HR Specialist

Hikvision UK & Ireland; Bath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hikvision UK & Ireland is seeking an HR professional to lead onboarding, offboarding, and employee engagement from our Bath office. The role develops and executes the HR strategy to support growth and performance in line with business objectives.

You will manage internal communications, brand, newsletters, and ensure a positive workplace culture. Key duties include coordinating onboarding processes, organizing engagement events, and maintaining strong relationships with managers.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in HR or People Operations.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Fluent English; Chinese language is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding, offboarding and HR administration.
• Lead employee engagement initiatives and internal communications.
• Develop and execute the HR strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Coordinate events and manage employer brand initiatives.

Skills

HR experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Fluent English

Chinese (preferred)

Job description

Note: This is a full-time, office-based role requiring the job holder to work five days per week from our office in UB11 1ET, with flexibility available on an individual basis where required.

The job holder is an HR professional responsible for onboarding, offboarding, company culture, employee engagement. The role entails taking a strategic approach to internal communications and assisting to design, develop and execute the HR strategy, which ultimately supports a healthy workplace for employees’ growth and performance, in alignment with the corporate’s business objectives.

Employee Engagement:

• Support the engagement plan to attract and retain valuable employees, explore creative ideas and implement suitable initiatives to support employee engagement.
• Identify opportunities and develop an employee recognition programme.
• Lead the development and execution of employee engagement programs and foster the company’s culture ensuring all initiatives/activities are promoted and delivered.
• Develop, evaluate and execute internal communication plans to ensure the vision, values, initiatives, and organizational information are communicated regularly and effectively.
• Organise employee engagement events including birthday parties, special events, and team-building events.
• Define, structure and maintain an attractive and positive employer brand and help to design, develop and in line with the company’s diversity initiatives.
• Coordinate activities to create a quarterly HR newsletter as a medium to promote a positive company culture.

Onboarding:

• Create a system design to streamline and automate the onboarding process where possible.
• Organise pre-onboarding preparation in line with the company’s process and SLA providers.
• Enhance the new employees’ onboarding experience through welcoming communication.
• Performs the administration activities related to the start of the employee.
• Deliver the welcome session and monitor new employees’ induction training.

Offboarding:

• Communicate with the leaver’s manager to confirm their request.
• Organise and monitor the process, trigger relevant tasks to offboarding SLA providers, and complete the leaver’s resignation process on the OA system.
• Prepare relevant exit correspondence with the departing employee, attend exit interview and produce meeting minutes.
• Produce departing employee analysis report on a quarterly basis.

HR Administration

• Issuing relevant company reference and verification letters; and respond to reference checks for departed employees.
• Make purchases for office events and raise POs accordingly.
• Carry out other duties assigned by the line manager.

Skills and Experience:

• 2-4 years in HR, People Operations or similar people-focused role
• Good analytical skills.
• Good communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent both in written and spoken English.
• Proficient in written and spoken Chinese is preferred