HR Advisor / Senior HR Advisor

at  Lewis Silkin LLP

Term:

Permanent
Working hours:

Full-time
Reports to:

HR Business Partner (Business Teams)
Department:
Human Resources Department
Location:

London
The firm
Lewis Silkin works with leading businesses to protect and enhance their most important assets - their ideas, their people, their brand and their future. We call it: Ideas. People. Possibilities.
With offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Hong Kong, we are recognised by clients and industry alike as being distinct for our unique culture, market-leading practice areas, sector focused approach and for providing solutions to complex, multijurisdictional business challenges, with a pragmatic and human touch. We have two things at our core: people — both ours and our clients’— and a focus on creative, tech and innovative businesses.
Our culture is encapsulated by an ethos of bravery and kindness, guided by our values of Integrity, Clarity, Unity and Excellence (our ‘I-CUE’). We aim to provide a supportive environment for our people, clients and wider community and embrace diversity & inclusion, ensuring people are able to bring their full selves to work.
The department
This role sits within the HR team which comprises 26 people specialists based in our London and Cardiff offices, working closely together to provide excellent employment conditions for the firm’s people, covering all aspects of the employee lifecycle.
Responsibilities
The primary focus of this role will be to proactively support the HR Business Partner (HRBP) to deliver the full employee lifecycle effectively and efficiently for all Business Team employees across the firm. The post holder will also have the opportunity to work with the wider HR team on firmwide people projects.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS/SPECIALIST SKILLS

• Educated to degree level (or equivalent by experience), and ideally CIPD qualified.
• At least two to four years’ experience of working at HR Advisor level within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Experience of using employee database software and online recruitment management tools.

ABILITIES AND DESIRED QUALITIES

• Demonstrates excellent organisation, attention to detail and prioritisation skills with the ability to manage a varied and demanding workload often to tight deadlines.
• Client focused and ability to always maintain discretion and confidentiality.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to build successful relationships at all levels.
• Team player with a flexible and willing attitude.
• Flexibility to work additional hours where resource requirements dictate and travel to our other offices when required.
  Additional information
  At Lewis Silkin our ethos is simple. We strive to do the best for our clients, our people and the communities in which we operate. We recognise that an inclusive workplace allows for all kinds of ideas and thoughts, a variety of points of view that can trigger discussions or deliver innovative results, and a wide range of versatile skills and expertise. We are proud of the diversity within Lewis Silkin and of our culture that allows people to be themselves at work, ensuring we provide the best possible service to our clients. We are committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working patterns and office location.

• Working alongside the Talent Acquisition team, supporting the recruitment process for Business Teams roles. This will include liaising with stakeholders, clarifying role requirements/budgets and shortlisting and interviewing candidates.
• Working closely with the People Operations team, having oversight of, and ensuring joiner and leaver procedures are effectively implemented and maintained. This will include coordination of onboarding arrangements and presenting induction programmes, as well as having regular new joiner catch-ups to ensure effective integration of new staff.
• Undertaking exit interviews and analysing leaver data to draw out any themes which may require further investigation.
• Working closely with the HRBP, providing proactive support to the Chief Officers and line managers across the Business Teams group on all people-related matters, including employee relations issues.
• Working closely with the Talent Development team to design and deliver relevant high-quality development initiatives across all roles within the division.
• Supporting line managers with performance management issues and providing best practice guidance to line managers.
• Advising employees and line managers on all matters of HR policy and process and culture.
• Responsible for managing parent leave arrangements, including the provision of new parent support and coaching is given to employees before, during and after parent leave.
• Managing the flexible working process, including individual flexible working requests, as well as wider hybrid working patterns.
• Absence management and follow up, including conducting return to work interviews where sickness absence trigger points have been reached and making occupational health referrals where necessary.
• Ensuring payroll changes are provided to the People Operations team in a timely and efficient manner and ensuring employment paperwork and changes to terms and conditions are updated as required within the relevant systems.
• Create and produce management information to inform and evaluate Business Team management’s priorities and activities.
• Provide input to regular reports and papers as required by the Chief Officers or Operations Board.
• Ensure the timely delivery of the firm’s appraisal, salary review and bonus processes, working closely with the HRBP and taking a proactive approach throughout to completion.
• Keeping the HRBP up to date with all HR activity across the Business Teams group, providing regular updates on activity and on-going matters.
• Additional ad hoc people projects as required.
• Any other reasonable duty in line with the level of the role.