HR Administrator

**HR Administrator**:
Wedlake Bell are recruiting for an HR Administrator to join our HR Team.

As HR Administrator at Wedlake Bell, you will provide efficient and accurate administrative support to the HR team as well as play an active role in developing and improving administrative processes and procedures within the team. Reporting to the Head of HR (Generalist) and working closely with each team member, the role is generalist and broad in scope with plenty of opportunity to take on more responsibility and grow in the role.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working Monday-Friday 09:30-17:30 with one hour for lunch. We expect this role to be in-office four days per week, with one day working from home once settled into the role.

**About Us**:
Located in the heart of the City of London, Wedlake Bell is a Top 100 law firm offering full services across Private Client, Real Estate, Business Services, and Disputes. The firm has 81 Partners and a total headcount of around 400. We have grown year-on-year, attributed to the continual success of our legal teams, and the dedication of our staff members.

Our culture is widely-recognised as one of the best in City law, built on trust, collaboration, and mutual respect. Joining us, you will be part of a firm which supports work/life balance, personal development, and building strong connections. With regular cross-firm socials and events (including our renowned yearly ski trip), you will quickly feel like part of the Wedlake Bell team

**Key Responsibilities**:
**_ Recruitment:_**
- Arranging interviews and diarising appointments
- Assisting with typing and amending job descriptions. Liaising with relevant departments to assist with advertising live roles
- Assisting with the upkeep of the recruitment system (Teamtailor)
- Responsible for the recruitment inbox, ensuring that it is checked on a regular basis.

**_ Joiners and Leavers:_**
- Assisting the team with organising induction programmes for all new joiners
- Drafting offer of employment and leaving arrangements letters with the supervision of the Senior HR Advisor
- Requesting and providing references
- Conducting the relevant compliance related checks (e.g. right to work/ DBS etc.)
- Manage and respond to all speculative recruitment enquiries
- Diarising start and leave dates, probation periods, etc. Ensuring that line managers meet probation deadlines.

**_ Reward and Benefits:_**
- Assisting the team with all benefit administration
- Inputting payroll data on to the HR system
- Assisting with payroll reports
- Updating the HR system with new or amended employee details
- HR system reporting
- Assisting with benchmarking and reviewing remuneration and benefits when needed.

**_ CSR, Diversity and Inclusion:_**
- Working with the team to review current initiatives and assist with any related project work or research tasks
- Assisting with Diversity Committee meetings including taking minutes for meetings
- Assisting with the organisation of the firm’s monthly wellbeing initiatives and communications.

**_ General:_**
- Responsible for the HR inbox as well as the HR system inbox, ensuring that both inboxes are checked on a regular basis
- Continuous review and development of HR administration ensuring best practice and up to date information, processes and procedures
- Ensuring the team are GDPR compliant
- Ensure up to date diary entries are maintained for the HR team
- Provide HR data reports as and when required
- Ensure all scanned documentation is maintained and correctly filed on-line for access by the HR team
- Ad hoc correspondence
- Provide basic advice to staff on the firm’s benefits, policies and procedures
- Provide support with any HR projects or ad hoc tasks as required
- Play an active role and contribute new ideas and suggestions for the development of the HR team generally.

**Key Skills and Qualifications**:

- Excellent oral and written communications skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport quickly with colleagues of all levels
- Ability to adapt to different situations and environments
- Professional and commercial approach to HR, with the ability to think creatively and offer proactive solutions and ideas
- Ensuring best practice is delivered to the highest standard
- Positive “can do” attitude with flexibility to take on other relevant matters as and when to assist the HR team
- Excellent organisational and prioritising skills
- Ability to work under pressure and in keeping with deadlines
- Numerically competent
- Detail oriented
- Previous HR administration experience, within a law firm or professional services firm, would be advantageous but not essential
- Good knowledge of Word, Outlook, Excel.

**Why Join Us?**:

- A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package;
- 25 days of paid holiday per annum, plus additional leave for significant life events;
- Option to purchase up to five additional days of holiday each year;
- Pension