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HR Advisor
Reference: BHN583106
Job details
- Start date: ASAP
- Employment type: Temporary 12 months
- Date published: 6 February 2025
Job description
This role involves providing strategic and operational HR support to branches across Europe, aligning with the Regional Headquarters' guidance for HR Management. The successful candidate will proactively guide local HRs to ensure compliance with local employment law, company policies, and procedures.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee and manage HR matters across all European branches, especially in Poland and Hungary
- Provide guidance and support to branch HRs to align with Regional Headquarters' HR Management guidelines
- Ensure compliance with local employment law, company policies, and procedures
- Collaborate with local HRs and managers to ensure effective communication and coordination of various HR activities
- Stay current with changes to UK employment law and understand their implications for the business
- Proactively support the development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with UK employment legislation
- Provide guidance and support to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and best practices
- Identify development needs and deliver training programmes to enhance employee skills and capabilities
- Monitor the training progress of each business unit, including all branches
- Where possible, source training providers, ensuring the most appropriate course is selected and negotiated at the best price
- Regularly update Training and Development policy
Key Liaisons:
- Regional Branch HR members
- SDSE People Team
- SDSK People Team
- All SDSE staff and line managers including all European entities
Dimensions:
- Maintain strong relationships with all key liaisons
- Communication partners: circa 30
- Staff: 400
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business or Management field preferred
- Professional qualification from an accredited Chartered Institute such as the CIPD preferred
Skills and Attributes:
- Strong knowledge of HR policies and legislations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation, and with individuals where English is not their first language
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure
- Experience working in a busy HR environment
- High levels of resilience and assertiveness
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
Experience:
- Experience in the HR management field
- Workday user preferred or other HRIS system experience advantageous
- Experience in IT/blue-chip companies beneficial
Hours of Work:
37.5 hours per week. Some weekend and evening work may be required for emergencies and projects.
Benefits:
- 25 days' annual leave
- Discretionary performance-based bonus scheme linked to individual, team and company performance (following successful completion of probation period)
- Defined Contribution Pension (up to 4% employee, up to 8.5% employer)
- Permanent Health Insurance
- Group Life Assurance
- Flexible Benefits allowance of £660 per annum (following successful completion of probation period), e.g. dental insurance, healthcare cash plan, holiday buy/sell, gymflex, travel insurance etc.
- Private Medical Insurance (starting from grade CL2-III)
Challenge:
Our client operates in a fast-moving, challenging environment where processes and procedures are constantly changing. It is essential that the incumbent keeps abreast of IT developments and evaluates the possible impact on the business.
If you are a skilled HR Advisor looking for a fixed-term opportunity to further develop your career, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and talented team.
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