HR Officer

Position: HR Officer

Employment: Full Time, Monday - Friday

Location: Oswestry

PURPOSE OF ROLE 

We are an industry leading full service Brand Experience group that produces and executes an exciting portfolio of projects with a range of flagship clients. Since 2012 we have been disrupters of the experiential marketing and live event industry, managing client projects from concept through to delivery.  

We continue to expand, notably into global markets with the right leaders and teams at the forefront and as part of that growth are currently recruiting for a new HR Officer.

We are looking for a HR Officer to support the continued growth and development of our people function. The perfect candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, demonstrate strong organisational skills, and be confident managing a broad range of HR activities with professionalism and discretion.

You will ultimately be responsible for supporting the delivery of a comprehensive HR service across the company, ensuring effective people management practices, compliance with employment legislation, and a positive employee experience throughout their full lifecycle. 

You will be a hands on and solution focused HR professional, capable of building strong relationships with stakeholders with previous experience in a generalist HR role, with exposure to employee relations, HR systems, and supporting employee management processes.

This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a broad range of HR activities, support employee experience, and contribute directly to the continued growth of the company.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• HR Operations 

  • Ensure an effective HR function is provided across the company to support, enhance and develop company objectives

  • Lead on a range of complex employee relations casework

  • Analyse, interpret and communicate often complex, contentious and sensitive information in order to agree and deliver an appropriate course of action

  • Maintain internal HR systems including managing all employee data

  • Manage the full employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding

  • Work closely with managers and internal operations team to compile training plans for all employees to support the achievement of the organisational objectives, and deliver appropriate training and development programmes

  • Support performance review cycles and frameworks across the company
     

• Compliance 

  • Accurately maintain and positively embrace key documentation required for each HR function including any relevant - dashboards, budgets, policies, SOW’s, operational or resource tools

  • Keep abreast of developments in HR and Employment Law bringing these to the attention of the Directors and management team, and updating key HR policies and procedure documents to ensure they are legislatively compliant

  • Lead on the implementation, development and roll out of HR policies and procedures

  • Provide fair and consistent HR advice to the directors including coaching management in people processes, performance management and employee relations issues
     

• Collaboration & Reporting 

  • Assist in payroll preparation by providing relevant data, like absences, bonus and other periods of leave

  • Support in maintaining the company headcount master file and ensure it is a single source of information for all employee related data

  • Support Directors to define and implement initiatives aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and risk management

  • Support the Central Services department with ad-hoc projects and tasks

  • Liaise with various suppliers and stakeholders to support the overall Central Services department

  • Produce monthly and annual HR Reports including key HR metrics

  • Maintain and enforce a positive approach to health and safety culture

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Previous experience within a generalist HR Function.

• CIPD Level 5 Qualification or working towards.

• Excellent up to date knowledge of UK Employment Law Legislation and ACAS Code. 

• Have a positive and solution led mindset in order to meet the demands of a dynamic growing business. 

• Be an approachable character with great interpersonal skills to ensure effective management of HR issues and have the ability to engage and influence peers, colleagues and stakeholders.