HR Co-ordinator

Focusrite; High Wycombe; Hybrid; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working

Company pension

Life insurance

Private healthcare

Employee purchase scheme

Company music events

Free breakfast/lunch

Job summary

A global music technology company in High Wycombe seeks an HR Co-ordinator to support employee journeys and enhance HR operations. The role involves HR support, data management, and contributing to Learning & Development and wellbeing initiatives. Ideal candidates need at least 3 years in HR, strong communication skills, and a commitment to a positive, inclusive workplace culture. This position offers flexible working and an opportunity to impact a forward-thinking team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years in a similar HR/People role.
• Working knowledge of UK employment law.
• Able to handle sensitive information confidentially.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first line of HR support.
• Maintain accurate employee data across HRIS.
• Co-ordinate the delivery of L&D initiatives.
• Assist with the EDIB programme.
• Prepare and process monthly payroll changes.

Skills

HR best practice

Communication skills

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel

Organisational skills

Education

Degree-level education or CIPD Level 3 qualification

Job description

Based: High Wycombe

Term: Permanent, Full time

Salary: Negotiable + excellent benefits

The Role:

Are you ready to build on your HR experience somewhere you can truly make a difference? Then come join a People Team where your ideas matter, your development is supported, and your work has a real, visible impact. As our HR Co‑ordinator, you'll be a key, front‑line member of the team, the person colleagues turn to for confident, empathetic, and accurate support throughout their employee journey. You'll use your growing generalist HR knowledge to provide timely solutions, guide employees through our people processes, and help create a consistently positive experience for everyone. This is a role where attention to detail genuinely shapes outcomes. You'll maintain high‑quality people data, produce insightful reports, and manage key trackers that keep our People function compliant and insight‑driven. You'll also play an active part in bringing our People initiatives to life from Learning & Development to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, to Wellbeing. Your coordination will help ensure these programmes are meaningful, accessible, and engaging for all colleagues. You'll work closely with a supportive, collaborative People team who will guide you, listen to your ideas and give you the space to take ownership and grow. You'll build trusted relationships across the business, share your insights to help shape future improvements, and contribute to an excellent, reliable People service that we can all be proud of. The scope of this role is broad and varied. You'll support around 280 people across four Focusrite companies based in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia with occasional involvement in other Group entities. If you're looking to grow your HR career in a friendly, forward‑thinking team, then we'd love to meet you.

Duties:

HR Support & Employee Experience

• Act as the first line of HR support, managing the shared People Team inbox and triaging or resolving queries in a timely, accurate manner aligned with our policies and culture
• Provide routine guidance to employees and managers on HR processes, performance matters, absence, wellbeing, and other day‑to‑day employee topics, championing a positive, inclusive employee experience in every interaction
• Co‑ordinate the people forum. This entails general meeting prep, including taking and assigning actions, and producing public comms
• Role‑model our values and contribute to initiatives that strengthen inclusion, belonging, and the overall employee experience

Data, Systems & Reporting

• Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date employee data across the HRIS and People Team folders, ensuring changes affecting payroll are logged correctly and on time
• Produce core HR reports (e.g., right‑to‑work, probation, sickness, holiday) and maintain People trackers, logs, and portals
• Support data integrity, compliance, and audit readiness through diligent record‑keeping

Learning & Development

• Co‑ordinate the delivery of L&D initiatives, including liaising with external providers, promoting programmes, and tracking participation.
• Administer and support ongoing development offerings such as LinkedIn Learning, Development Days, mentoring, learning agreements, and apprenticeships.

EDIB

• Assist with the delivery our EDIB (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging) programme, ensuring it is an effective driver of positive change within the organisation, and promotes a culture of equity, diversity, inclusivity and belonging

Wellbeing

• Co‑ordinate and implement an effective wellbeing provision, both through the direct actions of the People Team, and by providing managers with clear and consistent guidance that empowers them to make choices that support and promote wellbeing within their teams

Payroll & Operational Support

• Prepare and process monthly payroll changes accurately, collaborating with the People Advisor, Head of People and Payroll Manager to ensure timely and correct submissions.
• Co‑ordinate onboarding and offboarding processes, including HR inductions, system access, documentation, and exit interviews, ensuring a seamless and insightful experience
• Administer employee benefits, ensuring smooth enrolment, changes, provider communication, and accurate resolution of employee queries
• Support continuous improvement by reviewing processes, identifying efficiencies, and contributing ideas to enhance People Team operations

Skills and Experience Required

• Minimum of 3 years in a similar HR/People role, with degree-level education or CIPD Level 3 qualification or equivalent (or willingness to work towards this)
• Working knowledge of HR best practice, HR operations, and UK employment law
• Able to handle sensitive information confidentially and exercise sound judgement
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, active listening, and ability to build trusted relationships at all levels
• Highly organised, flexible, able to manage multiple priorities, and comfortable working with moderate guidance
• Good data analysis capability with intermediate Microsoft Excel ability
• Detail‑focused, adaptable, quick to learn, and emotionally intelligent

About Us

Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, its solutions facilitate the high‑quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity - ‘we make music easy to make'. The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, TiMax and OutBoard. With a high‑quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music‑making industry.

Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group‑wide open‑door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including four Queen's Awards for Enterprise and the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021.

The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome and positively represented, whether office‑based or working remotely. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.

Benefits

Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, company music events, free breakfast/lunch in the canteen at Focusrite HQ. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development.