People and Culture Specialist HR Generalist - Robert Half : Job Details

Robert Half is partnering with a large consultancy business based in central London in search for their next Human Resources Specialist (People & Culture Specialist).

• Salary £35 000 - £43 000 (DOE)
• Hybrid - 3 days in office

The role:

The P&C Specialist is responsible for key talent priorities, including performance management, onboarding, benefits administration, and employee relations. This role requires building strong relationships with leadership and employees to foster employee development, retention, and engagement. The Specialist should understand business strategy, industry trends, and regional needs while providing excellent customer service and project execution. Acting as a day-to-day business partner for specific UK areas, the P&C Specialist also supports broader regional and global initiatives, contributing to the overall UK P&C strategy.

General Human Resources HR Support:

• Build great relationships with key stakeholders putting our business and our people first
• Monitoring, reviewing, and updating all HR Policies and ensuring these are in line with current legislation
• Leading the business with integrity, keeping the Senior Management team accountable and aligned to companies policies and procedures
• Reviewing and monitoring key HR Metrics and reporting to Senior Management Team, detailing your recommendations for actions and next steps
• Support the business in delivering against our Diversity Equity & Inclusion Strategy
• Assist and participate with strategic HR projects and consider new initiatives which will improve efficiencies within the team and wider firm
• Investigate and resolve payroll and benefits issues
• Conduct employee exit interviews and document areas for improvement
• Assist with employee actions including new hires, transfers, leaves of absence and terminations
• Provide advice and support the business with Employee Relations issues
• Assist with ad-hoc leadership requests

Learning & Development:

• Continually stay abreast of the strengths and development needs of practice professionals to make informed recommendations for attendance at development programs, and on-the-job learning opportunities
• Undertake coaching sessions either individually or within groups on the companies key people process, such as People Day, Coaching & Mentoring, Giving & Receiving Feedback

Recruitment & Onboarding:

• Work closely with the Talent Acquisition team to make them aware of any attrition
• Oversee local new hire integration, inductions and follow-up on new employees to ensure a smooth integration to companies

Engagement:

• Encourage the use of employee recognition programs and processes in solutions sharing best practice
• Driving action against the findings from our engagement survey results holding stakeholders to account

Performance Management:

• Sound knowledge and understanding of UK legislation to manage and respond to HR matters reliably
• Supporting the Senior HR manager with various capability investigations, including grievance and disciplinary
• Supporting the P&C team with Protiviti performance management process. Work with business leaders and P&C to ensure all feedback and scoring is recorded on Protiviti's in-house performance management system and that all career advisors effectively manage the appraisal cycle against critical milestone dates.
• Partnering with Line Manager, Career Advisors and Solution Managing Director's to review employee relations and performance management issues

Benefits/Compensation:

• Supporting and leading in the renewal process with our benefits providers, communicating any changes to our employees and elections are made in our Workday system
• Support pay and bonus communications in solutions driving consistency and best practice

Requirements:

• CIPD Level 5 Qualified or currently studying towards gaining their qualification
• Experience in a HR role, ideally as a business partner or advisor role
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, strong written and oral skills, and willingness to present on a variety of functional or technical topics to broad audiences
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, with a keen eye for detail
• Strong influencing skills, particularly with senior stakeholders.

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