Senior HR Generalist

ThermoFisher Scientific; Paisley; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Fisher Scientific in Paisley is seeking a Senior HR Generalist to partner with leaders, navigate employee relations, and turn people insights into meaningful action within a large global organisation.

You will support the UK Regional HR Function, contribute to UK&I projects, process improvements and organisational change, and collaborate with managers, HR teams and leaders across the wider UK North and Central region.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified, HR/Business field degree.
• Experience in employee relations, absence management, talent acquisition, talent management, compensation.
• Experience in fast-paced large site or rapid growth.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR concepts.
• Excellent data analysis and Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Vlookup).
• Ability to communicate with all levels and maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Coach managers on the employee lifecycle, HR policies, and talent development.
• Use data analytics to deliver people insights for decision making.
• Support UK HR projects and harmonize processes and policies.
• Manage employee relations issues including disciplinary, absence, and restructuring.
• Apply HR model and technologies to enhance collaboration and experience.
• Provide advisory support to strengthen leadership and work culture.
• Support change programmes at site, regional, and country levels.
• Analyze HR data to identify trends and risks for leadership decisions.

Skills

Employee relations

People analytics

Data interpretation

Excel (Pivot Tables)

Communication

Change management

Project management

Confidentiality

Education

CIPD qualification

HR / Business degree

Tools

Excel

HRIS

Job description

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Position Summary:

Are you an experienced HR professional who enjoys partnering with leaders, navigating complex employee relations matters and turning people insights into meaningful action?

We’re looking for a Senior HR Generalist to join Thermo Fisher Scientific in Paisley. This is an opportunity to build broad HR experience within a large global organisation, partnering with an assigned client group while also gaining exposure to colleagues, leaders and HR teams across the wider UK North and Central region.

You’ll join a close-knit, collaborative HR team that works together daily to review priorities, share expertise and support one another across employee relations activity. Alongside your day-to-day client group responsibilities, you’ll have opportunities to contribute to UK&I projects, process improvements and organisational change initiatives.

The key objectives of this role is to support the UK Regional HR Function effectively and professionally support Thermo Fisher's execution of the company goal tree, helping to make the UK HR team a highly efficient, valued and well-regarded resource for managers and employees.

Working model: 4 days onsite and 1 day working from home

Responsibilities:

• Coach managers and leaders on all aspects of employee lifecycle, HR policies, people management, and career/talent development.
• Apply data analysis to offer people analytics that aid the business in formulating impactful decisions rooted in data-driven trends.
• Actively participate in country HR projects to share standard processes and drive the improvement and development of UK-wide HR policies, processes, and harmonization activities.
• Support management in conducting employment and employee relations matters, including conduct and capability, grievance and disciplinary, reductions in force, restructuring, absence, and health issues. Identify regional employee relation trends and support in the execution to resolve with our business areas.
• Harness all elements of the HR Model (BPs, Field HR, Platforms, Coll. Services) and Technologies to boost the value of collaboration for an enriched colleague experience.
• Offer outstanding advisory skills and collaboration to the business to support strategies for enhancing the overall work experience by strengthening Role Model Leadership abilities.
• Harness Country & Regional Talent Plans to speed up the Company’s progress towards outstanding representation.
• Support key change management initiatives (site, regional, and country level) working within a complex collaborator structure.
• Leverage HR & Management Information to identify trends and risks in order to support business leadership in the management of diversity, attraction, retention, career development, performance, engagement, and compliance.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• CIPD qualified, Human Resources, Business Management, Economics or other business-related field.
• Prior experience of the various aspects of human resources (employee relations, absence management, talent acquisition, talent management, compensation, and organizational development).
• Experience in a fast paced, large site (manufacturing/operational environment) or rapid expansion/growth preferred.
• Detailed expertise and comprehension of labour and employment laws and regulations, along with HR concepts experience as an advisor to the business.
• Strong process improvement orientation.
• Ability and experience in collecting and interpreting data. Highly proficient in using excel (Pivot Tables, Vlook up’s, basic excel formula’s).
• Passion for colleague development and improving management capability.
• Analysis, problem-solving, decision-making and influencing skills.
• Ability to establish relationships and demonstrate excellent communication with all levels of the organization including mentoring, written communication, and presentations, etc.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality, work independently with little instruction on day-to-day or assignment work, multi-task, and follow up on projects and issues.
• Demonstrated proficiency in project and time management with the capability to excel in a fast-paced setting and balance numerous tasks concurrently.
• Demonstrates personal awareness and desire for continual learning, personal development, as well as being structured, with a positive 'can-do' attitude.
• Demonstrates Thermo Fisher Scientific values Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement and alignment to our Core Competencies, 'Puts the Customer First', 'Owns their Results' and 'Finds a Better Way Each Day'.
• Good general knowledge of all key aspects of UK employment law;
• Capability to manage change in a fast paced environment dealing with occasional high levels of uncertainty;
• Ability to navigate sophisticated matrix structures and organisational relationships;
• Confident in engaging and collaborating with managers and business leaders;
• Travel to other Thermo Fisher Scientific sites may be required within the UK.

What we offer

We want our colleagues to feel supported both inside and outside of work. Alongside your salary, you will have access to a comprehensive and flexible UK benefits package designed around your health, financial wellbeing and lifestyle.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.