Do you have generalist HR experience at HR Advisor level or equivalent?

Are you happy to take on all things HR for the UK arm of an international company?

We have an exciting opportunity for a standalone HR Advisor to take responsibility for circa 100 employees and work closely with international colleagues to roll out the HR strategy. This is a generalist role based in Hemel Hempstead overseeing recruitment operations, employment lifecycle, onboarding, employee relations, payroll and company benefits.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with HR systems and hold experience managing ER cases from start to finish, alongside some experience of payroll.

This is a hybrid working role, working from home Mondays and Fridays once trained.

Salary: £35-38k

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure all employment practices comply with current UK legislation and company guidelines as well as considering best practice.
• Keep relevant policies, procedures, contracts & documents updated as necessary. Advise & support employees with these matters.
• Ensure employee data is appropriately & accurately gathered, stored and processed in line with GDPR - includes updating both local HRIS and HQ systems.
• Coach, advise and support managers in all aspects of People Management.
• Manage complex employee relations casework including dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, performance, retirement and redundancy - coach and guide managers.
• Manage recruitment process, including understanding role requirement, creating job descriptions, placing job adverts, screening candidates, creating an efficient interview & selection processes to coach and guide managers on.
• Employee onboarding and offboarding. Work closely with the Office & Finance Manager and Admin Team on reporting and onboarding new hires.
• Manage Payroll process liaising with external Accountants & including pension process & compliance.
• Manage Employee benefits – add and remove employees from existing schemes, renew contracts, research and recommend additional/alternative benefits to ensure cost effective solutions.
• Manage intra-transfer of expatriates to UK.
• Ensure compliance of company training packages, source & record relevant H&S courses (First Aid & Fire Marshal training) & assist with sourcing training courses in line with continuous professional development

Candidate requirements

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or equivalent experience)
• Ability to coach, advise and influence managers in HR matters
• Proficient in computer software including HRIS, Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Confident, approachable and able to engage across all levels and all functions
• Proactive, with the ability to use initiative and prioritise own workload
• Ability to act with discretion
• Strong understanding of UK employment law, HR policies and Procedures
• Good understanding of HR best practice and how to apply this
• Extensive experience in a generalist HR role required
• Experience in a standalone role would be an advantage
• Experience of running Payroll

Think Human Resources is the HR division of Think Specialist Recruitment, an independently owned recruitment business.  The HR division is responsible for recruiting permanent, temporary and contract roles within the field of Human Resources including; HR Administrator, HR Assistant, HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, HR Manager, Head of HR, Employee Relations, talent, internal recruitment, Learning and Development, Compensation and Benefits/Reward and Recognition.

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