HR Advisor

Proxima; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking consulting firm as an HR Advisor in central London! This role offers a unique opportunity to support a dynamic team, manage employee relations, and contribute to the development of training programs. You will play a key role in enhancing employee engagement and ensuring smooth HR operations. With a focus on autonomy and proactive problem-solving, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment. If you're passionate about people and eager to drive HR initiatives, this is the role for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar HR role with a focus on employee relations.
• Background in professional services or consultancy is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage various aspects of the employee life cycle and HR strategy.
• Provide employee benefits and pensions advice in collaboration with HR Managers.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Employee Relations

HRIS Management

Training and Development

Employee Benefits Advice

Education

HR Certification

Bachelor's Degree in HR or related field

Tools

Oracle HRIS

Cornerstone

Job description

Proxima, part of the global Consulting firm, Bain & Company, have a great opportunity for an HR Advisor to be based in our central London office. This position is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract as Maternity Leave cover. You will be part of our team working closely with our offices in London, Leeds, Cardiff, Dusseldorf and the US.

Proxima is an established and leading management consulting firm specialising in Procurement & Supply Chain. With our 25 years of great delivery experience, we help the world’s leading brands to solve problems - reducing their spend, increasing cost savings, and optimising their procurement strategy.

Responsibilities of the HR Advisor
This role is internal and will report equally into our Europe and US HR Managers. We are seeking a candidate that possesses a passion about people, an eagerness to help our business grow, and with a level of experience that provides autonomy to perform all aspects of the role to a high level. The HR Advisor will be well guided in their role, as well as being supported by the UK based HR Assistant. We are a fast-paced business, so we are looking for someone with strong organisational skills, a proactive nature, and has the ability to complete tasks and advance process using their own initiative.

• Generalist remit, covering multiple aspects of the employee life cycle
• Work with HR colleagues on management, development, and communication of L&D programme and training courses
• Produce insightful L&D reports to support company initiatives
• Employee benefits advice (UK and Germany) in conjunction with HR Managers
• Pensions advice (UK and Germany) in conjunction with HR Managers
• Support HR colleagues with feedback conversation, engagement conversation, and anniversary conversation processes
• Own absence management, including data entry into HRIS
• Work with Europe and US HR Managers contributing to and delivering on wider HR strategy
• Partner with managers/career coaches on employee relations queries
• Advise employees on employee relations queries to ensure they are fully aware of their rights, entitlements, and understand process
• Work with HR Managers to review and update policies in line with current legislation and/or best practice
• Manage production of annual employee pulse survey
• Support new joiner onboarding, including probation reviews
• Holiday/absence cover support for HR Assistant
• Ad-hoc support on tasks or new projects for the HR and/or Talent Acquisition teams as required

Who we’re looking for:

• Gained reasonable experience in a similar role/environment
• Ideally professional services or consultancy experience
• Experience working with autonomy within a small team
• Leading on or responsibility for employee benefits process
• Operationally hands on, with focus on delivery of an HR function as part of the wider HR strategy
• Background in a similar sized company would be beneficial (250-300 employees)
• Experience with Oracle HRIS and Cornerstone is beneficial but not essential

If you believe yourself to be a great fit for this HR Advisorrole, please apply!

Proxima is an equal opportunities employer and we actively promote an environment that harnesses diversity in the workplace. In particular, we will ensure that no one is disadvantaged, favoured, harassed or excluded due to their gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. For more information please contact our recruitment team.