HR Officer
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 3,200 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
The HR Officer role is critical to supporting the day-to-day running of the UKEA HR function, helping support across all aspects of the employee life cycle. This role is ideally suited to someone who is looking to develop their career within HR and work within a global context. This role will be exposed to all aspects of the HR function and asked to support day-to-day operations, report creation, benefits management, new hire onboarding and offboarding, employee enquiries, and provide backup for the creation and maintenance of employee records using our Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). A high level of professional maturity, confidentiality and interpersonal communication with employees, leaders, and external stakeholders is essential for success.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium’s London office.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in Human Resources, we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Primary Roles and Responsibilities:
* Support the day-to-day operations of the HR function, providing backup and surge support for standard HR work.
* Support the HR Manager and HR VP on all aspects of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, HRIS data management, HR reporting, benefits administration, compliance, KRA setting, performance management, talent management, and compensation support.
* Learn and own HR Reporting to support metrics and analytics used for leadership discussions, requiring skills in Microsoft Excel and the ability to analyze turnover and workforce data.
* Support policy adjustments, handbook creation, regulatory compliance, and selected elements of employee relations activities.
* Organize events or training and establish and maintain the HR calendar.
* Establish relationships with vendors and provide contract and billing support.
* Support special projects for HR, including personnel file management, HRC audits, tracking mandatory trainings, process redesign project plan management, and data management tracking through Excel and other software.
* Assist in special events, including recognition events, engagement activities, and employee communications design.
* Proactively offer suggestions for process improvements, efficiency, and cost reductions.
* General administration support to the UKEA HR team.
Essential Criteria:
* Proven track record of working in a HR Administrative/Officer role in a global setting and within a multicultural work environment.
* Good understanding of current (UK) employment law and its impact on HR administration.
* Experience in people analytics and HR information systems.
* Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
* Excellent command of written and spoken English.
* Highly analytical with the ability to analyze data and make recommendations.
* Self-starter: thrives on taking ownership of initiatives.
* Detail-oriented with strong analytical, prioritization, and organizational skills.
* Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
* High level of professional credibility and integrity.
* Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload.
Desirable Criteria:
* Experience using HR Information systems such as Salesforce and Sage.
* Second language, preferably Spanish.
* Previous experience working in HR within the professional service sector.
* Understanding of payroll workings and calculations.
* Experience in equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:
Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success, and good practice.
Safeguarding:
We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients, and the communities we work with from harm.” All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
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