HR Executive - London, United Kingdom - Worldwide Events

Description

HR Executive - Worldwide Events
Chancery Lane, City of London


Reporting to:
Head of People

Hybrid (minimum of 3 days in London Office)


Role Type:
Full Time, 35 hours


Salary:
c.£33k

Are you passionate about creating a positive company culture where people can thrive? We have an opportunity for an HR Executive to join Worldwide Events, the company behind m&i, Private Luxury Events, TFest and Amour.

Our story

Worldwide Events specialises in business-to-business trade events bringing together key players in the travel and events industry. We believe in making business joyful because networking should be fun
The company is an established front-runner of the Meeting & Incentive, Luxury, and Romantic Travel sectors with events hosted in destinations such as Dubai, Ibiza, Istanbul, Seville, Oslo, The Bahamas, Jordan, Mexico - pretty great, right?
We are very proud of the culture we have built here at Worldwide Events.

We like to think our culture is diverse with a great bunch of people who are smart, passionate, interesting, funny, and work really hard to support and live our values.

We like open communication, flexible working, and having a laugh, because we want the office to be a place you'd like to come into each week.

What does the HR Executive do?

We are looking for an organised and self-motivated individual to join us as our HR Executive.

You will be responsible for providing administrative and other support to our People Function, specifically our Head of People. General duties will include (not exhaustive), handling clerical duties, coordinating calendars, supporting confidential meetings, audits, coordinating our recruitment, managing our HR platform (People HR) among other things

Our ideal HR Executive will be pro-active in their approach and have the ability to keep information confidential which is critical in this role.

In order to be successful in this position you should be detail-orientated, professional, organised and have excellent written ad verbal communication skills.

This will suit an experienced HR Executive looking for the next step in their career.


Your responsibilities as HR Executive:

• Coordinating our recruitment efforts (screening CV's, arranging interviews, managing onboarding of new staff, conducting right to work checks).
• Issuing contracts and managing our HR system (People HR).
• Assisting the Head of People with any employee relations cases.
• Keeping our employee handbook up to date.
• Ensuring our office is well maintained and serving our employees the best it can (fruit baskets, sweet treats).
• Coordinating efforts with IT to ensure new starters have all the information they need.
• Issuing employment letters (probation, disciplinary, contract amendments).
• Keeping and updating employee records on our HR platform.
• Acting as a central point of contact for team member queries and issues.
• Assisting with payroll by providing the Finance Department with relevant employee information.
• Assisting the Head of People with any other tasks as needed.

What we would love to see from you:

• Experience as an HR Administrator, Executive or Advisor.
• Understanding of various HR Systems, plus points for People HR.
• Uptodate knowledge of labour law and HR best practices.
• CIPD qualification (level 3 or above).
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels.
• Computer literate with programmes such as word, excel etc.
• Fantastic organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple workflows.
• Passionate about people and developing others.
• A keen interest in the travel and events industry a plus.
• Experienced with an international workforce a plus.
• A love of travelling with a valid passport and the ability to travel internationally.

Some of the benefits of working here include:
We are a dynamic, fast-paced company.

Want to develop your skills, or even move into a different department? At Worldwide Events we are never still, and for the right person, this presents an opportunity to grow and evolve your role and responsibilities, as well as you as a person.

We hope you choose us to grow your career with

Your time

We firmly believe the importance of the right work-life balance, so for our HR Executive we offer:

• 36 days of holiday (including UK Bank Holidays).
• Hybrid working we work smart. We understand that everyone has life responsibilities, so if you need to pop to the bank or adjust your hours to do the school run, we're open to making arrangement that suit your needs. We understand that everyone has a life outside of work, we hope we can enable you to live it
• 4pm finish on Fridays start the weekend early

Your health

• We understand that mental health matters we have an employee assistance programme that is there for you to use whenever you feel the need to, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Company Sick Leave.
• Private Health Scheme (involving a contribution f