Human Resources Generalist

Humankind Global Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Humankind Global Recruitment is partnering with an international London-based business to recruit an experienced HR Generalist. You will support employees and managers across the full lifecycle, ensuring a positive, productive and compliant environment.

In this broad role, you’ll manage recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, HR projects and reporting, while maintaining HR data accuracy and contributing to payroll and benefits processes.

Qualifications

• Experience across recruitment, onboarding and employee relations.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law.
• Experience using HRIS and HR data reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage full recruitment lifecycle from advertising to screening, interviews and offers.
• Lead onboarding for new hires, including inductions and system setup.
• Serve as first point of contact for employee relations and escalate complex issues.
• Support benefits administration, enrolment changes and provider liaison.
• Maintain accurate employee data in HR systems and generate key reports.
• Support performance management cycles and OKR setting.
• Help ensure HR practices comply with UK employment law and internal policies.
• Draft and update HR policies, procedures and handbook content.
• Coordinate training and development activities and track completion.
• Provide HR project support and participate in audits and reviews.
• Offer occasional office management cover during absences.

Skills

Broad HR knowledge

Recruitment

Onboarding

Employee relations

HRIS

Benefits administration

Policy drafting

Performance management

UK employment law

Tools

HRIS platforms

Job description

Hybrid working - 3 days a week in the office

We’re looking for an experienced HR Generalist to join an international business based in London. Working within a collaborative HR team, you’ll support employees and managers across the full employee lifecycle, helping to create a positive, productive and compliant working environment.

This is a broad, hands‑on HR position where you’ll get involved in everything from recruitment and onboarding through to employee relations, performance management, HR projects and reporting.

What you’ll be doing

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including job advertising, candidate screening, interview coordination and offer preparation.
• Lead the onboarding process for new employees, including inductions, documentation and system setup.
• Act as a first point of contact for employee relations queries, escalating more complex matters where appropriate.
• Support employee benefits administration, including enrolment, changes and provider management.
• Maintain accurate employee information and records within HR systems.
• Support performance management processes, including review cycles and OKR setting.
• Help ensure HR practices remain compliant with UK employment law and internal policies.
• Draft and update HR policies, procedures and employee handbook content.
• Coordinate training and development activities and monitor completion.
• Produce HR reports and metrics covering areas such as headcount, employee turnover and time-to-fill.
• Assist with compensation administration, salary benchmarking and HR audits.
• Support employee investigations and conflict resolution alongside HR leadership.
• Contribute to wider HR projects, initiatives and employee recognition programmes.
• Provide occasional office management cover during periods of annual leave or emergencies.

What we’re looking for

You’ll have previous experience within a broad HR position, ideally having progressed from an HR Assistant or Coordinator background. You’ll have a good working knowledge of UK employment law, experience using HRIS platforms and the confidence to work with employees and managers at different levels of the organisation.

You’ll need to be organised, comfortable managing multiple priorities and able to handle confidential information with discretion. Strong communication, attention to detail and the ability to build trusted relationships will be important.

The role is based in London Euston and operates on a hybrid basis, with three days per week in the office.

If you’re looking for a varied HR Generalist opportunity where you can take ownership of day‑to‑day HR activity while contributing to wider people initiatives, we’d love to hear from you.