HR Adviser

At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the lift and escalator industry, KONE provides lifts, escalators and automatic doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernisation to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle.

Within its People & Communications teams, KONE is currently looking for HR Adviser who is passionate about people and would like to contribute to creating an exceptional working environment. In this role you will work closely with HR Business Partners and Employee Relations Specialists to provide support with employee engagement and retention, with employee relations cases, employee performance, data analytics and general administration.

The job is based in Surrey (Chertsey), and reports to our People Operations Manager.

This is a fixed-term contract until end 2024 with the possibility to become permanent.

Key accountabilities:

- Help respond to HR queries throughout the business.
- Advise and coach line managers on employee relations processes and legislation
- Preparation for and participation in investigations, disciplinary, capability, grievance meetings, and appeals; ensuring accurate recordings of cases including minutes and letters.
- Management of short-term sickness absence cases, with involvement in meetings
- Provide end-to-end support on family processes e.g. maternity, paternity leave
- Provide advice and support for probationary processes and reviews
- Support offboarding of employees, conduct exit interviews and analyse feedback to help improve the employee experience and retention
- Monitor, review and update HR policies ensuring they are in line with current legislation
- Monitor, review and update the HR intranet pages, ensuring their effectiveness
- Generate HR reports and analytics as required to help inform decision making
- Support with implementing and delivering HR initiatives, projects and programmes related to our people strategy.
- Work closely with the HR Business Partners, Employee Relations specialists and our People Operations team, providing support as necessary
- Build collaborative relationships with HR centres of expertise, providing support as necessary
- 1-2 years of HR experience with a focus on employee relations
- CIPD completed or ongoing
- Ability to build relationships and communicate positively at all levels of the organisation
- Strong attention to detail
- Proactive and positive ‘can do’ approach
- Good IT skills
- Flexibility for occasional travel to London and Yorkshire

Beyond competitive salary and broad training and progression opportunities, KONE offers other elements of reward including:

- Annual bonus
- KONE pension scheme
- 25 days of holiday + 8 bank holidays
- Employee assistance program
- Life insurance
- Cycle to work scheme

We are committed to making KONE a great place to work, where we aim to inspire, engage and develop our employees to deliver great results. Join KONE to make the difference and thrive together
- At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life._

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