HR Specialist

Orion Corporation; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Orion Pharma is seeking an experienced HR Specialist in Cambridge to provide day-to-day HR support across the UK sites. The role partners with managers and employees, ensuring compliance, accuracy and a great employee experience throughout the lifecycle.

You will manage full lifecycle activities, onboarding, inductions, payroll inputs and HR systems, with opportunities to support wider UK HR projects and wellbeing initiatives in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• UK HR experience across generalist or specialist HR
• Strong understanding of HR processes and 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 MS Office
• High level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail
• Knowledge of UK employment law
• CIPD qualification or progression toward level 5

Responsibilities

• Support full employee lifecycle: recruitment, onboarding and changes
• Coordinate inductions and learning developments
• Process payroll inputs monthly
• Provide first-line HR advice to managers and staff
• Maintain HR systems and employee records
• Ensure legal compliance and policy adherence
• Support employee relations and wellbeing initiatives
• Cover for team during absences

Skills

UK HR experience

HR processes

Organisation & administration

Independent working

Communication & relationships

Discretion & professionalism

Employment law (UK)

Education

CIPD Level 3

CIPD Level 5 (in progress)

Tools

Oracle HRIS

Microsoft Office

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

You will support the full employee lifecycle, including:

• Recruitment and onboarding
• Induction coordination
• 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

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
• 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

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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.

• Locations The Bennett building B930 Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3AT, GB (Hybrid)