HR Advisor (FTC)
Posted 1 week ago by Soben
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The HR Advisor role at Soben involves reshaping the HR function within the EMEA region, providing comprehensive HR support, and acting as a trusted resource for employees and management. The position requires strong generalist skills, focusing on employee relations, compliance, and HR projects. The successful candidate will collaborate with various teams to enhance HR initiatives and ensure adherence to policies and legislation. This is an opportunity to contribute to a growing consultancy while advancing one's career in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Serve as a point of contact for employee relations issues, conducting investigations, and facilitating resolution in alignment with company policies and legal requirements across EMEA.
- Work closely with the recruitment team in talent attraction, screening, and new hire onboarding.
- Advise management on performance management processes, including goal setting, performance reviews, and employee development plans.
- Conduct training sessions for employees and managers.
- Assist in the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support HR initiatives, including diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, and organizational development.
- Prepare HR metrics data and ensure accuracy.
- Maintain personnel files and update HRIS.
- Assist with compliance-related tasks such as visa applications and right-to-work checks and monitor compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Handle employee inquiries and provide information on HR policies, maintaining confidentiality in handling personnel records and personal data.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, business administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- HR certification CIPD is preferred.
- 4+ years of progressive experience in HR, with a focus on advisory roles and employee relations.
- Good understanding of employment legislation and best practice.
- Confident working with HR issues across EMEA.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with attention to detail and the ability to navigate HR issues with empathy and professionalism.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
- High level of integrity and discretion.
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
- Experience working with HRIS, performance management tools, ATS, and Microsoft 365, with a confident approach to learning new technologies.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Department: Human Resources
Location: Remote UK
Description
Why Soben?
We’re an award-winning construction consultancy with huge ambitions to put ourselves firmly on the map. We’ve come a long way since operations commenced in 2011 but now is the time to step on the gas and realize our true potential. It is a hugely exciting time to join our business and we have some amazing times ahead of us. We’re targeting to have 1000 people globally by 2030 to support our expansion plans in current locations as well as additional territories. If you want to play an integral part in achieving our ambitious plans for growth and delivering an exceptional consultancy service for our clients in EMEA, whilst progressing your own career in a supportive and dynamic environment, we want to hear from you!
The Role
We have the opportunity to completely reshape the HR function in Soben EMEA, if you have creative ideas and ambitions to help build a first-rate people function we are looking for you. Soben is a people business and we aim to provide first-rate, high-quality, service. This is a role with great potential and future prospects. The HR Advisor provides comprehensive HR support to the organisation, acting as a trusted resource for employees and management on HR-related matters. This role requires a strong level of generalist skills, and the successful candidate will be advising on employee relations, and compliance issues, as well as assisting with HR projects and initiatives.
In this role you will:
- Serve as a point of contact for employee relations issues, conducting investigations, and facilitating resolution in alignment with company policies and legal requirements across our operations in EMEA.
- Work closely with the recruitment team in talent attraction, screening and new hire onboarding.
- Advise management on performance management processes, including goal setting, performance reviews, and employee development plans.
- Conduct training sessions for employees and managers.
- Assist in the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support HR initiatives, including diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, and organizational development.
- Prepare HR metrics data and ensure accuracy.
- Maintain personnel files and update HRIS.
- Assist with compliance-related tasks such as visa applications and right-to-work checks and monitor compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Handle employee inquiries and provide information on HR policies, maintain confidentiality in handling personnel records and personal data.
About you
Bachelor’s degree in HR, business administration, or related field, or equivalent experience. HR certification CIPD is preferred. 4+ years of progressive experience in HR, with a focus on advisory roles and employee relations. Good understanding of employment legislation and best practice. Confident working with HR issues across EMEA. Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with an eye to detail and the ability to navigate HR issues with empathy and professionalism. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and projects while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines. High level of integrity and discretion. Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment Experience working with HRIS, performance management tools, ATS and Microsoft 365, needs to have a confident approach to learning new technologies.
About life at Soben
We’re on a mission to rewrite the rules. We’re a diverse team of professionals who consider our work a vocation, not just a job. This sense of purpose and affinity for what we do is what fuels our ambition, driving us to keep learning and seeking new challenges. Inclusion is at the heart of our company’s culture. We’re proud of our unique personality, and we know that our diverse team brings a wealth of perspectives that enrich our work.
Grow with us
Our people are our greatest asset, so you’ll get ongoing training and personal development to help you flourish, building a long-term and successful career with us. We’re small but mighty – you’ll have opportunities to progress quickly and be trusted with responsibilities you could only dream of in a larger organisation, including the chance to work on some of the industry's most exciting projects
What you’ll get in return
Soben’s start-up mentality means every person has the autonomy to make a difference within a fast-paced, dynamic organisation. As well as market-leading pay and conditions, we provide an environment where everyone can flourish. We value work-life balance. Flexible schedules and remote work opportunities give you the opportunity to thrive at work and in your personal life.
Our Leadership Principles
Soben’s Leadership Principles are at the heart of our culture. They guide how we engage with each other and with our clients, and how we help our talented employees flourish in their careers. We always deliver on our promises, no matter how small We are driven to solve our clients’ problems as if paying our rent or mortgage depends on it We have a bias for action. Actions make things happen We employ the best people who are ambitious, hardworking, humble, and open to feedback. We empower them to “proceed until apprehended” We have a business owner mentality to cost management We are open, honest, and direct in our communications We have a growth mindset We reinvest our profits to create a sustainable business for the long term
About us
Soben offers something different: world-class construction consultancy, paired with hands-on commercial experience. We increase certainty in our clients’ investments through cost, schedule, risk, and project management. With a track record of successfully delivering major construction projects, we pride ourselves on going the extra mile. And we always deliver on our promises. An obsessive commitment to excellence and forensic attention to detail are the cornerstones of our culture. They’re how we help our clients deliver on time, on budget and with certainty, every time.