Human Resources Officer - London, United Kingdom - Lewis Silkin LLP

Lewis Silkin LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Term:

  • Contract
  • Duration:
  • 1 year Working hours:
  • Fulltime
  • Reports to:


  • HR Manager (EIR Division)

  • Department:


  • Human Resources Department

  • Location:


  • London

  • The firmLewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets
  • their ideas, their people, their brand and their future

We call it:
Ideas. People. Possibilities.


With offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Hong Kong, we are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct for our unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutions to complex, multijurisdictional business challenges, with a pragmatic and human touch.


We have two things at our core:
people — both ours and our clients'— and a focus on creative, tech and innovative businesses.


Our culture is encapsulated by an ethos of bravery and kindness, guided by our values of Integrity, Clarity, Unity and Excellence (our 'I-CUE').

We aim to provide a supportive environment for our people, clients and wider community and embrace diversity & inclusion, ensuring people are able to bring their full selves to work.


  • The departmentThis role sits within the HR team which comprises 20 people specialists based in our London and Cardiff offices, working closely together to provide excellent employment conditions for the firm's people, covering all aspects of the employee lifecycle. The main emphasis of the role will be to support the Employment, Immigration and Reward Division from an HR perspective.

Main purpose of the role


The primary focus of this role will be to support the EIR HR Manager and HR Officer to effectively and efficiently deliver the full employee life cycle for fee earners and support staff across the division.

The post holder will also have the opportunity to support the wider HR team on firm-wide HR projects.

  • Responsibilities
  • Working alongside the Recruitment team, support the recruitment process for roles within the division including shortlisting and interviewing as required.
  • Having oversight of, and working with the HR Assistant, to ensure the joiner and leaver procedures are effectively implemented within the division, liaising with central teams as required.
  • Coordinating with the other HRO the onboarding process for new joiners and conducting exit interviews for leavers.
  • Carrying out a variety of induction sessions, for example, leading day one, and sixweek catch ups for new joiners across the division.
  • Coordinate the management of the Career Development Partner (CDP) process for EIR associates and paralegals.
  • Support the HR Officer with daytoday contact for the Secretarial Coordinator/Deputy Secretarial Coordinator and Office Managers, who have overall management responsibility for the division's secretarial support function; acting as their key divisional HR support dealing with, or escalating as required, all of the HR lifestyle.
  • As above, supporting the HR Officer with any HR matters arising from the EIR paralegal group; supporting partners and Talent Partners as required.
  • Liaising with the central Learning and Development function to input into the design and delivery of relevant highquality training across all roles within the division.
  • Supporting the Divisional HR Manager and HR Officer on daytoday employee relations issues.
  • Supporting the Divisional HR Manager and HR Officer on performance management issues and providing HR support and best practice guidance to line managers regarding performance management.
  • Advising divisional employees and line managers on matters of HR policy.
  • Responsible for managing maternity and paternity leave and ensuring the appropriate maternity support and coaching is given to employees before, during and after maternity leave.
  • Assisting the HR Officer with absence management and follow up as required, such as conducting return to work interviews where sickness absence trigger points have been reached and making occupational health referrals where necessary.
  • Own the divisional processes for fee earner secondments; acting as the point of contact for associates and paralegals on secondment; executing the required paperwork and liaising with the Co-Coo/Divisional Business Manager to ensure client contracts are in place and internal teams are updated.
  • Ensuring payroll changes are given to the appropriate central team members (responsible for payroll) in a timely and efficient manner and ensuring employment paperwork and changes to terms and conditions are updated as required.
  • Supporting the EIR HR Manager, the EIR Co-COO, divisional management team and Talent Partners with statistics, data or other relevant information to input into the divisional management priorities and activities.
  • Working with the Divisional Business Manager to input into regular reports and papers as required by the EIR management team, or firm wide leaders, such as the capacity ch
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