HR Officer
About Palladium:
Palladium is a
global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the
lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health,
water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and
transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges;
and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a
workforce of 3,200 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions,
races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
The
HR Officer role is critical to supporting the day to day running of the UKEA HR
function, helping support across all aspects of the employee life cycle. This
role is ideally suited to someone who is looking to develop their career within
HR and work within a global context. This role will be exposed to all aspects
of the HR function and asked to support day-to-day operations, report creation,
benefits management, new hire onboarding and offboarding, employee enquiries,
and provide backup for the creation and maintenance of employee records using
our Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). The HR Officer will also
participate in HR process transformation efforts, HR program development and be
exposed to some aspects of employee relations. A high level of professional
maturity, confidentiality and interpersonal communication with employees,
leaders, and external stakeholders is essential for success. Reporting This
role reports to the Vice President, Human Resources (UKEA). However, this role
will significantly support the HR Manager and other HR Leader(s), who will
provide input to performance.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium’s
London office.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have
expertise in Human Resources, we are interested in hearing from
you.
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities
from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources,
and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting Lines:
This role reports to the Vice President, Human Resources (UKEA).
However, this role will significantly support the HR Manager and other HR
Leader(s), who will provide input to performance
Primary
Roles and Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities of the HR Officer are to:
Support the HR Manager and HR, VP on all aspects of the employee lifecycle. This will include supporting onboarding and new hire orientation, offboarding, HRIS data management, HR reporting, benefits administration, compliance, KRA setting, performance management, talent management and compensation support.
Must have a willingness to learn and own HR Reporting to support metrics and analytics used for leadership discussions. This requires learning enhanced skills in Microsoft excel and the ability to analyse turnover and workforce data to support leadership dashboards and discussions.
Support policy adjustments, handbook creation, regulatory compliance, and selected elements of employee relations activities.
Ability and willingness to organize events or training, establish and maintain HR calendar.
Establish relationships with vendors where needed and provide contract and billing support.
Support special projects for HR. This will include personnel file management, HRC audits, tracking of mandatory trainings, process redesign project plan management, development of power point slide decks, org charts, data management tracking through excel and use of other software.
Assist in special events. This may include recognition events, engagement activities, employee communications design, etc.
Proactively offer suggestions for process improvements, efficiency, and cost reductions.
General administration support to the UKEA HR team.
Essential Criteria:
Proved track record of working in a HR Administrative / Officer role in a global setting and within a multicultural work environments with competing demands.Good understanding of current (UK) employment law and its impact on HR administration Experience in people analytics Experience with HR information systems.
Advanced knowledge and ability using Microsoft Office suite, in particular Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Excellent command of written and spoken English
Highly analytical with an ability to analyse data and make recommendations.
Self-starter: you thrive on taking ownership of initiatives
Detail-oriented with strong analytical, prioritisation and organisational skills
Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills
High level of professional credibility and integrity
Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise workload Integrity and approachability, as managers and staff must feel able to discuss sensitive and confidential issues with you
Desirable Criteria:
Experience using HR Information systems such as Salesforce and Sage.Second language, preferably Spanish.
Previous experience working in HR within the professional service sector.
Understanding of payroll workings and calculations Experience in equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace
Equity,
Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and
inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of
society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity,
success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve
diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive
equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal
characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic
background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous
status.
Should
you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment
process (due to disability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance),
please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will
be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding - We define
Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our
people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed
to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium
are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to
an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a
rigorous due diligence process.