HR Specialist (12-month FTC)

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We are hiring for a HR Specialist to join us initially on a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Are you looking for a challenging yet rewarding HR Specialist role in a leading global business standards organisation that values best practice, collaborative partnership, and diversity?

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional who takes initiative and can ‘hit the ground running’ by influencing, coaching, and providing feedback to key stakeholders to improve business efficiency, managing employee relations (ER) cases, and role-modelling the company culture, values, and behaviours.

You will collaborate with the relevant HR Business Partner(s) in your business area to support and partner with Line Managers globally, providing HR advice, support, and guidance for all HR-related activities by applying your business knowledge to each unique situation. You will enjoy considerable flexibility and autonomy in your work, with excellent support across our HR community in a matrixed yet dynamic organisation.

Location: Milton Keynes/Chiswick, London; Hybrid pattern of roughly 1 day in the office per week, subject to business needs.

To excel in this role, you have:

• In-depth knowledge of relevant employment laws, HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
• HR experience within a matrixed organisation, ideally CIPD Level 5 qualified or relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience with restructures, change management, and recruitment.
• Experience supporting and leading HR projects and implementing new initiatives.
• Experience in HR system data management, compilation, and utilisation.
• The ability to research, analyse, and reason logically within tight and conflicting timeframes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including persuasion, negotiation, and rationalisation.
• Approachable and personable with good active listening skills, an open mind, and empathy, while remaining firm when necessary.
• First-class listening skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse community.

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What we offer

We offer a highly competitive starting salary, 27 days of annual leave (with the opportunity to increase to 32 days), company-paid private medical insurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits tailored to your lifestyle.

We promote agile working practices that maximize impact for our employees and clients.

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

As the leading global business standards company, BSI helps 80,000 clients worldwide to improve their businesses. From business continuity to recycling waste, from medical devices to space exploration, we help embed habits of excellence so that businesses perform better, manage risks more effectively, and achieve sustainable growth, touching lives across the globe.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These guide how we operate at BSI, ensuring it is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

BSI is conducting face-to-face interviews where appropriate and possible. If invited to a face-to-face interview but prefer to conduct it virtually, please inform our recruitment team.