HR Specialist

Orion Pharma; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Orion Pharma is seeking an experienced HR Specialist to join our UK HR team in Cambridge. You will provide day-to-day HR support for the Cambridge site and assist across UK locations, owning key processes and delivering a positive employee experience throughout the lifecycle.

You'll partner with managers and employees to ensure compliant, accurate HR services, covering recruitment, onboarding, payroll inputs, employee changes, ER activities, systems maintenance, and project support in a hybrid

Qualifications

• UK HR experience in a generalist or specialist role.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and employee lifecycle activities.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience using HR systems (Oracle) and Microsoft Office.
• High level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment and onboarding.
• Induction coordination.
• Performance management processes.
• Learning and development activities.
• Employee changes and lifecycle administration.
• Leaver processes and exit interviews.
• Preparation of monthly payroll inputs.
• Providing first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees.
• Supporting employee relations activities and documentation.
• Maintaining HR systems and employee records.
• Ensuring compliance with employment legislation and company policies.
• Supporting HR projects and wellbeing initiatives.
• Providing cover for the team during periods of absence.

Skills

HR processes

Organisational skills

Communication

Independent work

HR systems (Oracle)

Education

CIPD Level 3 qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

HR systems (Oracle)

Job description

Ready for your next step in HR?

We are looking for an experienced and proactive HR Specialist to join our UK HR team. Based in our Cambridge office, this role provides day to day HR support to our Cambridge site, as well as opportunities to support more widely across all UK sites. It offers an excellent opportunity for someone with strong HR experience who is ready to take ownership of key processes, work independently, and contribute to a positive employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced and proactive HR Specialist to join our UK HR team. Based in our Cambridge office, this role provides day to day HR support to our Cambridge site, as well as opportunities to support more widely across all UK sites. It offers an excellent opportunity for someone with strong HR experience who is ready to take ownership of key processes, work independently, and contribute to a positive employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle.

As a trusted partner to managers and employees, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality HR support while ensuring compliance, accuracy, and excellent service.

What You'll Be Doing

• Recruitment and onboarding
• Induction coordination
• Performance management processes
• Learning and development activities
• Employee changes and lifecycle administration
• Leaver processes and exit interviews
• Preparation of monthly payroll inputs
• Providing first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees
• Supporting employee relations activities and documentation
• Maintaining HR systems and employee records
• Ensuring compliance with employment legislation and company policies
• Supporting HR projects and wellbeing initiatives
• Providing cover for the team during periods of absence

Essential

What We're Looking For

• Previous UK HR experience in a generalist or specialist HR role
• Strong understanding of HR processes and employee lifecycle activities
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Experience using HR systems (ideally Oracle) and Microsoft Office applications
• High level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail

Desirable

• Knowledge of UK employment law
• CIPD Level 3 qualification or working towards CIPD Level 5
• Experience in pharmaceutical industry or highly technical scientific environment

Why Join Us?

• Exposure to a broad range of HR activities and projects
• Supportive UK and global HR network
• Opportunity to support multiple UK business locations
• Modern, collaborative working environment
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Opportunity to further develop your HR career

About Us

Orion Pharma is a globally operating Nordic pharmaceutical company – a builder of well-being for over a hundred years. We’re home to more than 4,000 Orionees around the world, and we’re proud to be known as a responsible employer and a great place to work. At Orion Pharma, people are truly valued and trusted, encouraged to grow, and supported by a culture where every voice is heard. We appreciate each other, strive for excellence, and build the future. Together we develop, manufacture, and market human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Our extensive portfolio includes proprietary and generic medicines as well as consumer health products. The core therapy areas of our pharmaceutical R&D are oncology and pain. Proprietary products developed by Orion Pharma are used to treat cancer, neurological diseases, respiratory diseases, and more. We offer careers with a clear purpose: empowering people to live their lives to the fullest.