HR Specialist
From ideas to impact
From ideas to impact
We are a global digital business services organization with a mission to improve the way people and companies work. Forever. Our Consulting, Delivery and Learning teams design and deliver transformational digital products and experiences that add value to our clients’ businesses and to their customers’ lives.
Every day, across the world, our teams are pioneering faster, better ways to bring our client’s most exciting ideas to life.
As a HR Specialist for UK & US, you will be responsible for managing and coordinating HR activities across compliance, benefit administration, employee relations and performance management whilst ensuring adherence to UK & US labour laws and company policies. You will work closely with teams, supporting the full employee lifecycle, fostering a positive workplace culture and ensuring HR Operations comply and align with Emergn’s wider organisational goals and values.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure exceptional onboarding experiences for new joiners in the UK and US offices and remotely
- Guarantee smooth and effective offboarding processes for team members in UK & US
- Supports all stages of the employee lifecycle for UK & US employees, including performance management and career development.
- Co-ordinate employee benefits such as health insurance and leave policies, in line with UK and US standards and regulations.
- Effectively advise and coach managers and employees on leave requests/issues, organizational change, and all other employee-relations matters ensuring fair treatment, legal compliance, and adherence to Emergn practices/policies and labour legislation for UK & US.
- Work closely with our UK and US location leads.
- Develop, implement and update HR Policies and procedures to ensure consistency and compliance across UK & US.
- Maintain accurate HR records and employee data (contract information, salaries, absences, promotions, etc.) using our HRIS (Human Resource Information System) software, ensuring data privacy at all times.
- Deal with and respond to various HR queries and requests regarding HR issues, rules and regulations through our HR ticket system and HR email related to UK & US HR matters.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 3+ years of experience as a HR Generalist for UK (experience with US would be an advantage.)
- CIPD Membership
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Familiarity with HRIS, Payroll processes and other HR tools for data management and reporting.
- Ability to build relationships, handle sensitive situations, and manage employee relations effectively
- Well-developed interpersonal, collaboration and teaming skills, ethics, and cultural awareness
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines
- Accuracy in managing HR data, compliance and employee records
- A problem-solving mindset, with ability to work cross-functionally to understand and describe the problem and propose solutions to resolve workplace challenges
- An affirmed understanding of HR best practice and labour legislations for UK (US in addition would be an advantage.)
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Pension plan – Up to 10% employee contribution and 8% employer contribution
- Medical and Dental benefits
- Travel insurance
- Workplace nursery scheme benefit
- Work within a dynamic international team of experts
- Excellent opportunity for personal and professional development
- Ability to work remotely and all the tools you will need for work (Mac or Windows)
- Comfortable office and flexible working hours
- Ability to work with modern technologies
- Huge catalog of educational programs, the possibility of training and certification at the expense of the company
About Emergn
At Emergn, we’re driven to improve the way people and companies work. Forever.
We are enablers of ideas, champions of our client’s vision and recognized experts at using innovation to help you better connect with customers. If we sound like a different type of services firm, that’s because we are. Passionate about bringing ideas to market in the most impactful way, we help our clients place their customers at the heart of their business. Working with some of the world’s most established, successful brands, we know how to turn challenges into opportunities and real-world problems into smart products and solutions.