HR Officer/advisor - London, United Kingdom - LHH Recruitment Solutions

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Our client are a Multi discipline commercial Law firm based in London, a professional and ambitious business who are looking to recruit a HR Officer to join their HR team in busy and exciting generalist role.

An award-winning business who are based near Farringdon and a member of the legal 500 list are adding to their HR function to support their people growth and to provide high quality HR support to the Head of HR, across all areas of human resources plus to line manage and mentor an HR Assistant.


PLEASE NOTE - This initially will be a work from the office role but as your role develops they will support flexible working.
Reporting to the Head of HR and paying up to £37,000 your duties will include

  • Delegating straightforward admin tasks to the HR Assistant, i.e. dealing with recruitment enquiries, overseeing absence recording and dealing with attendance issues.
  • Dealing with new starter processes including DBS checks, IT set up, references, induction and training.
  • Ensuring HR electronic records & documentation is accurate & up to date & overseeing HR file audits.
  • PDR (appraisal) admin, alongside HR Assistant
  • Overseeing the induction process, dealing with induction admin and assisting Head of HR with induction as required, in both London & Brighton.
  • Managing and monitoring maternity issues, including calendar dates, meetings, etc. to ensure compliance with legislation.
  • Liaising with Managing partner regarding firm subscriptions such as Lexis Nexis and Thomson Reuters.
  • Taking notes at formal HR meetings, as required.
  • Deputising for Head of HR at networking & training events, as required.
  • Any other tasks as may be requested by the Partners or by the Head of HR.
  • Overseeing all payroll administration & producing monthly payroll reports for submission to the Managing Partner, Head of HR and to our payroll bureau. Checking draft payslips and dealing with payroll queries.
  • Overseeing all administrative matters relating to pensions & liaising with Payroll/pension provider as required.
  • Alongside the Recruitment Assistant, responsibility for all postoffer follow on recruitment admin, to include formal offer letter & draft contract, HR information gathering, references, DBS checks, etc.
  • Ensuring timely annual renewal of Practising Certificates. Managing the admin process, alongside HR Assistant and assisting Managing Partner with any issues.
  • Dealing with all administration related to serving trainees, including SRA registration, supervision (liaising with supervisors as required), seat moves, trainee diaries, review meetings, potential qualification discussions, etc. Assisting with the qualification process.

Person Experience

  • Ideally you will have strong HR Experience in a Generalist HR Advisor/Officer role
  • Have at least starter CIPD or relevant experience within this space
  • You will have strong IT skills, Communication and be highly organised and switched on
  • Ability to use your initiative
  • If you have had a HR Administrator working under you that will be a huge advantage
  • Ideally you will have worked within a Legal Business but not essential but coming from a professional services background will be a skill desired by the client

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