People & Talent Advisor - Business Operations

Law Business Research Limited; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a People & Talent Advisor for a fixed-term contract. This role involves providing specialist HR services and advice to internal stakeholders, supporting the P&T Director in achieving operational goals. You will be instrumental in launching new initiatives, analyzing employee metrics, and ensuring compliance with HR policies. The company prides itself on its inclusive culture and commitment to employee well-being, offering a variety of benefits that enhance work-life balance. If you are passionate about HR and want to make a positive impact, this opportunity is for you!

Benefits

Eye Care

Employee Assistance Programme

Birthday Off

Pension Contribution

Life Assurance

Cycle to Work Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Annual Wellbeing Allowance

Private Healthcare

Company Socials

Qualifications

• Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
• Experience with HR systems like Workday is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the P&T team in launching new HR initiatives.
• Provide advice on employment law and HR best practices.
• Conduct meetings with new starters and exit interviews.

Skills

Stakeholder Relationship Management

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Excel Skills

Microsoft Office Skills

Workday Experience

Tools

Workday

Microsoft Office

Job description

People & Talent Advisor - Fixed Term Contract

Department: Business Operations

Employment Type: Contract / Temp

Location: London

Description

Why LBR?

An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.

Law Business Research has been selected as a winner for the 2024 Inspiring Workplaces Awards. We’re proud of our inclusive and inspiring culture here at LBR and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees.

We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school’s costs.

‘We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.’

Role Purpose
Provision of specialist, people related services and advice to our internal customers (managers and employees), to meet operational and business needs whilst maintaining professional standards. The role will support the P&T Director and P&T Partners in their operational and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the P&T team in launching new initiatives and projects, including the launch and embedding of Workday.
• Using data to report on key employee metrics such as employee turnover, leaver data, diversity and inclusion and employee engagement feedback. Additionally, pro-actively using this data to inform actions to continuously improve the employee experience.
• Providing timely advice around relevant employment law, HR policies and procedures and HR best practice.
• Providing advice to managers and employees on a range of ER issues including disciplinary, grievance and redundancies.
• Ownership of the performance management process, escalating complex cases to P&T Partners as needed.
• Conducting First impressions meetings with new starters and Exit interviews with designated leavers. Feeding back data to the P&T team to ensure we are alerted to issues and managing them.
• Coaching, training and supporting line managers to ensure they understand best practice across the employee life cycle.
• Questioning and challenging others to get to the root of the people and business issues.
• Role modelling the LBR values, culture and behaviours.
• Seeking and recommending improvements to the P&T processes and procedures.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• Ability to work in a confidential and discrete manner.
• Ability to build great stakeholder relationships – responsive, trustworthy and pro-active.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent time-management and organisational skills.
• Excellent Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• Demonstrate integrity and confidentiality in all aspects of work.
• Workday experience ideally or similar HRS.

Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

Start of employment:

• Eye care.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• A day off for your birthday.

After 3 months employment:

• Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution).

After 4 months employment:

• Life assurance.

After probation:

• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket loan.
• £350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym memberships or fitness classes.
• Puregym access.
• Perks at work platform access.

After 1 year service:

• Private healthcare.

Additional Perks:

• Company socials.
• Access to Employee Affinity Networks.
• Mentoring scheme.
• Volunteering Day.
• Mortgage Advice.
• Work from anywhere (2 weeks).
• Generous parental leave.

We are committed to making our organisation an inclusive, respectful & engaging place to work with a culture shaped by our core values that promote equality, collaboration & respect in everything we do. We are proud to be part of the Disability Confident Scheme, meaning we are committed to being inclusive and accessible, which starts with our application and recruitment process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments to be made, please let us know as part of our application page.