LOCATION:

Coventry

SALARY:

Competitive

PERMANENT/FIXED:

Permanent

Application Reference Number: 0029

HR Generalist

About the role:

In this role, you'll serve as one of the primary contacts for all HR related enquiries from both employees and managers. The HR Generalist will be involved in the entire HR lifecycle – from onboarding through to offboarding and everything in between! You will be responsible for delivering a high-level HR service to a diverse internal customer base, delivering practical solutions in a commercial manner. 

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Administration:

• Acting as the point of contact for managers, employees and other HR team members.
• Updating key HR metrics (attrition, head count, absence, Organisational Charts).
• Providing HR generalist advice.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records, and generate reports for management as required (pension platform, employee engagement platform).
• Preparing contract variation letters.
• Raising purchase requisitions.

Recruitment:

• Raising authority to recruit.
• Reviewing or drafting job descriptions.
• Advertising vacancies internally and externally.
• Supporting the interviewing process.
• Coordinating the appointment process for successful applicants.
• Preparing the employment offers.
• Supporting the onboarding process for new hires.
• Coordinating probation period process.

Payroll and benefits:

• Consolidate the payroll input data for the payroll process.
• Drafting the payroll action notices.
• Update benefit providers with monthly changes to staff - joiners, leavers and any salary changes and related administration.

HR Compliance:

• GDPR responsibilities.

Employee Relations:

• Supporting the HR manager with various capability investigations, including grievance and disciplinary.
• Occupational health, short and long-term absence management responsibilities.

MD assistance:

• Manage Corporate and Director`s calendars.
• Liaise with the Board members and their PAs.
• Coordinate the Company’s travel arrangements and maintain Clarity Go updates for starters/leavers.
• Support with the corporate credit card expenses and hospitality costs.
• Book visitors and arrange support meetings.
• Support monthly security meetings.

Required Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Experience Required:

• Experience of working in an HR function is essential.
• Experience of working cross-functionally.

Skills Required:

• Good MS Office and Outlook skills.
• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Attitude in problem-solving.
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of audiences.

Personal attributes:

Essential:

• Degree qualified or CIPD qualification.

Desirable:

• Excellent team player.
• Self-motivated with an emphasis on task management and adaptability.
• Engages the interest and participation of others.
• Shows moral courage, openness and honesty in all situations.
• Flexible and works well under pressure.
• Proactively contributes to the team.
• Is self-aware, optimistic and has a collaborative approach to working with others.
• Assertive, resilient and welcomes change.

Application Reference Number: 0029