HR Generalist - Watford Office, London

HR Generalist - Watford, London, UK.

Designer Group is a leading international mechanical & electrical provider specialising in turnkey packages for the design, supply, and installation of utilities. Headquartered in Dublin, we directly employ over 1,000 experienced and dedicated colleagues across the Group. As an industry leader, we work with some of the world's largest multinational companies and our common purpose is delivering ambitious, innovative and sustainable engineering solutions, building client partnerships that bear testament to the standards we uphold.

Our people are the foundation of our continued growth across all client sectors. We invest in our people and have a philosophy of continuous professional development. This investment has produced an innovative and passionate team that deliver projects for our clients safely, efficiently and to the highest standards in the industry.  Our approach to everything we do is underpinned by our values: Safe/Trust/Respect/Challenge/Deliver.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be seen as first point of contact for any employee-related queries.
• To support business leads in the management of people priorities and change management processes.
• To support the delivery of key projects to the business, such as team changes, HRIS implementation.
• To work collaboratively with the Talent Acquisition Team in relation to recruitment requirements
• Assist with staff allocation including allocation of labour.
• To contribute to any review and updating of policies and procedures and the Company employee handbook.
• Run and prepare regular and ad hoc HR Reports.
• Management of HR Information System (People XD) – To become a Super User within the UK business.
• Conducting site visits to project sites, to support line management and ensure HR access to site based personnel.
• To be the key process owner for the following People processes:

- New Hire Induction – to ensure our New Starters feel welcome and receive
exceptional and unique experience when joining the Company.

- Absence management inc. return to work interviews.

- Support management and administration of Employee Relations cases
(Disciplinary/Grievance etc).

- Benefits management and administration.

- Maintenance of location/line managers on the HRIS system.

- Annual leave management.

- Probation reviews management.

- Weekly and monthly payroll. management and changes to T&Cs

- Approval process/ HR. correspondence/payroll/HRIS.

- Leaver process including exit questionnaire.

- Maintenance of People files in secure environment.

- Management of paternity/maternity leave.

Knowledge / Experience:

• Minimum 3 years experience in a People support role.
• CIPD level 5 qualified or willing to study.
• Construction industry experience is desirable but not essential .
• Experience providing a high standard of support within a busy and fast paced environment with changing priorities.
• Experience of using an HRIS (training will be provided to operate the Company HRIS).

Person Specifications:

• PC literacy including MS Word, Excel, Power Point
• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written
• Keen interest in HR and keen to progress. Eager to learn
• Able build good relationships with work colleagues
• Have drive and enthusiasm and demonstrate practice and behaviors in line with the core values of Designer Group
• Able to deal with sensitive situations
• Excellent attention to detail and high level of organisational ability
• Able to use own initiative in decision making. Enjoys problem solving
• A ‘can do’ attitude
• The ability to support the transition of the People team, manage change and some degree of ambiguity that comes with cultural and organisational change.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £40,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• WD17 1RP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person