HR Generalist

You must be in a commutable distance to our Teddington office. Hybrid working, minimum of 2 days in the office.

**Who are you?**

A passionate HR professional who enjoys all aspects of end-to-end HR. You will be involved in a wide variety of activities which vary from day to day, and as the priorities of the business change. You thrive in a role that requires multi-tasking - one minutedrafting a job advert, the next chasing outstanding documents, and the next providing guidance to a manager’s query. Under the mentoring and guidance of the Senior HR Manager, we are looking for a dedicated professional who is looking to learn and developtheir skills.

We are looking for someone who has the ability to make pragmatic decisions based on a specific situation and provide a customer-focused approach to deliver results that create value for OLM.

**Job Overview**

Responsible for all HR administration in all areas of the employee lifecycle and first level contact for general employee/manager questions.

Responsible for complete accuracy of HR records and processes and compliance with legal and auditable requirements. Support the Senior HR Manager in the delivery of more complex HR tasks and issues, and ad hoc project work as required.

Provide a professional, high quality, timely, customer-focused HR service to directors, management, colleagues and job applicants.

**Job Tasks and Responsibilities**
- Manage the starter and leaver process
- Acts as first level contact for general employee relations questions & guidance on policies and procedures, referring more complex questions with the Senior HR Manager
- Keep the HRIS (BambooHR) up to date with employee information
- Ensure completion of DBS checks
- Absence management & reporting
- Assist the Senior HR Manager in all employee communications
- Work within GDPR guidelines, managing people data requests and the confidentiality of all employee and job applicant data.
- Keep up-to-date with HR and employment law changes, current trends and issues, through webcasts and online HR resources to ensure best practices
- Assisting the Senior HR Manager with tasks and ad hoc projects

**Experience Required**
- Previous HR Generalist or Advisor or an HR Assistant looking to step-up
- Experience working in an SME
- Organisational skills and the ability to plan ahead and manage own time
- Ability to work without supervision
- Pragmatic problem solving
- The ability to encourage and motivate people
- Knowledge of UK employment legislation
- Experience of an HRIS (BambooHR is an advantage)
- Proficient in MS Office

**Benefits**

**??**Flexible working hours based around core hours and a relaxed working environment

? Flexible working - we have people who love to come to the office, those who enjoy a mixture of home and office working, and lots of home-based colleagues around the UK

? Enjoy your downtime with 25 days leave rising to 30 after 2 years (plus bank holidays)

?? Enhanced workplace pension scheme - salary sacrifice

?? Paid sick leave - enhanced sick pay for a generous period

?? Life assurance scheme

?? Compassionate and Bereavement leave for those difficult times in life

?? Mental health wellbeing - access qualified therapy-based support through our employee assistance programmes

?????? Workplace wellbeing - we offer support, advice and access to a wealth of resources and encourage open conversations

? Parental leave - enhanced maternity and paternity pay

?? Eyecare vouchers

? Cycle-to-work scheme

?? Season ticket travel loans

**About Us**

The Group has established a strong market position in the UK Care Market, and it continues to expand its customer base across all market segments. With a clear focused strategy to respond to market changes combined with a deep domain expertise in the caresector, the Group continues to make progress in attracting new customers beyond its traditional local government base.

Driven by a passion to deliver an unrivalled customer experience allied to a culture of innovation and creativity, the Group is well positioned to deliver further growth in the coming years having invested millions of pounds in developing new cutting-edgetechnology and products.

**Hiring Process**

?? Review of CVs & shortlisting

?? Initial video call (30mins)

?? Capabilities interview (1 - 2 hours)

? The offer - this is sent electronically for ease of signing

?? Onboarding starts as soon as you accept our offer

? Probation period - we ensure you feel part of OLM and guide you through this important stage of your career with us

Onboarding starts as soon as you accept our offer - we guide you through a few things that we need from you before you start and make sure you feel part of the OLM community before you join.

Probation period - we ensure you are looked after and guided through this important stage of your career with us. Managers and colleagues will ensure you are helped and guided at every turn.

**Our values**
- Live with empathy
- Entrepreneurial sprit
- Act like a family

We are proud of our values-driven culture and look for people who share our values and can add to our culture.