Junior People Advisor

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Portland Communications Full time

**About Portland**

Portland is a strategic communications consultancy trusted by some of the highest profile organizations, brands, governments, and individuals in the UK and around the world. We have global offices in London, Paris, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore, Doha and Nairobi and Berlin.

We are pioneers in integrated communications campaigns, helping clients manage their reputation, improve their visibility and media coverage - and deliver global communications campaigns across multiple platforms.

Our teams of experienced consultants invest time to understand clients from the inside out, work with them to set clear strategic direction, and then bring the whole of Portland’s abilities to bear to deliver on their objectives.

At Portland we never rest on our laurels; we constantly strive to improve our work and be at the forefront of our industry.

**The Role**:
Portland is an ever-changing business, and an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior People Advisor to join our dynamic International People Team of 8 to support us in achieving our business deliverables from recruitment, reward, learning and development, employee relations and succession planning.

We’re seeking an exceptional Junior People Advisor on a 12-month fixed term contract to support our People function as we deliver on these ambitious goals. We’re looking for someone who can read French (essential) and speak (desirable) and is Fluent in English as they will be working closely with our International Offices.

This is a great opportunity for someone to join our team in a fast-paced high-volume agency, providing high level guidance and support for the whole employee lifecycle.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Provide HR generalist and administrative support to Portland International offices (Europe, US, Singapore, Qatar)
- Updating and monitoring an accurate and efficient HR database, employee records and HR administrative tasks
- Administration of employee lifecycle changes, including the preparation of associated documentation and communication of payroll updates to Payroll Team for all international offices
- Preparing documentation relating to employment matters such as promotions, job changes, references, benefits, and pay for all international offices.
- Support People Team with report management, system updates and general employee queries
- Managing the HR inbox for our International offices and and acting as a point of contact for day-to-day operational HR issues.
- Be the point of contact for all employee relations and compliance matters for International offices.
- Coordinate with local employment and government institutions for country specific matters.
- Collaborate & support the People Team in delivering the People Agenda and projects here at Portland.

**Key Requirements**:

- 2-3 years’ experience within a similar role
- HR background preferably bachelor or masters in HR is desired.
- Generalist HR/People knowledge at an experienced advisor level - providing advice on a range of people issues such as disciplinaries, grievances, and sickness absence.
- Excellent administration skills with the ability to multi-task and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be able to work with and communicate effectively with others in the team.
- Be technically astute with experience of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Fluent in English and ability to read French is essential, Fluent to speak French is desired.
- Understanding of employment law in the UK and France (desirable)

**What we offer in return**:
We are committed to employee development and have an open doors culture where you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the most experienced people in the business. We regularly reward and promote success, and actively encourage staff to take on new challenges and responsibilities to aid progression.

Our remuneration package also includes our competitive pension contributions, private healthcare life assurance cover, company contribution to gym membership, wellbeing workshops and activities, company parties, lunch contribution each week and much, much more

At Portland we take a flexible approach to work and encourage our colleagues to do the same. All our roles are open to flexible working requests, and we will consider all options during our recruitment process. This includes but is not limited to: flexible hours, home working, compressed hours and job sharing.

In addition, every permanent member of staff that works at Portland is eligible for our annual profit share. When Portland thrives, all of our people share in that success.

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