HR Advisor

Ryder Reid Legal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Ryder Reid Legal in London is recruiting an HR Advisor to join the team on an 18-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. The role provides broad HR generalist exposure within a collaborative, high-performing environment.

It involves three days in the office and two days from home, with an ideal start from October. The position supports maternity/paternity leave, employee relations, absence management and immigration, and requires experience in a law firm or professional services

Qualifications

• HR experience within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and immigration processes.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Proactive, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage maternity, paternity and shared parental leave processes.
• Support employee relations, absence management and occupational health cases.
• Oversee UK immigration and sponsorship matters.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding activities.
• Support flexible working requests, secondments and HR projects.
• Produce HR reports, draft correspondence and respond to employee queries.
• Assist with HR systems and process improvement initiatives, including Workday.

Skills

UK employment law

Immigration processes

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Workday experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

We are recruiting for an HR Advisor to join the London office of a prestigious US law firm on an 18-month fixed-term contract covering maternity leave. This role offers broad HR generalist exposure within a collaborative and high-performing environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing maternity, paternity and shared parental leave processes.
• Supporting employee relations, absence management and occupational health cases.
• Overseeing UK immigration and sponsorship matters.
• Coordinating onboarding and offboarding activities.
• Supporting flexible working requests, secondments and HR projects.
• Producing HR reports, drafting correspondence and responding to employee queries.
• Assisting with HR systems and process improvement initiatives, including Workday.

About you:

• Previous HR experience within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and immigration processes.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills.
• Proactive, detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Workday experience would be advantageous.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly regarded international law firm and play a key role within a supportive HR team. The ideal candidate would be able to start from October. The role is 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

• Competitive salary and benefits package on offer.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.