HR Advisor

Angle Plc; Guildford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

ANGLE is seeking an HR Advisor to join its dynamic Guildford team. The role involves managing key HR functions, supporting employee development, and engaging with staff to enhance workplace culture. The ideal candidate will have proven HR experience, particularly in the biotech sector, and be proactive in implementing people initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a leading liquid biopsy company's growth and innovation.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and development

Competitive benefits package

Qualifications

• Hands-on HR professional with focus on daily operations.
• Experience with employee lifecycle management required.
• Strong communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage HR operations including recruitment and employee relations.
• Support learning and development initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and maintain HR records.

Skills

Employee relations

Performance management

Talent acquisition

Policy implementation

Learning and development

Education

Proven Human Resources experience

Experience in the Biotech industry

Knowledge of US employment laws

Tools

PeopleHR

MS Office (Excel)

Job description

ANGLE is a world-leading liquid biopsy company commercialising a patent protected platform technology that can capture rare circulating tumour cells (CTCs) from blood, in a minimally invasive way, for downstream analysis.

ANGLE’s Parsortix system is FDA cleared for its intended use in metastatic breast cancer and is currently the first and only FDA cleared medical device to harvest intact circulating cancer cells from blood. Parsortix technology comprises a microfluidic device that captures CTCs from blood based on their size and compressibility. CTCs are cancer cells that have detached from the primary tumour and entered the blood circulation, and they play a critical role in initiating metastasis. Once harvested, the CTCs can be comprehensively analysed to provide a wealth of information about the patient’s tumour, advancing cancer research and potentially personalized medicine. This technology has the potential to deliver profound improvements in clinical and health economic outcomes.

ANGLE has established a CTC harvest and analysis service from our UK-based Clinical Laboratory based in Guildford for customers worldwide. In alignment with company priorities, we plan to rapidly expand our services to include molecular profiling of CTCs and ctDNA using digital PCR and NGS to add to our image-based assays.

Join our Team

This is an exciting time at ANGLE and our team in Guildford are looking for a HR Advisor to support the development and growth of ANGLE’s employees and processes as the company moves into its next stage.

At ANGLE, we foster a dynamic, entrepreneurial approach to translating leading-edge translational research into clinical diagnostics. We promote a culture of collaboration and shared excellence while encouraging an open and honest exchange of ideas.

We are always in search of potential employees who share our vision and want to make a difference today. In your submission, please describe your background and what you can bring to our team along with attaching your resume.

Principal Accountabilities

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on HR professional who is proactive in managing day-to-day HR operations while ensuring key people initiatives are effectively delivered. They should be comfortable handling a mix of operational and employee-focused tasks, including learning and development, recruitment strategy, employee relations, and policy implementation.

• Help optimise the use of our HR systems (PeopleHR) proactively assessing data and providing suggestions on how to make business improvements from the stories the data is giving
• Provide HR support across the full employee lifecycle, including but not limited to:
• First point of contact for employee questions regarding policies and procedures
• Assist HR Director in managing employee relations and day to day HR issues as they arise
• Responsibility for holiday and absence records, first point of contact for employee queries and flagging any issues to HR Director
• Support performance management and reward activities
• Suggest and plan opportunities for learning and development, such as apprenticeships, student placements and leadership training
• Responsible for preparing payroll and collating inputs for review by HR Director
• Own day to day benefits administration (new joiners, leavers, updates/uploads, queries) and able to answer employee questions regarding our company benefits
• Input and assist with HR communications (including quarterly newsletter, all employee calls, new joiner announcements)
• Conduct mid-way probation and exit interviews, prepare a summary of feedback themes, help make (and subsequently action) recommendations for continuous improvements
• Help identify and embed employee wellness and engagement initiatives
• Own the onboarding process to provide a smooth landing for our new joiners, organise our central induction meetings, present the HR onboarding session and help set up new joiners from an administrative perspective
• Own the probation process; support managers and employees with this process and track probation review dates, prepare and file probation documentation
• Own the offboarding process
• Help ensure compliance with internal and external regulations; organise and maintain accurate HR files and records (including right to work, qualifications, training records). Regularly cleanse personnel data in PeopleHR to ensure that it is always up to date and accurate. Scan and file HR documents, maintain organised files by following the company’s naming convention and filing systems and confidentiality requirements
• Maintain up to date HepB records, assist employees in booking appointments
• Raise purchase orders as necessary for HR purchases
• Assist with HR projects and undertake additional ad-hoc tasks as required.

Education, Qualifications and Experience

• Proven Human Resources experience with significant exposure to employee relations, performance management, talent acquisition and other HR disciplines (e.g., training, benefits);
• Experience in the Biotech industry or within a lab-environment/R&D function is required
• Knowledge of US employment laws and HR practices is an asset.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong general knowledge of employee compensation, benefits, payroll, recruiting, performance management and learning and development.
• Ability and willingness to take on the tactical day to day duties whilst making suggestions for process improvements and taking part in strategical HR goals
• Possess an ability to maintain confidentiality and act with discretion, kindness and diplomacy
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• An eye for detail and commitment to high quality data
• A flexible, can-do approach to the requirements of the job
• Proficient in HRIS and other HR-related software, ideally PeopleHR
• Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel to at least an Intermediate Level
• Embraces the pace and opportunities of an organisation such as ours and has proven ability to handle a broad range of responsibilities; strong project management and prioritisation skills to effectively drive multiple projects and initiatives.

Job Requirements

Due to the nature of the role, our requirement is for this position to be Guildford based, office hours and onsite five days per week.

As a member of our highly skilled team you will receive opportunities for training and development and a competitive benefits package.

Please let us know if you require disability-related accommodation during the recruitment process so that we can work with you to meet your needs.

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