HR Generalist
Birmingham
We are looking for a HR Generalist with Payroll knowledge, to join our clients' HR team at their Head Office. A rapidly expanding company, the successful candidate will play an intricate part in an evolving team to fully support the HR function throughout the business.
Your responsibilities will include:
Duties
Employee Relations
- Chairing and advising on ER cases from start to finish – Disciplinary, Grievances, Flexible Working Applications and many more.
- Confident in decision making
- Involvement in issuing outcomes up to and including dismissals
- Complete invite and outcome letters
- Leading meetings such as investigations, welfares and completing Return to Works
- Note-taking in meeting if Manger is chairing meetings.
- Updating/Creating Policies and Procedures
- Involvement in Redundancies
General
- Support and managing the Probation process from liaising with Managers, updating records and sending outcome letters
- To maintain all HR systems ensuring data and records are accurate and up to date
- Reporting data and creating excel spreadsheets
- Developing job descriptions and person specifications
- Support in preparing job adverts, checking application forms, shortlisting and sifting CV's, interviewing and selecting candidates
- Support with producing and issuing offer letters and employee contracts
- Liaising with Hiring Managers for vacancies in Head Office and in Stores
- Introducing new employees to the company and walk them through the induction
- To ensure all new starter paperwork is completed and relevant information provided to Payroll
- To provide line manager with new starter documents to ensure a smooth on boarding process for the new employee
- Responsible for the organization of Agency staff by liaising with the Agency Company and Warehouse Management
- To support in administering starter/leaver processes
- Organisation of HR documents in preparation for meetings (invite letters and outcome letters)
- Liaise with Payroll regarding relevant employee information, for example employee absence
- Respond to reference requests
- Ensure electronic and paper-based personnel files are maintained and filing/archiving is completed in a timely manner
- Updating of policy and the company handbook
- Delivering and coaching of people policies
Payroll – As and when required
- Assist Payroll Manager with the full end to end payroll process, including but not limited to;
- Creation of new starters to the business, processing P45’s and new starter checklists
- Calculation of Statutory Payments
- Capturing and recording data from the employee time and attendance system
- Pulling and exporting reports
- Process timesheets in an accurate and timely manner
- Preparing and completing necessary administrative tasks to ensure an accurate payroll
- Understanding of RTI
- Administration of the Company Auto Enrolment pension scheme
- Answering pay related queries
About you:
- Proven track record in a HR Generalist role.
- Good working knowledge of Excel – VLOOKUP and formulas essential
- Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills
- Confident in managing ER cases from start to finish
- Strong interpersonal and communication skill
- You must hold a full driving license and be able to travel across the country to support with any ER or recruitment requirements when required.
- Be able to take accountability and influence matters
- Show dedication and a pro-active, can do attitude and can think outside of the box
- Up to date knowledge of legislation
- Confident and able to work under pressure