HR Assistant Manager

Larking Gowen have an exciting opportunity for an **HR Assistant Manager ** to join the team.

Location: Norwich

**Salary**: Competitive + Benefits

**Job Type**: 6-month Fixed Term Contract

Hours: flexibly across five days (Mon-Fri)

**About Us**:
Larking Gowen is one of East Anglia’s leading Independent Accountancy Firms. We provide integrated advice and solutions to help our clients achieve their goals and stay ahead in a changing world. The services we offer range from Audit to Business Advisoryand as a firm we are continuously evolving to ensure we remain the partner of choice for our clients.

**HR Assistant Manager - **The Role:

- Overseeing the day-to-day services of the HR team, coaching the support team and providing feedback on performance and development
- Be a key point of contact for internal and external HR queries, and deputise for the Head of HR.
- Line manage HR team
- To support the Head of HR with shaping and delivery of a full HR service throughout the whole employee journey
- Identifying opportunities and contributing to the evolution of a value adding HR service to deliver the business plan

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. HR maintain and build upon the Firm’s commitment to the total wellbeing of all our people through our Wellbeing Programme. We work with teams across the business to develop our programme andcontinue focus on making Larking Gowen a great place to work.

**HR Assistant Manager - **Key Responsibilities:

- Provide advice and coaching to Partners and Line Managers including performance management, talent reviews, engagement, wellbeing and training and development and recruitment techniques
- Manage the firm’s training and development activities for apprentices, professional training programmes, mandatory training, management and leadership and soft skills
- Support the Training Committee and managers to achieve the annual training plan, maintain talent records and career development plans and succession planning.
- Support consultation and engagement processes including employee surveys and provide feedback in a controlled and timely manner to Partners, management, and employees
- Develop and implement initiatives, procedures and guidelines that support the firm’s culture of wellbeing and engagement in support of the Business Plan
- Maintain regular communication with aligned people leads. Lead and maintain positive relationships with Employee representatives and engagement champions
- Ensure monthly employee payroll is delivered in a timely and compliant manner and statutory reporting requirements are met
- Contribute to alignment of pay and benefits offerings and deliver activities that support the reward strategy, including annual salary and benefits reviews
- Ensure employee records are maintained and accurate

**HR Assistant Manager - **You:
Essential:

- Fully CIPD qualified at Level 5 or equivalent experience
- Strong experience of running and approving in house payroll from end-to-end
- Commercially astute
- Working closely with senior management within a business to deliver solutions that meet requirements within the legal framework
- Prioritising workload to produce desired outcomes within tight timeframes
- Managing workloads within service level agreements/contracting to meet expectation

Desirable:

- CIPD Level 7
- Relevant qualifications or accreditation
- Experience of managing, coaching and developing a small team
- Experience of working in an accountancy practice or other professional services firm
- An understanding of the professional training requirements of student and qualified accountants

We think that this role is a full-time role, 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) and it will be fixed term for an initial 6 months.

We operate agile working practices and we’re happy to talk about flexible working options.

**HR Assistant Manager - **Benefits:

- Award winning well-being and flexible working programmes
- Life assurance
- Holiday entitlement that increases with length of service
- Pension Smart Scheme
- Training and commitment to continuing professional development
- Discounts on shopping, leisure and lifestyle including discounted gym membership and medical insurance
- Option to buy additional holiday
- Cycle Scheme
- Regular sports and social events
- Employee Assistance Programme providing advice, support services and counselling

To submit your CV for this exciting **HR Assistant Manager **opportunity, please press ‘Apply’ now.