Liaise closely with Dublin Payroll team, responding to questions and queries.

The Person:

-Knowledge of HR - have a keen interest in HR and ideally have 2-3 years experience working within an HR team and be studying towards HR qualification e.g. CIPD or equivalent.
-Organisational skills - demonstrated ability to organise multiple tasks and set up processes to improve the organisation of workload.
-Prioritisation - demonstrated ability to prioritise work in order to meet tight deadlines.
-Initiative - demonstrated experience in developing new ideas to improve processes.
-Communication and interpersonal skills - comfortable and capable of communicating with all levels of people within and outside the business both written and verbal with a high level of professionalism. Ability to build effective working relationships with managers, staff and external contacts;
-Computer literacy - good working knowledge of MS Office.
-Integrity - demonstrated respect for the non-disclosure of information, which may be confidential or sensitive information.
-Confidentiality - ability to deal with sensitive and confidential data, maintaining appropriate level of confidentiality at all times.
-Team Player - able to successfully operate in a team environment.