HR Officer

Job Description

HR OfficerA self-motivated, hands-on, flexible and professional individual is sought to provide HR expertise to both fee-earning and support functions. You must ideally have some experience of working within a similar environment, ideally Professional Services, as a consultative method of decision making is required within a strong organisational culture.The role is very varied, so you have to be a self-starter to seek out how to handle a range of employee relations issues, recruitment, training as well as have the ability to build strong working relationships and communicate across all levels.The successful candidate must have a positive, can-do and people-centric approach. IT literacy is key and ideally you will be adept in the use of People HR and psychometrics.Based at our St Albans office, you are expected to work in Milton Keynes, Rickmansworth and London on a weekly basis. Expenses will be paid for travel to offices other than St Albans.The RoleTo provide HR expertise and become a credibly trusted advisor to both fee-earning and support functions, including Audit, Tax, Trusts, Financial Services, Marketing, IT and Maintenance.(Note: in addition to these functions employees are required to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be required).Recruitment of employees (mainly admin/support level and more recently qualified professional employees), including putting job specifications/adverts together, considering appropriate recruitment methods and loading them successfully onto our recruitment portal.Relationship-building with key recruitment agencies, negotiating fees/terms etc.Overseeing absence management including taking absence messages daily, monitoring sickness pay/entitlement, monitoring Bradford Index scores over the trigger point, holding meetings with employees, and keeping managers informed.Reporting daily on all activity to the Head of HR, including updating the employees situation report on a regular basisAssisting with graduate trainee/apprentice recruitment. This role will help ensure that all the assessment days are coordinated properly, creating shortlists and meaningful reports. Carrying out telephone interviews and being involved with the assessment days. Understanding the routes to qualification and requirements of the training programmes.Dealing sensitively with Employee Relations issues, including managing all requests for maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and flexible working.Becoming a super-user on our HR system (People HR) and being fundamental in implementing new functionalitiesCarrying out employees? inductions and working with managers on 3 & 6 month employee reviews, considering whether employees have successfully completed their probation period and identifying development/training needsProduction of memos for changes in terms of conditions of employment - including holiday/bank holiday adjustmentsResearch into appropriate training courses and producing training agreements for employeesMonthly sickness & holiday reconciliationsConducting exit Interviews and providing feedback to the Head of HRLiaising with inside careers, professional bodies & advertising contactsUpdating various databases/spreadsheets on a regular basis including People, Graduates etcAssisting with monthly payroll and charge out ratesManaging our cycle to work schemeLoan agreements for season ticketsProvide employees figures to various departments and Partners on request e.g. for annual returns and marketingOverseeing charity events and activities across the four offices which are coordinated by the elected charities champions.You will be responsible for some of the administration arising as a result of the above activities. However, we do have a departmental administrator who is responsible for a lot of the administration.The PersonIdeally CIPD Qualified (Associate Level or equivalent) or working towards completion of qualification.Minimum of 2 to 3 years HR Officer/Advisor experience gained within a similar environment. We have an experienced HR Officer in the team too and this role is anticipated to be with someone less experienced by way of a development opportunity.Must be keen to take on responsibility and ownership within the officer role, and to have demonstrated this in previous roles either inside work or in his/her personal life.Confident and assured in delivery when dealing with all levels of people - sound employment law knowledge when giving advice to maintain departmental credibilityOrganised with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlinesHave a hands-on attitude and contribution to the teamSelf-motivating (used to a professional services/ partnership environment)Approachable and able to operate with professional detachmentPositive outlookPeople-centric whilst remaining commercially-focusedCustomer-service ethicFlexibleCould be an ideal opportunity for someone returning to work who wants to take a lower level role but has built up excellent experience which can be applied to the role.Thank you for your interest in this position. It is with regret that we are unable to respond personally to each individual application due to the high volume of CVs we receive on a daily basis. However, your CV and application for this role will be reviewed by one of our qualified consultants within the next 48 hours. If you do not hear from us within this time period, you have unfortunately been unsuccessful on this occasion. We hope you will apply for future roles that we advertise regularly on this website. However, to keep up to date with all our recruitment activity, please follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and check out our vacancy page on our website.Smart Moves Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.